| Event: | Men's 500 metres |
| Games: | 1990 Asian Winter Games |
| Venue: | Makomanai Open Stadium |
| Dates: | 10 March 1990 |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 4 |
| Gold: | Song Chen |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Bae Ki-tae |
| Silvernoc: | KOR |
| Bronze: | Yasushi Kuroiwa |
| Bronzenoc: | JPN |
| Bronze2: | Yasunori Miyabe |
| Bronzenoc2: | JPN |
| Prev: | 1986 |
| Next: | 1996 |
See main article: Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games. The men's 500 metres at the 1990 Asian Winter Games was held on 10 March 1990 in Sapporo, Japan.
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=80 | Time | width=50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.14 | |||||||
| 38.21 | |||||||
| 38.34 | |||||||
| 38.34 | |||||||
| 5 | 38.43 | ||||||
| 6 | 38.49 | ||||||
| 7 | 38.89 | ||||||
| 8 | 38.95 | ||||||
| 9 | 39.01 | ||||||
| 10 | 39.05 | ||||||
| 11 | 39.10 | ||||||
| 12 | 39.37 | ||||||
| 13 | 40.45 | ||||||
| 14 | 41.70 |