Speed skating at the 1999 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1999 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres at the 1999 Asian Winter Games was held on 2 and 3 February 1999 in Chuncheon, South Korea.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 2 February 1999 | 13:25 | 1st race |
| Wednesday, 3 February 1999 | 10:55 | 2nd race |

## Records

### 500 meters

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

| World Record | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) | 34.82 | Calgary, Canada | 28 March 1998 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games Record | Takahiro Hamamichi (JPN) | 36.69 | Harbin, China | 5 February 1996 |

### 500 meters × 2

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

| World Record | Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) | 1:10.18 | Calgary, Canada | 28 March 1998 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games Record | Jaegal Sung-yeol (KOR) Takahiro Hamamichi (JPN) | 1:13.57 | Harbin, China | 6 February 1996 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | 1st race | 1st race | 2nd race | 2nd race | Total | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | Pair | Time | Pair | Time | Total | Notes |
| | Shoji Kato (JPN) | 5 | 37.52 | 5 | 37.45 | 1:14.97 | |
| | Jaegal Sung-yeol (KOR) | 6 | 37.89 | 3 | 37.22 | 1:15.11 | |
| | Kazuya Nishioka (JPN) | 4 | 37.61 | 5 | 37.51 | 1:15.12 | |
| 4 | Chun Joo-hyun (KOR) | 3 | 37.72 | 4 | 37.59 | 1:15.31 | |
| 5 | Li Yu (CHN) | 5 | 37.46 | 6 | 37.97 | 1:15.43 | |
| 6 | Choi Jae-bong (KOR) | 4 | 37.89 | 3 | 37.76 | 1:15.65 | |
| 7 | Katsuhiro Kato (JPN) | 3 | 37.45 | 6 | 38.29 | 1:15.74 | |
| 8 | Lee Kyou-hyuk (KOR) | 2 | 38.61 | 2 | 37.74 | 1:16.35 | |
| 9 | Liu Hongbo (CHN) | 2 | 38.62 | 2 | 38.48 | 1:17.10 | |
| 10 | Sergey Ilyushchenko (KAZ) | 1 | 40.34 | 1 | 40.58 | 1:20.92 | |
| 11 | Minetaka Sasabuchi (JPN) | 6 | 37.81 | 4 | 1:01.79 | 1:39.60 | |
