Speed skating at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Venue	Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink
Dates	2–3 February 2003
Competitors	14 from 4 nations
Medalists
Hiroyasu Shimizu    Japan   Tomonori Kawata    Japan   Joji Kato    Japan

Speed skating at the 2003 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 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on 2 and 3 February 2003 in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

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

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

World Record	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	34.32	Salt Lake City, United States	10 March 2001
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)	1:08.96	Salt Lake City, United States	10 March 2001
Games Record	Jaegal Sung-yeol (KOR)  Takahiro Hamamichi (JPN)	1:13.57	Harbin, China	6 February 1996

Rank	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total	Notes
		Pair	Time	Pair	Time
	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	4	35.56 GR	7	35.81	1:11.37	GR
	Tomonori Kawata (JPN)	5	36.20	7	36.27	1:12.47
	Joji Kato (JPN)	6	36.40	6	36.32	1:12.72
4	Lee Kyou-hyuk (KOR)	7	36.66	5	36.38	1:13.04
5	Choi Jae-bong (KOR)	6	36.65	6	36.82	1:13.47
6	Zhang Zhongqi (CHN)	4	36.89	3	36.66	1:13.55
7	Tadashi Obara (JPN)	7	37.01	4	36.81	1:13.82
8	Li Yu (CHN)	1	36.86	4	36.98	1:13.84
9	Yu Fengtong (CHN)	5	36.79	5	37.11	1:13.90
10	Kim Chul-soo (KOR)	2	37.32	2	37.10	1:14.42
11	Lu Zhuo (CHN)	3	37.61	1	37.35	1:14.86
12	Park Jae-man (KOR)	1	37.75	3	37.85	1:15.60
13	Rentsendorjiin Baasandorj (MGL)	3	42.01	2	42.02	1:24.03
14	Shuragiin Enkhbat (MGL)	2	49.80	1	46.83	1:36.63

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