The 500 metres distance for men in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.
Lee Kang-seok of South Korea won the cup, while his countryman Lee Kyou-hyuk came second, and Joji Kato of Japan came third. Defending champion Tucker Fredricks of the United States finished in 4th place.
Top three Medal Athlete Points Previous season Gold Lee Kang-seok 845 6th Silver Lee Kyou-hyuk 745 7th Bronze Joji Kato 671 9th
Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Heerenveen, Netherlands 12 November Joji Kato 34.85 Lee Kang-seok 35.00 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.01 14 November Keiichiro Nagashima 34.97 Joji Kato 35.01 Lee Kang-seok 35.10 2 Berlin, Germany 19 November Joji Kato 35.03 Jan Smeekens 35.04 Lee Kang-seok 35.10 20 November Pekka Koskela 34.90 Tucker Fredricks 34.91 Lee Kang-seok 35.13 4 Changchun, China 4 December Lee Kang-seok 35.10 Joji Kato 35.25 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.30 5 December Tucker Fredricks 35.26 Jan Smeekens 35.27 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.32 5 Obihiro, Japan 11 December Lee Kang-seok 35.11 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.16 Akio Ota 35.16 12 December Joji Kato 34.96 Keiichiro Nagashima 35.19 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.19 6 Moscow, Russia 28 January Pekka Koskela 35.15 Jamie Gregg 35.23 Jacques de Koning 35.24 29 January Jan Smeekens 34.93 Akio Ota 35.02 Tucker Fredricks 35.06 8 Heerenveen, Netherlands 4 March Lee Kang-seok 35.03 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.08 Jacques de Koning 35.18 6 March Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.00 Yūya Oikawa 35.11 Lee Kang-seok 35.12
Standings Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season). # Name Nat. HVN1 HVN2 BER1 BER2 CHA1 CHA2 OBI1 OBI2 MOS1 MOS2 HVN3 HVN4 Total 1 Lee Kang-seok 80 70 70 70 100 60 100 40 – – 150 105 845 2 Lee Kyou-hyuk 70 45 60 60 60 70 40 70 – – 120 150 745 3 100 80 100 50 80 45 60 100 – – 40 16 671 4 28 50 50 80 45 100 36 45 36 70 24 75 639 5 60 32 80 32 28 80 – – 45 100 90 45 592 6 36 100 45 45 70 32 80 80 – – 36 14 538 7 40 60 36 36 14 36 70 60 16 80 45 8 501 8 24 14 18 40 40 40 45 28 50 24 32 120 475 9 32 12 28 21 50 50 50 32 24 45 16 90 450 10 25 36 32 24 32 21 32 5 70 6 105 18 406 11 50 28 40 6 18 12 24 14 40 60 10 21 323 12 – – – – 36 8 28 50 80 50 18 36 306 13 10 0 25 100 – – – – 100 18 0 24 277 14 3 18 21 5 24 18 18 18 60 21 28 40 274 15 45 40 12 18 5 12 – – 21 28 75 – 256 16 19 19 24 28 8 6 14 16 12 36 21 12 215 17 11 15 5 16 10 16 16 24 21 32 12 6 184 18 4 0 19 25 21 28 10 10 32 8 3 4 164 19 21 16 16 12 16 5 12 21 14 12 5 5 155 20 5 10 – – – – – – 28 40 14 28 125 21 – 25 14 10 12 14 – – – 10 6 32 123 22 6 4 2 6 8 15 15 15 10 16 8 10 115 23 2 1 1 0 25 24 21 36 – – – – 110 24 0 8 8 4 11 0 11 25 8 14 2 2 93 25 Wang Nan 6 5 0 11 19 11 25 – – – – – 77 26 12 8 11 19 6 4 8 8 – – – – 76 27 15 6 8 4 15 8 6 12 – – – – 74 28 Mun Jun 16 24 10 14 – – – – – – – – 64 29 0 0 0 0 0 19 8 19 6 5 – – 57 30 18 21 6 8 – – – – – – – – 53 31 – – – – – – – – 15 25 4 3 47 32 14 6 4 0 0 – 19 – – 3 – – 46 33 1 11 15 2 0 1 2 11 – – – – 43 34 Zhang Yaolin 8 4 6 15 1 6 – – – – – – 40 35 Sun Bing – – – – 2 25 5 6 – – – – 38 36 – – 0 0 – – – – 19 19 – – 38 37 2 – – – – – – – 25 – – – 27 38 – – – – – – – – 8 15 – – 23 39 0 2 0 8 – – – – 5 4 – – 19 40 – – – – – – – – 6 8 – – 14 41 – – – – – – 6 6 – – – – 12 42 – – – – – – – – 0 11 – – 11 0 – 0 0 – – – – 11 0 – – 11 44 8 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 8 – – – – – – 0 8 – – – – 8 46 Guo Qiang 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 – – – 8 – – – – – – – – 2 6 – – 8 48 – – – – – – 4 4 – – – – 8 49 Nan Minghao 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 – – – – 6 50 – – – – – – – – 1 4 – – 5 51 0 0 – – – – – – 4 – – – 4 – – – – 4 – – – – 0 – – 4 4 – 0 – – – – – – – – – 4 54 – 0 0 1 – – 0 2 – – – – 3 55 – – – – – – – – 0 2 – – 2 56 – – – – – – – – 0 1 – – 1
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