Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
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The men's 500 m competition in speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February, at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.[1][2] Jordan Stolz of the United States won the event, Jenning de Boo of the Netherlands won the silver medal, and Laurent Dubreuil of Canada bronze.[3][4]
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| Venue | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 14 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 33.77 | ||||||||||||
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The medals for the competition were presented by Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC Vice-President, One Gold, Morocco; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Colin Smith, ISU Director General; Great Britain.
Background
The 2022 champion, Gao Tingyu, and the bronze medalist, Wataru Morishige, qualified for the event. The silver medalist, Cha Min-kyu, did not participate in these Games. Before the Olympics, Jordan Stolz was leading the 500m standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. Jenning de Boo was the 500m 2025 world champion.
Qualification
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
| World record |  Pavel Kulizhnikov (RUS) | 33.61 | Salt Lake City, United States | 9 March 2019 |
| Olympic record |  Gao Tingyu (CHN) | 34.32 | Beijing, China | 12 February 2022 |
| Track record |  Lee Byung-hoon (KOR) | 35.49 | 30 November 2025 |
A new Olympic record was set twice during the competition; the previous record was set four years earlier and was broken by 0.55 seconds; the top three finishers were under the previous record.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
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| 14 February | Pair 10 | Laurent Dubreuil |  Canada |
34.26 | OR |
| Pair 13 | Jordan Stolz |  United States | 33.77 | OR, TR |
Results
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 13 | I | Jordan Stolz | United States | 33.77 | OR, TR | |
 | 13 | O | Jenning de Boo |  Netherlands | 33.88 | +0.11 | |
 | 10 | I | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 34.26 | +0.49 | |
| 4 | 14 | I | Damian Żurek |  Poland | 34.35 | +0.58 | |
| 5 | 14 | O | Sebas Diniz | Netherlands | 34.461 | +0.69 | |
| 6 | 9 | I | Tatsuya Shinhama |  Japan | 34.466 | +0.69 | |
| 7 | 12 | O | Gao Tingyu | China | 34.47 | +0.70 | |
| 8 | 9 | O | Marek Kania | Poland | 34.48 | +0.71 | |
| 9 | 11 | O | Yevgeniy Koshkin |  Kazakhstan | 34.56 | +0.79 | |
| 10 | 15 | I | Wataru Morishige | Japan | 34.62 | +0.85 | |
| 11 | 8 | O | Xue Zhiwen | China | 34.66 | +0.89 | |
| 12 | 12 | I | Kim Jun-ho | South Korea | 34.68 | +0.91 | |
| 13 | 15 | O | Bjørn Magnussen |  Norway | 34.72 | +0.95 | |
| 14 | 7 | I | Lian Ziwen | China | 34.76 | +0.99 | |
| 15 | 5 | I | Koo Kyung-min | South Korea | 34.80 | +1.03 | |
| 16 | 5 | O | Anders Johnson | Canada | 34.81 | +1.04 | |
| 17 | 3 | O | Jeffrey Rosanelli |  Italy | 34.82 | +1.05 | |
| 18 | 11 | I | Marten Liiv |  Estonia | 34.83 | +1.06 | |
| 19 | 8 | I | Katsuhiro Kuratsubo | Japan | 34.85 | +1.08 | |
| 20 | 4 | O | Nil Llop |  Spain | 34.86 | +1.09 | |
| 21 | 6 | O | Joep Wennemars | Netherlands | 34.89 | +1.12 | |
| 22 | 10 | O | Cooper McLeod | United States | 34.90 | +1.13 | |
| 23 | 7 | O | Cédrick Brunet | Canada | 34.95 | +1.18 | |
| 24 | 6 | I | Piotr Michalski | Poland | 35.10 | +1.33 | |
| 25 | 2 | I | Moritz Klein |  Germany | 35.21 | +1.44 | |
| 26 | 2 | O | Henrik Fagerli Rukke | Norway | 35.36 | +1.59 | |
| 27 | 4 | I | Zach Stoppelmoor | United States | 35.42 | +1.65 | |
| 28 | 3 | I | Hendrik Dombek | Germany | 35.46 | +1.69 | |
| 29 | 1 | I | Ignaz Gschwentner |  Austria | 36.07 | +2.30 |