The men's 500 metres

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...

competition of the

2014 Sochi Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 10 February 2014.

Michel Mulder Michel Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic Champion at the 500 m distance and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist at the 1,000 m distance. He finished second in the men's 500 metres event at the 20 ...

won the gold medal.

Qualification

A total of forty speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the men's 500 metres World Cup standings after World Cup 4 in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 20 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the

2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships The 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, officially the ''Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2014'', were held in Nagano, Japan, from 18 to 19 January 2014. The defending champions were Michel Mulder of the Netherlands ...

. A reserve list was also made.

Competition schedule

All times are ( UTC+4).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. 500 meters (1 race) 500 meters x 2 (2 races) At the

2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships The 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 24 March 2013 in the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia. It was a test event for the 2014 Olympic Games. Schedule Source: schaatsen.nl& ISU.org Medal summary Men's ...

the track records were set by Jan Smeekens at 34.80 (single race) and by

Mo Tae-bum Mo Tae-bum (, Hanja: 牟太釩; ; born 15 February 1989) is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2010 Olympic Champion and the 2012 and 2013 World Champion in 500 m. He started speedskating while in the third grade. Prior to the 2010 Winte ...

at 69.760 (combination). The following records were set during this competition. TR = track record

Results

The races were held at 17:00 and 18:55.Final Results
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References

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