Short Track Speed Skating — 500 metres, Men

Times held 10
Total participants 199
Total countries 32

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1988 500 metres, Men Olympic (non-medal) 32 10
1994 500 metres, Men Olympic 31 16
1998 500 metres, Men Olympic 30 16
2002 500 metres, Men Olympic 32 20
2006 500 metres, Men Olympic 27 16
2010 500 metres, Men Olympic 32 16
2014 500 metres, Men Olympic 32 16
2018 500 metres, Men Olympic 33 16
2022 500 metres, Men Olympic 32 17
2026 500 metres, Men Olympic 32 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1994 Chae Ji-HunKOR Mirko VuillerminITA Nicky GoochGBR
1998 Takafumi NishitaniJPN An YulongCHN Hitoshi UematsuJPN
2002 Marc GagnonCAN Jonathan GuilmetteCAN Rusty SmithUSA
2006 Apolo Anton OhnoUSA François-Louis TremblayCAN Hyeon-Su AnKOR
2010 Charles HamelinCAN Seong Si-BaekKOR François-Louis TremblayCAN
2014 Viktor AnRUS Wu DajingCHN Charle CournoyerCAN
2018 Wu DajingCHN Hwang Dae-HeonKOR Im Hyo-JunKOR
2022 Shaoang LiuHUN Konstantin IvliyevROC Steven DuboisCAN
2026 Steven DuboisCAN Melle van't WoutNED Jens van 't WoutNED

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Canada CAN 3 2 3 8
Republic of Korea KOR 1 2 2 5
People's Republic of China CHN 1 2 0 3
Japan JPN 1 0 1 2
United States USA 1 0 1 2
Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
ROC ROC 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Wu Dajing CHN 1 1 0 2
Viktor An KOR
RUS
1 0 1 2
Steven Dubois CAN 1 0 1 2
Chae Ji-Hun KOR 1 0 0 1
Marc Gagnon CAN 1 0 0 1
Takafumi Nishitani JPN 1 0 0 1
Apolo Anton Ohno USA 1 0 0 1
Charles Hamelin CAN 1 0 0 1
Shaoang Liu HUN
CHN
1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Australia AUS 1994 Winter Olympics Steven Bradbury 8 See all
Austria AUT 2026 Winter Olympics Nicolas Andermann 26 See all
Belgium BEL 2002 Winter Olympics Wim De Deyne 7 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2002 Winter Olympics Miroslav Boyadzhiev 25 See all
Canada CAN 2002 Winter Olympics Marc Gagnon 1 Gold See all
2010 Winter Olympics Charles Hamelin 1 Gold
2026 Winter Olympics Steven Dubois 1 Gold
Chinese Taipei TPE 2014 Winter Olympics Mackenzie Blackburn 23 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1998 Winter Olympics Han Sang-Guk 26 See all
France FRA 2010 Winter Olympics Thibaut Fauconnet 13 See all
Germany GER 2010 Winter Olympics Tyson Heung 5 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2022 Winter Olympics Sidney Chu 24 See all
Hungary HUN 2022 Winter Olympics Shaoang Liu 1 Gold See all
Israel ISR 2022 Winter Olympics Vladislav Bykanov 12 See all
Italy ITA 1994 Winter Olympics Mirko Vuillermin 2 Silver See all
Japan JPN 1998 Winter Olympics Takafumi Nishitani 1 Gold See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2022 Winter Olympics Abzal Azhgaliyev 4 See all
Latvia LAT 2022 Winter Olympics Roberts Krūzbergs 9 See all
Mongolia MGL 1994 Winter Olympics Batchuluuny Bat-Orgil 24 See all
Netherlands NED 2026 Winter Olympics Melle van't Wout 2 Silver See all
New Zealand NZL 1994 Winter Olympics Mike McMillen 18 See all
Norway NOR 1994 Winter Olympics Bjørnar Elgetun 9 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2018 Winter Olympics Wu Dajing 1 Gold See all
Poland POL 2026 Winter Olympics Félix Pigeon 8 See all
ROC ROC 2022 Winter Olympics Konstantin Ivliyev 2 Silver See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1994 Winter Olympics Chae Ji-Hun 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2014 Winter Olympics Viktor An 1 Gold See all
Slovakia SVK 2006 Winter Olympics Matúš Užák 21 See all
Sweden SWE 1994 Winter Olympics Martin Johansson 7 See all
Türkiye TUR 2026 Winter Olympics Denis Ors 18 See all
Ukraine UKR 2026 Winter Olympics Oleh Handei 15 See all
United States USA 2006 Winter Olympics Apolo Anton Ohno 1 Gold See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2026 Winter Olympics Daniil Eybog 19 See all