Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres


The men's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters
500 meters x 2
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Race 1

Pair order

''Skater with first inner lane listed first
  1. Brock Miron, CAN
  2. Dmitry Lobkov, RUS – Sergey Kornilov, RUS
  3. Maciej Ustynowicz, POL – Vincent Labrie, CAN
  4. Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ
  5. Janne Hänninen, FIN – Aleksey Proshin, RUS
  6. Artur Waś, POL – Erik Zachrisson, SWE
  7. Mika Poutala, FIN – Maurizio Carnino, ITA
  8. Zhuo Lu, CHN – Jan Bos, NED
  9. Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS – Erben Wennemars, NED
  10. Li Yu, CHN – Pekka Koskela, FIN
  11. Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA – An Weijiang, CHN
  12. Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Simon Kuipers, NED
  13. Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN – Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR
  14. Tucker Fredricks, USA – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
  15. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED – Kwon Sun Chun, KOR
  16. Joji Kato, JPN – Michael Ireland, CAN
  17. Joey Cheek, USA – Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN
  18. Casey FitzRandolph, USA – Yu Fengtong, CHN
  19. Kip Carpenter, USA – Lee Kang-seok, KOR

    Fastest 100 m

The ten fastest times are listed
PlaceAthleteTimeDifference
19.59--
29.63+0.04
39.65+0.06
49.66+0.07
59.67+0.08
69.69+0.10
79.72+0.13
89.75+0.16
99.76+0.17
99.76+0.17

Race 2

Pair order

''Skater with first inner lane listed first
  1. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED
  2. Kwon Sun Chun, KOR – Li Yu, CHN
  3. Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ – Artur Waś, POL
  4. Brock Miron, CAN – Vincent Labrie, CAN
  5. Maurizio Carnino, ITA – Kip Carpenter, USA
  6. Simon Kuipers, NED – Zhuo Lu, CHN
  7. Sergey Kornilov, RUS – Maciej Ustynowicz, POL
  8. Aleksey Proshin, RUS – Tucker Fredricks, USA
  9. An Weijiang, CHN – Mika Poutala, FIN
  10. Erik Zachrisson, SWE – Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA
  11. Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR – Casey FitzRandolph, USA
  12. Jan Bos, NED – Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN
  13. Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
  14. Michael Ireland, CAN – Joji Kato, JPN
  15. Pekka Koskela, FIN – Janne Hänninen, FIN
  16. Erben Wennemars, NED – Dmitry Lobkov, RUS
  17. Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Yu Fengtong, CHN
  18. Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN – Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS
  19. Lee Kang-seok, KOR – Joey Cheek, USA

    Fastest 100 m