| Men's 500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Salt Lake Ice Center | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 41.802 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m relay | women | |
| 5000 m relay | men | |
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: [2]
| World record |  Jeffrey Scholten (CAN) | 41.514 | Calgary, Canada | 13 October 2001 |
| Olympic record |  Takafumi Nishitani (JPN) | 42.756 | Nagano, Japan | 21 February 1998 |
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 February | Heat 7 |  Jonathan Guilmette (CAN) | 42.326 | OR | |
| 23 February | Quarterfinal 3 |  Kim Dong-sung (KOR) | 41.806 | OR | |
| 23 February | A Final | Marc Gagnon (CAN) | 41.802 | OR |
The first round was held on 23 February. There were eight heats of four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li Jiajun |  China | 43.690 | Q |
| 2 | Arian Nachbar |  Germany | 44.057 | Q |
| 3 | Matúš Užák |  Slovakia | 44.499 | |
| 4 | Asen Pandov |  Bulgaria | 77.124 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Van Vossel |  Belgium | 43.119 | Q |
| 2 | Apolo Anton Ohno |  United States | 43.214 | Q |
| 3 | Cees Juffermans |  Netherlands | 43.253 | |
| 4 | Andrew McNee |  Australia | 44.289 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takafumi Nishitani |  Japan | 43.211 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 43.395 | Q |
| 3 | Krisztián Szabó |  Hungary | 44.143 | |
| 4 | Volodymyr Hryhor'iev |  Ukraine | 70.431 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 42.834 | Q |
| 2 | Rusty Smith | United States | 42.849 | Q |
| 3 | Dave Allardice |  Great Britain | 42.980 | |
| 4 | Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun |  Mongolia | 52.225 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabio Carta |  Italy | 43.787 | Q |
| 2 | Bruno Loscos |  France | 43.864 | Q |
| 3 | Leon Flack | Great Britain | 43.965 | |
| 4 | Mark Jackson |  New Zealand | 44.064 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feng Kai | China | 43.084 | Q |
| 2 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 43.205 | Q |
| 3 | Martin Johansson |  Sweden | 43.435 | |
| 4 | Krystian Zdrojkowski |  Poland | 44.117 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 42.326 | Q OR |
| 2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.334 | Q |
| 3 | Balázs Knoch | Hungary | 42.533 | |
| 4 | Miroslav Boyadzhiev | Bulgaria | 43.462 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicola Franceschina | Italy | 42.876 | Q |
| 2 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 43.226 | Q |
| 3 | Ludovic Mathieu | France | 43.790 | ADV |
| – | Lee Seung-jae | South Korea | DQ |
The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 42.809 | Q |
| 2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 42.895 | Q |
| 3 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 43.113 | |
| 4 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 43.626 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusty Smith | United States | 42.359 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 42.384 | Q |
| 3 | Takafumi Nishitani | Japan | 42.535 | |
| – | Nicola Franceschina | Italy | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 41.806 | Q OR |
| 2 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 41.832 | Q |
| 3 | Li Jiajun | China | 64.514 | |
| 4 | Bruno Loscos | France | 99.879 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.692 | Q |
| 2 | Feng Kai | China | 42.820 | Q |
| 3 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 44.982 | |
| 4 | Ludovic Mathieu | France | 73.328 | |
| – | Simon Van Vossel | Belgium | DQ |
The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final. [2] In the second semifinal, American Apolo Anton Ohno caused Japan's Satoru Terao to fall, resulting in Ohno's disqualification, while Terao was advanced to the A final. [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusty Smith | United States | 41.916 | QA |
| 2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 41.981 | QA |
| 3 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 41.990 | QB |
| 4 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 42.823 | QB |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 42.201 | QA |
| 2 | Feng Kai | China | 42.266 | QA |
| 3 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 65.790 | ADV |
| – | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | DQ |
The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 41.802 | |
 | Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 41.994 | |
 | Rusty Smith | United States | 42.027 | |
| 4 | Feng Kai | China | 42.112 | |
| 5 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.219 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 42.076 | |
| 7 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 42.961 |
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