Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
| Men's 500 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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The podium
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| Venue | Adler Arena Skating Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 10 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 69.31 (34.63 & 34.67) | ||||||||||||
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Michel Mulder |
 Netherlands
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Jan Smeekens |
Netherlands
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Ronald Mulder |
Netherlands
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The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 10 February 2014.Michel Mulder won the gold medal.
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. A reserve list was also made.
All times are (UTC+4).
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 track records were set by Jan Smeekens at 34.80 (single race) and by Mo Tae-bum at 69.760 (combination).
The following records were set during this competition.
TR = track record
The races were held at 17:00 and 18:55.
TR = track record, DNS = did not start
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