Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres at the 1990 Asian Winter Games was held on 10 March 1990 in Sapporo, Japan.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) | 36.45 | Calgary, Canada | 14 February 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games Record | Akira Kuroiwa (JPN) | 38.20 | Sapporo, Japan | 1 March 1986 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Song Chen (CHN) | 38.14 | GR |
| | Bae Ki-tae (KOR) | 38.21 | |
| | Yasushi Kuroiwa (JPN) | 38.34 | |
| | Yasunori Miyabe (JPN) | 38.34 | |
| 5 | Hozumi Moriyama (JPN) | 38.43 | |
| 6 | Jaegal Sung-yeol (KOR) | 38.49 | |
| 7 | Liu Hongbo (CHN) | 38.89 | |
| 8 | Satoru Kuroiwa (JPN) | 38.95 | |
| 9 | Ri Yong-chol (PRK) | 39.01 | |
| 10 | Kim Yoon-man (KOR) | 39.05 | |
| 11 | Liu Wei (CHN) | 39.10 | |
| 12 | Ha Yong-il (PRK) | 39.37 | |
| 13 | Choi In-chol (PRK) | 40.45 | |
| 14 | Im Ri-bin (PRK) | 41.70 | |
