title: Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres
text: # Speed skating at the 1990 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres
  
  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 | |
  | | 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 | |
  