Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
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The men's 500 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 16 February (heats) and 18 February (finals), 2026 at the Forum di Milano in Milan.[1] Steven Dubois of Canada won the event, with brothers Melle van 't Wout and Jens van 't Wout, both of the Netherlands, winning the silver and bronze medal, respectively.[2][3]
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| Venue | Forum di Milano, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 16 and 18 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion Shaoang Liu qualified, though he switched from representing Hungary to China. The 2022 bronze medalist, Steven Dubois, qualified as well. The silver medalist, Konstantin Ivliev, did not compete internationally since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before the Olympics, William Dandjinou was leading the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour 500 m standings as well as the overall standings. Steven Dubois was the 500 m 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. A total of 32 athletes from 18 nations qualified for the event.
Records
Prior to this competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Wu Dajing (CHN) | 39.505 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 November 2018 |
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| Olympic record | Wu Dajing (CHN) | 39.584 | Gangneung, South Korea | 22 February 2018 |
Results
Heats
16 February 2026, 11:18 AM
Quarterfinals
18 February 2026, 20:15 PM
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Steven Dubois |  Canada | 40.377 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Teun Boer |  Netherlands | 40.412 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Denis Nikisha |  Kazakhstan | 40.562 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Andrew Heo |  United States | 40.724 | |
| 1 | Won-jun Moon |  Hungary | PEN | ||
| 1 | 2 | Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands | 40.408 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Shaoang Liu | China | 40.461 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Thomas Nadalini |  Italy | 40.619 | |
| 4 | 2 | Oleh Handei |  Ukraine | 41.164 | |
| 5 | 2 | Denis Örs |  Turkey | 41.532 | |
| 1 | 3 | William Dandjinou | Canada | 40.330 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Pietro Sighel | Italy | 40.392 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maxime Laoun | Canada | 40.454 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Lin Xiaojun | China | 40.638 | |
| 5 | 3 | Daniil Eybog |  Uzbekistan | 1:07.497 | |
| 1 | 4 | Melle van 't Wout | Netherlands | 40.554 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Félix Pigeon |  Poland | 40.770 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Lorenzo Previtali | Italy | 40.847 | |
| 4 | 4 | Kazuki Yoshinaga |  Japan | 40.895 | |
| 5 | 4 | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 41.549 |
Semifinals
18 February 2026, 20:42 PM
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | William Dandjinou | Canada |
40.752 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Melle van 't Wout | Netherlands |
40.916 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Félix Pigeon | Poland |
41.026 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Maxime Laoun | Canada |
58.859 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Pietro Sighel | Italy |
1:07.239 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands |
40.064 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Steven Dubois | Canada |
40.163 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Teun Boer | Netherlands |
40.295 | qA |
| 4 | 2 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan |
40.871 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Liu Shaoang | China |
1:10.008 | QB |
Finals
Final B
18 February 2026, 21:24 PM
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Liu Shaoang | China |
41.525 | |
| 2 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan |
41.948 | |
| 3 | Félix Pigeon | Poland |
45.345 | |
| 4 | Maxime Laoun | Canada |
1:22.896 | |
| 5 | Pietro Sighel | Italy |
DNS |
Final A
18 February 2026, 21:29 PM
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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Steven Dubois | Canada |
40.835 | |
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Melle van 't Wout | Netherlands |
40.912 | |
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Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands |
41.908 | |
| 4 | Teun Boer | Netherlands |
1:05.360 | |
| 5 | William Dandjinou | Canada |
PEN |