The men's 500 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 25 March.[1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Pair | Lane | Race 1 | Rank | Pair | Lane | Race 2 | Rank | Total | Time behind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 12 | i | 34.80 | 1 | 12 | o | 34.84 | 2 | 69.64 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 10 | i | 34.99 | 5 | 10 | o | 34.66 | 1 | 69.65 | +0.01 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 11 | o | 34.87 | 2 | 12 | i | 34.95 | 4 | 69.82 | +0.18 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 9 | o | 34.93 | 4 | 11 | i | 35.07 | 8 | 70.00 | +0.36 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 12 | o | 35.06 | 7 | 9 | i | 34.98 | 5 | 70.04 | +0.40 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 7 | i | 35.22 | 12 | 9 | o | 34.85 | 3 | 70.07 | +0.43 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 5 | o | 35.17 | 10 | 6 | i | 34.99 | 6 | 70.16 | +0.52 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 8 | i | 34.87 | 2 | 11 | o | 35.31 | 14 | 70.18 | +0.54 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 10 | o | 35.03 | 6 | 10 | i | 35.18 | 11 | 70.21 | +0.57 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 7 | o | 35.10 | 8 | 8 | i | 35.17 | 10 | 70.27 | +0.63 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 4 | o | 35.19 | 11 | 5 | i | 35.11 | 9 | 70.30 | +0.66 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 6 | o | 35.11 | 9 | 7 | i | 35.27 | 13 | 70.38 | +0.74 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 3 | o | 35.33 | 15 | 3 | i | 35.26 | 12 | 70.59 | +0.95 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | 11 | i | 35.71 | 21 | 4 | o | 34.99 | 6 | 70.70 | +1.06 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 5 | i | 35.36 | 16 | 8 | o | 35.35 | 16 | 70.71 | +1.07 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 4 | i | 35.57 | 17 | 7 | o | 35.32 | 15 | 70.89 | +1.25 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 8 | o | 35.30 | 13 | 4 | i | 35.60 | 19 | 70.90 | +1.26 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 9 | i | 35.60 | 19 | 5 | o | 35.59 | 18 | 71.19 | +1.55 | |||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | 3 | i | 35.59 | 18 | 6 | o | 35.66 | 20 | 71.25 | +1.61 | |||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 1 | o | 35.65 | 20 | 2 | i | 35.69 | 21 | 71.34 | +1.70 | |||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | 2 | i | 35.79 | 22 | 3 | o | 35.56 | 17 | 71.35 | +1.71 | |||
| 22 | align=left | align=left | 2 | o | 36.18 | 24 | 1 | i | 35.90 | 22 | 72.08 | +2.44 | |||
| 23 | align=left | align=left | 1 | i | 36.10 | 23 | 2 | o | 36.33 | 23 | 72.43 | +2.79 | |||
| align=left | align=left | 6 | i | 35.32 | 14 |