2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metre at the 2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place on 10 March 2012, at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center.

Preliminaries
Top two athletes from each heat qualified for the heats.


 * Heat 1


 * Heat 3


 * Heat 5


 * Heat 7


 * Heat 9


 * Heat 11


 * Heat 13


 * Heat 2


 * Heat 4


 * Heat 6


 * Heat 8


 * Heat 10


 * Heat 12


 * Heat 14

Heats
Top two athletes from each heat and the two fastest thirds qualified for the quarterfinals.


 * Heat 1


 * Heat 3


 * Heat 5


 * Heat 7


 * Heat 2


 * Heat 4


 * Heat 6

Quarterfinals
Top two athletes from each heat qualified for the semifinals.


 * Heat 1


 * Heat 3


 * Heat 2


 * Heat 4

Semifinals
Top two athletes from each heat qualified for the final.


 * Heat 1


 * Heat 2