2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Vikingskipet
Location	Hamar, Norway
Dates	14 March
Competitors	24
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The Men's 500 metres competition at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships will take place on 14 March 2025. ^[1] The defending 2024 World Champion is Jordan Stolz.

Qualification

A total of 24 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of three per country. The entry quotas were assigned to countries following a Special Qualification Ranking List based on rankings and performances of skaters during the 2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. ^[2] Eligible skaters had to have met the qualification time of 36.60 at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events after 1 July 2023. ^[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and track records were as follows.

	Time	Athlete	Date
World Record	33.61	Pavel Kulishnikov	9 March 2019
Track Record	34.31	Jeremy Wotherspoon	26 January 2008

Results

The race is scheduled to start at 19.46

References

1. "ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships - Start and result lists". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
2. "ISU Communication 2654: Speed Skating Championships 2025. Qualification process, quotas and entry procedures" (PDF). 15 July 2024.
3. "Final qualification ranking lists for allocation of quota places for World Championships 2025" (PDF). 2 March 2025.