2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres explained

The men's 500 metre at the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place 12 March at the Sheffield Arena.^[1]

Results

Preliminaries

Top two athletes from each heat and the next two fastest thirds qualified for heats.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.449	Q
2	43.709	Q
3	44.043
4	44.252

Heat 3

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.586	Q
2	42.689	Q
3	43.922	q
4	45.673

Heat 5

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.405	Q
2	44.042	Q
3	44.608
4	1:02.458

Heat 7

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.064	Q
2	43.424	Q
3	45.554
4	49.129

Heat 9

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.910	Q
2	42.945	Q
3	44.140
4	44.835

Heat 11

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.799	Q
2	44.487	Q
3	46.572
4	46.614

Heat 13

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.815	Q
2	44.230	Q
3	46.261
4	47.546

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.449	Q
2	43.709	Q
3	44.043
4	44.252

Heat 4

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.967	Q
2	43.131	Q
3	43.627	q
4	45.313

Heat 6

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.854	Q
2	43.940	Q
3	45.336
4	45.405

Heat 8

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.857	Q
2	44.173	Q
3	45.207
4	46.320

Heat 10

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.070	Q
2	43.117	Q
3	44.237
4	44.756

Heat 12

Rank	Time	Notes
1	44.157	Q
2	44.159	Q
3	45.625
4	47.608

Heats

Top 2 Athletes from each heat and the next 2 fastest thirds qualified for quarterfinals.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.384	Q
2	43.561	Q
3	43.714
4		ADV

Heat 3

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.759	Q
2	43.893	Q
3	44.865
4		PEN

Heat 5

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.806	Q
2	42.941	Q
3	43.068	q
4	43.695

Heat 7

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.099	Q
2	43.197	Q
3	44.960
4	1:16.644

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.580	Q
2	42.678	Q
3	44.227
4	44.264

Heat 4

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.883	Q
2	42.949	Q
3	43.063	q
4	43.405

Heat 6

Rank	Time	Notes
1	44.029	Q
2	44.156	Q
3	44.755	ADV
–		PEN

Quarterfinals

Top 2 Athletes from each heat qualified for Semifinals.^[4]

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.237	Q
2	42.364	Q
3	42.451
4	42.748

Heat 3

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.638	Q
2	42.697	Q
3	42.795
4	42.917

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.736	Q
2	43.320	Q
3	44.630
4	1:01.288	ADV
–		PEN

Heat 4

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.757	Q
2	42.959	Q
3	43.304
4	43.579
5	1:37.704

Semifinals

Top 2 Athletes from each heat qualified for the Final.^[5]

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Notes
1	42.625	Q
2	42.737	Q
3	1:11.002
4	1:13.490

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Notes
1	43.364	Q
2	43.896	Q
3	44.303
4	44.516	ADV
–		PEN

Final

^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			42.307
			42.429
			42.493
4			42.523
5			58.500

Notes and References

http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/?evt=11210300000009 Schedule
http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210300000009&gen=m&ref=7778&view=rou Preliminaries Results
http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210300000009&gen=m&ref=7779&view=rou Heats Results
http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210300000009&gen=m&ref=7780&view=rou Quarterfinals Results
http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210300000009&gen=m&ref=7781&view=rou Semifinals Results
http://www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/Results.aspx?evt=11210300000009&gen=m&ref=7782&view=rou Final Results