2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres
# 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 25 March.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Pair | Lane | Race 1 | Rank | Pair | Lane | Race 2 | Rank | Total | Time behind |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mo Tae-bum | South Korea | 12 | i | 34.80 | 1 | 12 | o | 34.84 | 2 | 69.64 | |
| | Michel Mulder | Netherlands | 10 | i | 34.99 | 5 | 10 | o | 34.66 | 1 | 69.65 | +0.01 |
| | Pekka Koskela | Finland | 11 | o | 34.87 | 2 | 12 | i | 34.95 | 4 | 69.82 | +0.18 |
| 4 | Joji Kato | Japan | 9 | o | 34.93 | 4 | 11 | i | 35.07 | 8 | 70.00 | +0.36 |
| 5 | Tucker Fredricks | United States | 12 | o | 35.06 | 7 | 9 | i | 34.98 | 5 | 70.04 | +0.40 |
| 6 | Ronald Mulder | Netherlands | 7 | i | 35.22 | 12 | 9 | o | 34.85 | 3 | 70.07 | +0.43 |
| 7 | Mika Poutala | Finland | 5 | o | 35.17 | 10 | 6 | i | 34.99 | 6 | 70.16 | +0.52 |
| 8 | Dmitry Lobkov | Russia | 8 | i | 34.87 | 2 | 11 | o | 35.31 | 14 | 70.18 | +0.54 |
| 9 | Jamie Gregg | Canada | 10 | o | 35.03 | 6 | 10 | i | 35.18 | 11 | 70.21 | +0.57 |
| 10 | Yuya Oikawa | Japan | 7 | o | 35.10 | 8 | 8 | i | 35.17 | 10 | 70.27 | +0.63 |
| 11 | Laurent Dubreuil | Canada | 4 | o | 35.19 | 11 | 5 | i | 35.11 | 9 | 70.30 | +0.66 |
| 12 | Artur Waś | Poland | 6 | o | 35.11 | 9 | 7 | i | 35.27 | 13 | 70.38 | +0.74 |
| 13 | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 3 | o | 35.33 | 15 | 3 | i | 35.26 | 12 | 70.59 | +0.95 |
| 14 | Jan Smeekens | Netherlands | 11 | i | 35.71 | 21 | 4 | o | 34.99 | 6 | 70.70 | +1.06 |
| 15 | Muncef Ouardi | Canada | 5 | i | 35.36 | 16 | 8 | o | 35.35 | 16 | 70.71 | +1.07 |
| 16 | Artyom Kuznetsov | Russia | 4 | i | 35.57 | 17 | 7 | o | 35.32 | 15 | 70.89 | +1.25 |
| 17 | Lee Kang-seok | South Korea | 8 | o | 35.30 | 13 | 4 | i | 35.60 | 19 | 70.90 | +1.26 |
| 18 | Keiichiro Nagashima | Japan | 9 | i | 35.60 | 19 | 5 | o | 35.59 | 18 | 71.19 | +1.55 |
| 19 | Roman Krech | Kazakhstan | 3 | i | 35.59 | 18 | 6 | o | 35.66 | 20 | 71.25 | +1.61 |
| 20 | Espen-Aarnes Hvammen | Norway | 1 | o | 35.65 | 20 | 2 | i | 35.69 | 21 | 71.34 | +1.70 |
| 21 | Daniel Greig | Australia | 2 | i | 35.79 | 22 | 3 | o | 35.56 | 17 | 71.35 | +1.71 |
| 22 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | Italy | 2 | o | 36.18 | 24 | 1 | i | 35.90 | 22 | 72.08 | +2.44 |
| 23 | Denny Ihle | Germany | 1 | i | 36.10 | 23 | 2 | o | 36.33 | 23 | 72.43 | +2.79 |
| | Lee Kyou-hyuk | South Korea | 6 | i | 35.32 | 14 | | | DNS | | DNF | |
