500 metres, Men
| # | Performance | Athlete(s) | NOC | Games | Date | Phase | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45.6 | Joe Moore |  USA |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | =8 | ||
| 2 | 45.0 | Asser Wallenius |  FIN |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 5 | ||
| 3 | 44.2 | Oskar Olsen |  NOR |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 4 | 44.0 | Charley Jewtraw | USA |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 5 | 43.6 | John O'Neil Farrell | USA |
Sankt Moritz 1928 | 13 February 1928 | Final Standings | =3 | ||
| 6 | 43.4 | Clas Thunberg | FIN |
Sankt Moritz 1928 | 13 February 1928 | Final Standings | =1 | ||
| 7 | 43.4 | Bernt Evensen | NOR |
Sankt Moritz 1928 | 13 February 1928 | Final Standings | =1 | ||
| 8 | 43.4 | Jack Shea | USA |
Lake Placid 1932 | 4 February 1932 | Final Round | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | 43.4 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 | 11 February 1936 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 10 | 43.2 | Bobby Fitzgerald | USA |
Sankt Moritz 1948 | 31 January 1948 | Final Standings | =2 | ||
| 11 | 43.1 | Finn Helgesen | NOR |
Sankt Moritz 1948 | 31 January 1948 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 12 | 40.2 | Yevgeny Grishin |  URS |
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | 28 January 1956 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 13 | 40.2 | Yevgeny Grishin | URS |
Squaw Valley 1960 | 24 February 1960 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 14 | 40.1 | Terry McDermott | USA |
Innsbruck 1964 | 4 February 1964 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 15 | 39.69 | Hasse Börjes |  SWE |
Sapporo 1972 | 5 February 1972 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 16 | 39.44 | Erhard Keller |  FRG |
Sapporo 1972 | 5 February 1972 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 17 | 39.17 | Yevgeny Kulikov | URS |
Innsbruck 1976 | 10 February 1976 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 18 | 38.03 | Eric Heiden | USA |
Lake Placid 1980 | 15 February 1980 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 19 | 36.76 | Jan Ykema |  NED |
Calgary 1988 | 14 February 1988 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 20 | 36.45 WR | Uwe-Jens Mey |  GDR |
Calgary 1988 | 14 February 1988 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 21 | 36.39 | Sergey Klevchenya |  RUS |
Lillehammer 1994 | 14 February 1994 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 22 | 36.33 | Aleksandr Golubev | RUS |
Lillehammer 1994 | 14 February 1994 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 23 | 36.30 | Ermanno Ioriatti |  ITA |
Nagano 1998 | 9 February 1998 | Race #1 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 35.81 | Casey FitzRandolph | USA |
Nagano 1998 | 9 February 1998 | Race #1 | 3 | ||
| 25 | 35.78 | Kevin Overland |  CAN |
Nagano 1998 | 9 February 1998 | Race #1 | 2 | ||
| 26 | 35.76 | Hiroyasu Shimizu |  JPN |
Nagano 1998 | 9 February 1998 | Race #1 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 35.59 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN |
Nagano 1998 | 10 February 1998 | Race #2 | 1 | ||
| 28 | 35.15 | Kuniomi Haneishi | JPN |
Salt Lake City 2002 | 11 February 2002 | Race #1 | 13 | ||
| 29 | 34.68 | Kip Carpenter | USA |
Salt Lake City 2002 | 11 February 2002 | Race #1 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 34.61 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN |
Salt Lake City 2002 | 11 February 2002 | Race #1 | 2 | ||
| 31 | 34.42 | Casey FitzRandolph | USA |
Salt Lake City 2002 | 11 February 2002 | Race #1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 34.41 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | NOR |
PyeongChang 2018 | 19 February 2018 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 33 | 34.32 | Gao Tingyu |  CHN |
Beijing 2022 | 12 February 2022 | Final Standings | 1 |