Men's 500 metres at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Pacific Coliseum | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 24 (qualifying heats) February 26 (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 40.981 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Short track speed skating at the 2010 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 2010 Winter Olympics was held 24–26 February 2010 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The qualifying heats were held on 24 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 26 February.
There were thirty-two competitors representing sixteen nations.
Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 40.770 | Q, OR |
2 | 1 | Sung Si-bak | South Korea | 40.821 | Q |
3 | 1 | Simon Cho | United States | 41.211 | |
4 | 1 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | 42.128 | |
1 | 2 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 41.875 | Q |
2 | 2 | Apolo Ohno | United States | 42.004 | Q |
3 | 2 | Tyson Heung | Germany | 48.554 | ADV |
4 | 2 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France | 51.339 | |
1 | 3 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 41.269 | Q |
2 | 3 | Olivier Jean | Canada | 41.275 | Q |
3 | 3 | Han Jialiang | China | 41.443 | |
4 | 3 | Jumpei Yoshizawa | Japan | 41.906 | |
1 | 4 | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 41.326 | Q |
2 | 4 | Kwak Yoon-gy | South Korea | 41.761 | Q |
3 | 4 | Haralds Silovs | Latvia | 41.837 | |
4 | 4 | Pieter Gysel | Belgium | 41.980 |
Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 40.964 | QA |
2 | 1 | Sung Si-bak | South Korea | 41.126 | QA |
3 | 1 | Tyson Heung | Germany | 41.455 | QB |
4 | 1 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 41.504 | QB |
– | 1 | Olivier Jean | Canada | DSQ | |
1 | 2 | Apolo Ohno | United States | 41.460 | QA |
2 | 2 | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 41.515 | QA |
3 | 2 | Kwak Yoon-gy | South Korea | 41.620 | QB |
4 | 2 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 1:24.514 | QB |
Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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4 | Kwak Yoon-gy | South Korea | 42.123 | |
5 | Tyson Heung | Germany | 42.307 | |
6 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 42.681 | |
7 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 49.149 |
Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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Charles Hamelin | Canada | 40.981 | ||
Sung Si-bak | South Korea | 41.340 | ||
François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 46.366 | ||
– | Apolo Ohno | United States | DSQ |
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