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

The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held 2426 February 2010 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Men's 500 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenuePacific Coliseum
DatesFebruary 24 (qualifying heats)
February 26 (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Winning time40.981
Medalists
Charles Hamelin  Canada
Sung Si-bak  South Korea
François-Louis Tremblay  Canada

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

Results

Hamelin kisses his girlfriend after winning the gold medal.

There were thirty-two competitors representing sixteen nations.

Heats

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Sung Si-bak South Korea41.889Q
21Niels Kerstholt Netherlands42.180Q
31Nicolas Bean Italy42.344
41Takahiro Fujimoto Japan42.366
12Lee Ho-suk South Korea41.632Q
22Simon Cho United States41.726Q
32Semion Elistratov Russia42.982
42Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands44.448
13Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea42.147Q
23Pieter Gysel Belgium42.443Q
33Peter Darazs Hungary42.800
43Jordan Malone United States1:03.884
14Charles Hamelin Canada41.463Q
24Jon Eley Great Britain42.081Q
34Nicola Rodigari Italy42.190
44Ruslan Zakharov Russia43.207
15Thibaut Fauconnet France41.730Q
25Tyson Heung Germany41.835Q
35Blake Skjellerup New Zealand42.510
5Liang Wenhao ChinaDSQ
16François-Louis Tremblay Canada41.397Q, OR
26Haralds Silovs Latvia41.673Q
36Ma Yunfeng China41.954
46Yuri Confortola Italy1:17.401
17Apolo Ohno United States41.665Q
27Olivier Jean Canada41.737Q
37Paul Worth Great Britain42.936
7Aidar Bekzhanov KazakhstanDSQ
18Han Jialiang China41.869Q
28Jumpei Yoshizawa Japan42.158Q
38Robert Seifert Germany42.181
48Viktor Knoch Hungary42.197

Quarterfinal

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Charles Hamelin Canada40.770Q, OR
21Sung Si-bak South Korea40.821Q
31Simon Cho United States41.211
41Niels Kerstholt Netherlands42.128
12Jon Eley Great Britain41.875Q
22Apolo Ohno United States42.004Q
32Tyson Heung Germany48.554ADV
42Thibaut Fauconnet France51.339
13Lee Ho-suk South Korea41.269Q
23Olivier Jean Canada41.275Q
33Han Jialiang China41.443
43Jumpei Yoshizawa Japan41.906
14François-Louis Tremblay Canada41.326Q
24Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea41.761Q
34Haralds Silovs Latvia41.837
44Pieter Gysel Belgium41.980

Semifinal

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Charles Hamelin Canada40.964QA
21Sung Si-bak South Korea41.126QA
31Tyson Heung Germany41.455QB
41Jon Eley Great Britain41.504QB
1Olivier Jean CanadaDSQ
12Apolo Ohno United States41.460QA
22François-Louis Tremblay Canada41.515QA
32Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea41.620QB
42Lee Ho-suk South Korea1:24.514QB

Finals

Final B (Classification Round)

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
4Kwak Yoon-gy South Korea42.123
5Tyson Heung Germany42.307
6Jon Eley Great Britain42.681
7Lee Ho-suk South Korea49.149

Final A (Medal Round)

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
Charles Hamelin Canada40.981
Sung Si-bak South Korea41.340
François-Louis Tremblay Canada46.366
Apolo Ohno United StatesDSQ

References

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