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500 metres, Men

Date	18 – 21 February 2014
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets Zimnego Sporta Aisberg, Coastal Cluster, Adler
Participants	32 from 16 countries
Format	Placements 1-8 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on placements in earlier rounds, and best time skated.
Olympic Record	40.770 / Charles Hamelin CAN / 26 February 2010

In the four World Cup races held in the 2013-2014 season, defending Olympic Champion Charles Hamelin of Canada and converted Korean skater Viktor An had both taken two wins in the 500 m, with An winning the overall title. In Sochi, they would be joined by defending World champion Liang Wenhao of China, and 2012 World Champion Olivier Jean.

The heats of the 500 m immediately saw the exit of Charles Hamelin, who fell in his heat by his own error. Both Korean contenders were eliminated in the quarter-finals, as was Jean. This left An and Liang both making the final, where they were joined by Charle Cournoyer and Wu Dajing.

In an noisy Iceberg Skating Palace, Viktor An took the ice hoping to earn his second gold of the Games. But he had a slow start, and with just two laps to go he was still last. Then, Liang crashed out, and within a lap An first passed Courneyer and then Wu. An held on until the finish, claiming the gold. He had now won all four Olympic short track events at least once.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Positions	Best Time
1	250	Viktor An	RUS	AF-1	1-1-1	41.063	Gold
2	212	Wu Dajing	CHN	AF-2	1-1-1	40.846	Silver
3	203	Charle Cournoyer	CAN	AF-3	2-2-1	40.945	Bronze
4	210	Liang Wenhao	CHN	AF-4	2-2-1	41.221
5	209	Han Tianyu	CHN	BF-1	3-1-1	41.151
6	258	J. R. Celski	USA	BF-2	4-2-2	41.152
7	217	Jon Eley	GBR	BF-3	4-2-2	41.337
8	248	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	BF-4	3-1-1	41.235
9	231	Satoshi Sakashita	JPN	SF-5	5-3-2	41.629
10	249	Freek van der Wart	NED	QF-3	0-3-2	41.190
11	240	Lee Han-Bin	KOR	QF-3	0-3-2	41.471
12	223	Viktor Knoch	HUN	QF-3	0-3-2	42.043
13	207	Olivier Jean	CAN	QF-4	0-4-1	41.616
14	242	Park Se-Yeong	KOR	QF-DQ	0-0-1	41.566
15	251	Semyon Yelistratov	RUS	QF-DQ	0-0-2	41.355
16	252	Vladimir Grigoryev	RUS	QF-DQ	0-0-2	41.883
17	220	Robert Seifert	GER	R1-3	0-0-3	41.624
18	224	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	R1-3	0-0-3	41.683
19	225	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	R1-3	0-0-3	41.769
20	235	Aydar Bekzhanov	KAZ	R1-3	0-0-3	41.800
21	226	Yuri Confortola	ITA	R1-3	0-0-3	42.042
22	216	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	R1-3	0-0-3	42.167
23	255	Mackenzie Blackburn	TPE	R1-3	0-0-3	42.337
24	247	Niels Kerstholt	NED	R1-3	0-0-3	42.441
25	228	Anthony Lobello	ITA	R1-4	0-0-4	42.133
26	215	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	R1-4	0-0-4	42.368
27	219	Jack Whelbourne	GBR	R1-4	0-0-4	42.513
28	260	Jordan Malone	USA	R1-4	0-0-4	42.533
29	238	Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev	KAZ	R1-4	0-0-4	42.680
30	201	Pierre Boda	AUS	R1-4	0-0-4	42.702
31	256	Eddy Alvarez	USA	R1-4	0-0-4	1:15.108
32	205	Charles Hamelin	CAN	R1-4	0-0-4	1:18.871

Round One (18 February 2014 — 14:15)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat One (14:15)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Park Se-Yeong	KOR	41.566	Q
2	3	Satoshi Sakashita	JPN	41.629	Q
3	1	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	41.769
4	4	Pierre Boda	AUS	42.702

Heat Two (14:18)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Charle Cournoyer	CAN	41.180	Q
2	2	Freek van der Wart	NED	41.190	Q
3	4	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	41.683
4	3	Anthony Lobello	ITA	42.133

Heat Three (14:21)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Liang Wenhao	CHN	41.647	Q
2	1	Lee Han-Bin	KOR	41.982	Q
3	2	Yuri Confortola	ITA	42.042
4	4	Eddy Alvarez	USA	1:15.108

Heat Four (14:24)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Han Tianyu	CHN	41.592	Q
2	2	Vladimir Grigoryev	RUS	41.883	Q
3	1	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	42.167
4	4	Jack Whelbourne	GBR	42.513

Heat Five (14:27)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Viktor An	RUS	41.450	Q
2	2	Jon Eley	GBR	41.554	Q
3	1	Aydar Bekzhanov	KAZ	41.800
4	3	Jordan Malone	USA	42.533

Heat Six (14:30)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Wu Dajing	CHN	41.712	Q
2	1	Viktor Knoch	HUN	42.261	Q
3	3	Niels Kerstholt	NED	42.441
4	4	Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev	KAZ	42.680

Heat Seven (14:33)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Olivier Jean	CAN	41.616	Q
2	2	J. R. Celski	USA	41.717	Q
3	3	Mackenzie Blackburn	TPE	42.337
4	1	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	42.368

Heat Eight (14:36)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	41.235	Q
2	4	Semyon Yelistratov	RUS	41.355	Q
3	2	Robert Seifert	GER	41.624
4	3	Charles Hamelin	CAN	1:18.871

Quarter-Finals (21 February 2014 — 20:30)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One (20:30)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	41.683	Q
2	3	Liang Wenhao	CHN	41.817	Q
3	4	Viktor Knoch	HUN	42.043
DQ	2	Semyon Yelistratov	RUS	–

Heat Two (20:33)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Han Tianyu	CHN	41.390	Q
2	4	J. R. Celski	USA	53.178	Q
3	3	Satoshi Sakashita	JPN	59.249	ADV
DQ	1	Park Se-Yeong	KOR	–

Heat Three (20:36)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Wu Dajing	CHN	41.056	Q
2	1	Charle Cournoyer	CAN	41.060	Q
3	2	Freek van der Wart	NED	1:01.371
DQ	4	Vladimir Grigoryev	RUS	–

Heat Four (20:39)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Viktor An	RUS	41.257	Q
2	2	Jon Eley	GBR	41.337	Q
3	4	Lee Han-Bin	KOR	41.471
4	3	Olivier Jean	CAN	41.760

Semi-Finals (21 February 2014 — 21:13)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (21:13)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Wu Dajing	CHN	40.846	Q
2	2	Charle Cournoyer	CAN	40.945	Q
3	3	Han Tianyu	CHN	41.151	QB
4	4	J. R. Celski	USA	41.152	QB
5	5	Satoshi Sakashita	JPN	41.661

Heat Two (21:16)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Viktor An	RUS	41.063	Q
2	4	Liang Wenhao	CHN	41.221	Q
3	3	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	41.290	QB
4	2	Jon Eley	GBR	41.441	QB

Final Round (21 February 2014 — 21:43)

B Final (21:43)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Han Tianyu	CHN	41.534
2	2	J. R. Celski	USA	41.786
3	4	Jon Eley	GBR	41.870
4	3	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	42.608

A Final (21:46)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Viktor An	RUS	41.312
2	1	Wu Dajing	CHN	41.516
3	2	Charle Cournoyer	CAN	41.617
4	4	Liang Wenhao	CHN	1:13.590