Före tävlingen gällde följande världsrekord och olympiskt rekord:
500 meter (1 lopp)
500 meter x 2 (2 lopp)
| Placering |
Idrottare |
Lopp 1 Tid (plats) |
Lopp 2 Tid (plats) |
Totaltid |
Skillnad |
 |
Joey Cheek (USA) |
34,82 (1) |
34,94 (1) |
69,76 |
-- |
 |
Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) |
35,24 (2) |
35,17 (3) |
70,41 |
+0,65 |
 |
Lee Kang-seok (KOR) |
35,34 (3) |
35,09 (2) |
70,43 |
+0,67 |
| 4 |
Yūya Oikawa (JPN) |
35,35 (4) |
35,21 (5) |
70,56 |
+0,80 |
| 5 |
Yu Fengtong (CHN) |
35,39 (6) |
35,29 (6=) |
70,68 |
+0,92 |
| 6 |
Joji Kato (JPN) |
35,59 (11=) |
35,19 (4) |
70,78 |
+1,02 |
| 7 |
Michael Ireland (CAN) |
35,59 (11=) |
35,29 (6=) |
70,88 |
+1,12 |
| 8 |
Choi Jae-bong (KOR) |
35,61 (13) |
35,43 (9=) |
71,04 |
+1,28 |
| 9 |
Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) |
35,37 (5) |
35,68 (17=) |
71,05 |
+1,29 |
| 10 |
Pekka Koskela (FIN) |
35,58 (9=) |
35,51 (12) |
71,09 |
+1,33 |
| 11 |
Jan Bos (NED) |
35,68 (16) |
35,43 (9=) |
71,11 |
+1,35 |
| 12 |
Casey FitzRandolph (USA) |
35,78 (18) |
35,34 (8) |
71,12 |
+1,36 |
| 13 |
Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) |
35,67 (15) |
35,47 (11) |
71,14 |
+1,38 |
| 14 |
Dmitry Lobkov (RUS) |
35,55 (8) |
35,62 (13=) |
71,17 |
+1,41 |
| 15 |
Janne Hänninen (FIN) |
35,58 (9=) |
35,67 (15=) |
71,25 |
+1,49 |
| 16 |
Erben Wennemars (NED) |
35,46 (7) |
35,84 (25) |
71,30 |
+1,54 |
| 17 |
Lee Kyou-hyuk (KOR) |
35,76 (17) |
35,62 (13=) |
71,38 |
+1,62 |
| 18 |
Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) |
35,66 (14) |
35,78 (21) |
71,44 |
+1,68 |
| 19 |
An Weijiang (CHN) |
35,89 (21) |
35,67 (15=) |
71,56 |
+1,80 |
| 20 |
Erik Zachrisson (SWE) |
35,80 (19) |
35,81 (23) |
71,61 |
+1,85 |
| 21 |
Ermanno Ioriatti (ITA) |
35,88 (20) |
35,80 (22) |
71,68 |
+1,92 |
| 22 |
Mika Poutala (FIN) |
35,91 (22) |
35,83 (24) |
71,74 |
+1,98 |
| 23 |
Simon Kuipers (NED) |
36,10 (27) |
35,74 (20) |
71,84 |
+2,08 |
| 24 |
Aleksey Proshin (RUS) |
35,96 (23) |
35,94 (26) |
71,90 |
+2,14 |
| 25 |
Tucker Fredricks (USA) |
36,02 (25) |
35,99 (28) |
72,01 |
+2,25 |
| 26 |
Kip Carpenter (USA) |
36,40 (31) |
35,68 (17=) |
72,08 |
+2,32 |
| 27 |
Sergey Kornilov (RUS) |
36,00 (24) |
36,24 (32) |
72,24 |
+2,48 |
| 28 |
Lu Zhuo (CHN) |
36,39 (30) |
35,96 (27) |
72,35 |
+2,59 |
| 29 |
Vincent Labrie (CAN) |
36,31 (29) |
36,12 (29=) |
72,43 |
+2,67 |
| 30 |
Brock Miron (CAN) |
36,42 (32) |
36,12 (29=) |
72,54 |
+2,78 |
| 31 |
Maurizio Carnino (ITA) |
36,24 (28) |
36,43 (33) |
72,67 |
+2,91 |
| 32 |
Artur Waś (POL) |
36,43 (33) |
36,61 (35) |
73,04 |
+3,28 |
| 33 |
Li Yu (CHN) |
36,57 (34) |
36,56 (34) |
73,13 |
+3,37 |
| 34 |
Aleksandr Zhigin (KAZ) |
36,88 (35) |
36,92 (36) |
73,80 |
+4,04 |
| 35 |
Beorn Nijenhuis (NED) |
48,84 (36) |
35,71 (19) |
84,55 |
+14,79 |
| 36 |
Maciej Ustynowicz (POL) |
36,09 (26) |
51,92 (37) |
88,01 |
+18,25 |
| 37 |
Kwon Sun Chun (KOR) |
58,66 (37) |
36,13 (31) |
94,79 |
+25,03 |