The men's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung[1][2] All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.

The following records were set during this competition.

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record The race was started at 20:53.

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