Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres explained

The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 9 and 10 February, at the M-Wave.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3] ^[4]

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Rank	Race 1	Race 2	Total
	35.76	35.59	1:11.35
	36.04	35.80	1:11.84
	35.78	36.08	1:11.86
4	35.90	36.10	1:12.00
5	35.96	36.09	1:12.05
6	35.81	36.39	1:12.20
7	36.13	36.23	1:12.36
8	36.14	36.41	1:12.55
9	36.30	36.36	1:12.66
10	36.53	36.15	1:12.68
11	36.56	36.19	1:12.75
12	36.66	36.11	1:12.77
13	36.37	36.41	1:12.78
14	36.56	36.30	1:12.86
15	36.61	36.30	1:12.91
16	36.37	36.60	1:12.97
16	36.58	36.39	1:12.97
18	36.58	36.46	1:13.04
19	36.78	36.41	1:13.19
20	36.67	36.54	1:13.21
21	36.69	36.54	1:13.23
22	36.76	36.51	1:13.27
23	36.94	36.41	1:13.35
24	36.87	36.57	1:13.44
25	36.67	36.86	1:13.53
26	36.86	36.68	1:13.54
27	36.79	36.79	1:13.58
28	36.77	36.95	1:13.72
29	36.90	36.86	1:13.76
30	37.11	36.80	1:13.91
31	37.03	36.95	1:13.98
32	37.22	36.92	1:14.14
33	37.32	36.86	1:14.18
34	37.19	37.13	1:14.32
35	37.27	37.19	1:14.46
36	37.35	37.76	1:15.11
37	38.48	38.08	1:16.56
38	78.68	37.81	1:56.49
-	35.96	DNF	-
-	36.32	DNF	-
-	36.92	DNF	-
-	DQ	-	-

Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . 29 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . 26 February 2008 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/mens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 5 November 2019.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.