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

Men's 500 metres at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
Venue	Chuncheon Outdoor Ice Rink
Dates	2–3 February 1999
Competitors	11 from 4 nations
Medalists
Shoji Kato    Japan   Jaegal Sung-yeol    South Korea   Kazuya Nishioka    Japan

Speed skating at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
500 m		women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 m	men

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

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

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

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

Rank	Athlete	1st race		2nd race		Total	Notes
		Pair	Time	Pair	Time
	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

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