Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres


The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 24 and 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 24 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.
;Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Richard Nizielski44.86Q
2Martin Johansson44.94Q
3John Coyle45.42
4Li Lianli63.44

;Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Marc Gagnon44.69Q
2Steven Bradbury45.43Q
3Erik Duyvelshoff45.83
4Wilf O'Reilly46.41

;Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Derrick Campbell44.72Q
2Lee Joon-ho45.41Q
3Bruno Loscos45.54

;Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Chae Ji-hoon44.36Q
2Jun Uematsu44.50Q
3Batchuluuny Bat–Orgil48.63
–Orazio FagoneDQ

;Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Li Jiajun44.67Q
2Kim Ki-hoon45.32Q
3Igor Ozerov45.48
4Andrew Nicholson54.21

;Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mirko Vuillermin44.29Q
2Frédéric Blackburn44.38Q
3Sergey Kobyzev44.54
4Eric Flaim44.71

;Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Nicky Gooch44.03Q
2Andy Gabel44.31Q
3Mike McMillen44.98
4Stephan Huygen45.04

;Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Bjørnar Elgetun44.01Q
2Satoru Terao44.88Q
3Kieran Hansen46.30
4Chris Nicholson63.43

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.
;Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Marc Gagnon43.84Q
2Mirko Vuillermin43.85Q
3Kim Ki-hoon44.04
4Jun Uematsu44.20

;Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Steven Bradbury44.18Q
2Nicky Gooch44.25Q
3Satoru Terao44.27
4Derrick Campbell80.27

;Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Chae Ji-hoon44.69Q
2Martin Johansson44.96Q
3Andy Gabel48.91
–Li JiajunDQ

;Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Frédéric Blackburn45.20Q
2Lee Joon-ho45.27Q
3Bjørnar Elgetun45.35
4Richard Nizielski45.57

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.
;Semifinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mirko Vuillermin43.58QA
2Chae Ji-hoon43.72QA
3Frédéric Blackburn44.40QB
4Martin Johansson46.04QB

;Semifinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Marc Gagnon44.08QA
2Nicky Gooch44.40QA
3Lee Joon-ho45.97QB
4Steven Bradbury63.51QB

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.
;Final A
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Chae Ji-hoon43.45
Mirko Vuillermin43.47
Nicky Gooch43.68
4Marc Gagnon52.73

;Final B
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
5Frédéric Blackburn44.97
6Lee Joon-ho45.13
7Martin Johansson45.24
8Steven Bradbury45.33