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Men’s 500 metres
Held at 25 Games, 1924–2026. Most golds: United States (8). Most medals: Yevgeny Grishin (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals81
Delegations14on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Milano Cortina | Jordan Stolz United States | Jenning de Boo Netherlands | Laurent Dubreuil Canada |
| 2022 Beijing | Gao Tingyu China | Cha Min-kyu South Korea | Wataru Morishige Japan |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Norway | Cha Min-kyu South Korea | Gao Tingyu China |
| 2014 Sochi | Michel Mulder Netherlands | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | Ronald Mulder Netherlands |
| 2010 Vancouver | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | Keiichiro Nagashima Japan | Joji Kato Japan |
| 2006 Turin | Joey Cheek United States | Dmitry Dorofeyev Russia | Lee Kang-Seok South Korea |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Casey FitzRandolph United States | Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan | Kip Carpenter United States |
| 1998 Nagano | Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan | Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada | Kevin Overland Canada |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Aleksandr Golubev Russia | Sergey Klevchenya Russia | Manabu Horii Japan |
| 1992 Albertville | Uwe-Jens Mey Germany | Toshiyuki Kuroiwa Japan | Junichi Inoue Japan |
| 1988 Calgary | Uwe-Jens Mey East Germany | Jan Ykema Netherlands | Akira Kuroiwa Japan |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Sergey Fokichev Soviet Union | Yoshihiro Kitazawa Japan | Gaétan Boucher Canada |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Eric Heiden United States | Yevgeny Kulikov Soviet Union | Lieuwe de Boer Netherlands |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Yevgeny Kulikov Soviet Union | Valery Muratov Soviet Union | Dan Immerfall United States |
| 1972 Sapporo | Erhard Keller West Germany | Hasse Börjes Sweden | Valery Muratov Soviet Union |
| 1968 Grenoble | Erhard Keller West Germany | Magne Thomassen Norway / Terry McDermott United States | — |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Terry McDermott United States | Alv Gjestvang Norway / Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union / Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union | — |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union | Bill Disney United States | Rafayel Grach Soviet Union |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union | Rafayel Grach Soviet Union | Alv Gjestvang Norway |
| 1952 Oslo | Ken Henry United States | Don McDermott United States | Gordon Audley Canada / Arne Johansen Norway |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Finn Helgesen Norway | Thomas Byberg Norway / Ken Bartholomew United States / Robert Fitzgerald United States | — |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Ivar Ballangrud Norway | Georg Krog Norway | Leo Freisinger United States |
| 1932 Lake Placid | Jack Shea United States | Bernt Evensen Norway | Alexander Hurd Canada |
| 1928 St. Moritz | Clas Thunberg Finland / Bernt Evensen Norway | — | Jaakko Friman Finland / Roald Larsen Norway / John Farrell United States |
| 1924 Chamonix | Charles Jewtraw United States | Oskar Olsen Norway | Clas Thunberg Finland / Roald Larsen Norway |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Norway | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Most medals
| Athlete | Gold | Medals |
|---|---|---|
| Yevgeny Grishin | 2 | 3 |
| Erhard Keller | 2 | 2 |
| Uwe-Jens Mey | 2 | 2 |
| Clas Thunberg | 1 | 2 |
| Bernt Evensen | 1 | 2 |
| Terry McDermott | 1 | 2 |
| Yevgeny Kulikov | 1 | 2 |
| Hiroyasu Shimizu | 1 | 2 |
| Gao Tingyu | 1 | 2 |
| Charles Jewtraw | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Shea | 1 | 1 |
| Ivar Ballangrud | 1 | 1 |