Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's 500 metres
Games:	2010 Winter
Venue:	Pacific Coliseum
Dates:	February 24 (qualifying heats) February 26 (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	16
Gold:	Charles Hamelin
Goldnoc:	CAN
Win Value:	40.981
Silver:	Sung Si-bak
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	François-Louis Tremblay
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held 24 - 26 February 2010 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The qualifying heats were held on 24 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 26 February.

Results

There were thirty-two competitors representing sixteen nations.

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		41.889	Q
2	1	align=left		align=left		42.180	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		42.344
4	1	align=left		align=left		42.366
1	2	align=left		align=left		41.632	Q
2	2	align=left		align=left		41.726	Q
3	2	align=left		align=left		42.982
4	2	align=left		align=left		44.448
1	3	align=left		align=left		42.147	Q
2	3	align=left		align=left		42.443	Q
3	3	align=left		align=left		42.800
4	3	align=left		align=left		1:03.884
1	4	align=left		align=left		41.463	Q
2	4	align=left		align=left		42.081	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		42.190
4	4	align=left		align=left		43.207
1	5	align=left		align=left		41.730	Q
2	5	align=left		align=left		41.835	Q
3	5	align=left		align=left		42.510
–	5	align=left		align=left			DSQ
1	6	align=left		align=left		41.397	Q, OR
2	6	align=left		align=left		41.673	Q
3	6	align=left		align=left		41.954
4	6	align=left		align=left		1:17.401
1	7	align=left		align=left		41.665	Q
2	7	align=left		align=left		41.737	Q
3	7	align=left		align=left		42.936
–	7	align=left		align=left			DSQ
1	8	align=left		align=left		41.869	Q
2	8	align=left		align=left		42.158	Q
3	8	align=left		align=left		42.181
4	8	align=left		align=left		42.197

Quarterfinal

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		40.770	Q, OR
2	1	align=left		align=left		40.821	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		41.211
4	1	align=left		align=left		42.128
1	2	align=left		align=left		41.875	Q
2	2	align=left		align=left		42.004	Q
3	2	align=left		align=left		48.554	ADV
4	2	align=left		align=left		51.339
1	3	align=left		align=left		41.269	Q
2	3	align=left		align=left		41.275	Q
3	3	align=left		align=left		41.443
4	3	align=left		align=left		41.906
1	4	align=left		align=left		41.326	Q
2	4	align=left		align=left		41.761	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		41.837
4	4	align=left		align=left		41.980

Semifinal

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		40.964	QA
2	1	align=left		align=left		41.126	QA
3	1	align=left		align=left		41.455	QB
4	1	align=left		align=left		41.504	QB
–	1	align=left		align=left			DSQ
1	2	align=left		align=left		41.460	QA
2	2	align=left		align=left		41.515	QA
3	2	align=left		align=left		41.620	QB
4	2	align=left		align=left		1:24.514	QB

Finals

Final B (Classification Round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
4	align=left		align=left		42.123
5	align=left		align=left		42.307
6	align=left		align=left		42.681
7	align=left		align=left		49.149

Final A (Medal Round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		40.981
	align=left		align=left		41.340
	align=left		align=left		46.366
–	align=left		align=left			DSQ

External links

• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 500 m (heats), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-25.
• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 500 m (1/4 finals), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-25.
• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 500 m (semifinals), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-25.
• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 500 m (finals), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-25.