Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres
| Men's 500 metres at the 1990 Asian Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Makomanai Open Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10 March | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| 500 m | men | 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 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 | |
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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 |