Men's 500 m - Speed Skating
Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m - Speed Skating - Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics

Event Format: Skaters raced in pairs on separate tracks (the inner and outer lanes) on a 400 m oval rink. Skaters switched lanes after the first half of the race in order to skate an equal distance. The 500 m distance was skated twice on the same day and the olympic gold medal winner was the athlete with the best total time for the two races

Event facts: Men's 500 m competition was held at the Utah Olympic Oval and 38 athletes participated in the event.