Speed Skating at the Olympics |  | ||||
Olympic Champions 500 m M |
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| Beijing 2022 |  | CHN | Gao Tingyu | |
| PyeongChang 2018 |  | NOR | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | |
| Sochi 2014 |  | NED | Michel Mulder | |
| Vancouver 2010 |  | KOR | Mo Taebum | |
| Torino 2006 |  | USA | Joey Cheek | |
| Salt Lake City 2002 | | USA | Casey FitzRandolph | |
| Nagano 1998 |  | JPN | Hiroyasu Shimizu | |
| Lillehammer 1994 |  | RUS | Aleksandr Golubev | |
| Albertville 1992 |  | GER | Uwe-Jens Mey | |
| Calgary 1988 |  | GDR | Uwe-Jens Mey | |
| Sarajevo 1984 |  | URS | Sergei Fokichev | |
| Lake Placid 1980 | | USA | Eric Heiden | |
| Innsbruck 1976 | | URS | Yevgeny Kulikov | |
| Sapporo 1972 |  | FRG | Erhard Keller | |
| Grenoble 1968 | | FRG | Erhard Keller | |
| Innsbruck 1964 | | USA | Richard McDermott | |
| Squaw Valley 1960 | | URS | Yevgeny Grishin | |
| Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | | URS | Yevgeny Grishin | |
| Oslo 1952 | | USA | Kenneth Henry | |
| St. Moritz 1948 | | NOR | Finn Helgesen | |
| Garmisch Partenkirchen 1936 | | NOR | Ivar Ballangrud | |
| Lake Placid 1932 | | USA | John Shea | |
| St. Moritz 1928 |  | FIN | Clas Thunberg | |
| NOR | Bernt Evensen | ||
| Chamonix 1924 | | USA | Charles Jewtraw | |
| These facts about Men's 500 m Olympic Speed Skating champions are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database | ||||
