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500 metres, Men

Date	22 – 25 February 2006
Status	Olympic
Location	Palavela, Torino
Participants	27 from 16 countries
Format	Placements 1-8 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on points earned in earlier rounds, and time in final round skated.
Olympic Record	41.802 / Marc Gagnon CAN / 23 February 2002

After two gold medals in the 1,000 and 1,500 m, An Hyeon-Su was gunning for a third title. However, the 500 m was not his specialty, although he had medalled in the event at the 2005 World Championships. Another non-specialist was Apolo Anton Ohno, who was hoping to improve on relatively poor results at the Olympics thus far (bronze in the 1,000 m). Canada was expecting to do well in this event, having François-Louis Tremblay as the defending World Champion.

The semi-finals saw one outsider for the title, Li Jiajun, the 2003 World Champion, being disqualified for intereference. This helped Ohno advance to the final, joining Tremblay and An. Ohno was lucky to draw the inner lane, and took full advantage of this, keeping his lead throughout the race. Tremblay attempted to pass various times, but without success, finishing second. An, meanwhile, placed third, nudging his skate over the line just 0.004 seconds ahead of Éric Bédard.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Points	Best Time
1	254	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	AF-1	–	–	Gold
2	211	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	AF-2	–	–	Silver
3	239	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	AF-3	–	–	Bronze
4	208	Éric Bédard	CAN	AF-4	–	–
5	220	Jon Eley	GBR	AF-5	–	–
6	238	Satoru Terao	JPN	BF-1	–	–
7	232	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	BF-2	–	–
8	206	Wim De Deyne	BEL	QF-3	47	42.979
9	233	Roberto Serra	ITA	QF-3	34	42.773
10	227	Péter Darázs	HUN	QF-3	34	1:01.289
11	244	Cees Juffermans	NED	QF-3	26	42.515
12	240	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	QF-4	42	1:22.896
13	225	Arian Nachbar	GER	QF-4	29	42.605
14	247	Vyacheslav Kurginyan	RUS	R1-3	13	43.183
15	236	Takafumi Nishitani	JPN	R1-3	13	43.212
16	224	Tyson Heung	GER	R1-3	13	43.572
17	250	Volodymyr Hryhor'iev	UKR	R1-3	13	43.583
18	248	Mikhail Razhin	RUS	R1-3	13	44.077
19	207	Pieter Gysel	BEL	R1-4	8	42.980
20	221	Paul Stanley	GBR	R1-4	8	43.486
21	249	Matúš Užák	SVK	R1-4	8	44.525
22	203	Alex McEwan	AUS	R1-4	8	45.173
23	253	Anthony Lobello	USA	R1-4	8	1:13.722
DQ	215	Li Jiajun	CHN	–	–	–
DQ	214	Li Haonan	CHN	–	–	–
DQ	246	Dariusz Kulesza	POL	–	–	–
DQ	242	Seo Ho-Jin	KOR	–	–	–

Round One (22 February 2006)

Top two finishers in each heat and the next fastest non-qualifiers advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (20:17)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	42.960	34	Q
2	3	Dariusz Kulesza	POL	43.416	21	Q
3	2	Tyson Heung	GER	43.572	13

Heat Two (20:20)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Éric Bédard	CAN	42.480	34	Q
2	3	Jon Eley	GBR	42.511	21	Q
3	1	Vyacheslav Kurginyan	RUS	43.183	13
4	4	Alex McEwan	AUS	45.173	8

Heat Three (20:23)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Wim De Deyne	BEL	42.883	34	Q
2	4	Arian Nachbar	GER	43.006	21	Q
3	3	Volodymyr Hryhor'iev	UKR	43.583	13
4	2	Matúš Užák	SVK	44.525	8

Heat Four (20:26)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Satoru Terao	JPN	42.607	34	Q
2	4	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	42.779	21	Q
3	1	Cees Juffermans	NED	42.849	13	q
DQ	3	Seo Ho-Jin	KOR	–	–

Heat Five (20:29)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Li Jiajun	CHN	42.914	34	Q
2	4	Péter Darázs	HUN	42.929	21	Q
3	3	Mikhail Razhin	RUS	44.077	13
4	1	Anthony Lobello	USA	1:14.000	8

Heat Six (20:32)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	42.676	34	Q
2	3	Li Haonan	CHN	42.703	21	Q
3	4	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	42.819	13	q
4	2	Pieter Gysel	BEL	42.980	8

Heat Seven (20:35)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	42.836	34	Q
2	2	Roberto Serra	ITA	43.120	21	Q
3	4	Takafumi Nishitani	JPN	43.212	13
4	1	Paul Stanley	GBR	43.486	8

Quarter-Finals (25 February 2006)

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

Heat One (19:30)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	42.213	34	Q
2	1	Satoru Terao	JPN	42.471	21	Q
3	4	Cees Juffermans	NED	42.515	13
4	3	Arian Nachbar	GER	42.605	8

Heat Two (19:33)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Li Jiajun	CHN	43.105	34	Q
2	3	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	43.701	21	Q
3	1	Péter Darázs	HUN	1:01.289	13
4	2	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	1:22.896	8

Heat Three (19:36)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Éric Bédard	CAN	42.267	34	Q
2	1	Jon Eley	GBR	42.424	21	Q
3	4	Roberto Serra	ITA	42.773	13
DQ	2	Li Haonan	CHN	–	–

Heat Four (19:39)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	42.020	34	Q
2	2	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	42.110	21	Q
3	3	Wim De Deyne	BEL	42.979	13
DQ	4	Dariusz Kulesza	POL	–	–

Semi-Finals (25 February 2006)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (20:14)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	42.261	34	Q
2	3	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	42.400	21	Q
3	4	Jon Eley	GBR	42.650	13	ADV
DQ	1	Li Jiajun	CHN	–	–

Heat Two (20:17)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	41.826	34	Q
2	3	Éric Bédard	CAN	41.950	21	Q
3	2	Satoru Terao	JPN	42.120	13
4	4	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	42.131	8

Final Round (25 February 2006 — 20:45)

B Final (20:45)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Satoru Terao	JPN	42.377
2	2	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	42.398

A Final (20:48)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	41.935	QOR
2	2	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	42.002
3	3	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	42.089
4	4	Éric Bédard	CAN	42.093
5	5	Jon Eley	GBR	42.497