2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for men in the 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 6–8 November 2009, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 March 2010.^[1]

Tucker Fredricks of the United States won the cup, while Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands came second, and Mika Poutala of Finland came third. Defending champion Yu Fengtong of China finished in 20th place.

Top three

Medal	Athlete	Points	Previous season
Gold	Tucker Fredricks	788	3rd
Silver	Jan Smeekens	742	11th
Bronze	Mika Poutala	702	4th

Race medallists

Occasion #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Berlin, Germany	6 November	Lee Kang-seok  South Korea	34.80	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	35.02	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	35.13	[2]
		8 November	Tucker Fredricks  United States	35.06	Lee Kang-seok  South Korea	35.10	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	35.10	[3]
2	Heerenveen, Netherlands	13 November	Keiichiro Nagashima  Japan	34.98	Tucker Fredricks  United States	35.00	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.07	[4]
		14 November	Joji Kato  Japan	34.98	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.02	Lee Kang-seok  South Korea	35.13	[5]
4	Calgary, Canada	4 December	Mika Poutala  Finland	34.38	Joji Kato  Japan	34.45	Jamie Gregg  Canada	34.45	[6]
		5 December	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	34.28	Mika Poutala  Finland	34.38	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.50	[7]
5	Salt Lake City, United States	11 December	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	34.26	Yuya Oikawa  Japan	34.27	Mika Poutala  Finland	34.31	[8]
		12 December	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	34.26	Lee Kang-seok  South Korea	34.28	Tucker Fredricks  United States	34.35	[9]
6	Erfurt, Germany	6 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.97	Yuya Oikawa  Japan	35.10	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.25	[10]
		7 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.20	Yuya Oikawa  Japan	35.21	Mika Poutala  Finland Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	35.22	[11]
7	Heerenveen, Netherlands	12 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	34.99	Tucker Fredricks  United States	35.01	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.24	[12]
		13 March	Jan Smeekens  Netherlands	35.05	Ronald Mulder  Netherlands	35.19	Akio Ohta  Japan	35.35	[13]

Final standings

Standings as of 14 March 2010 (end of the season).^[14][15]

#	Name	Nat.	BER1	BER2	HVN1	HVN2	CAL1	CAL2	SLC1	SLC2	ERF1	ERF2	HVN3	HVN4	Total
1	Fredricks, TuckerTucker Fredricks		16	100	80	50	32	70	50	70	60	50	120	90	788
2	Smeekens, JanJan Smeekens		36	28	50	80	16	32	–	–	100	100	150	150	742
3	Poutala, MikaMika Poutala		60	50	45	60	100	80	70	36	50	70	36	45	702
4	Oikawa, YuyaYuya Oikawa		21	14	36	32	60	40	80	45	80	80	24	75	587
5	Mulder, RonaldRonald Mulder		18	24	70	45	45	36	–	28	70	6	105	120	567
6	Lee Kang-seok		100	80	60	70	28	45	60	80	–	–	–	–	523
7	Lee Kyou-hyuk		80	70	–	21	50	100	100	100	–	–	–	–	521
8	Nagashima, KeiichiroKeiichiro Nagashima		70	45	100	36	40	21	45	50	–	–	–	–	407
9	Kato, JojiJoji Kato		45	18	10	100	80	60	36	24	–	–	–	–	373
10	Ota, AkioAkio Ota		11	25	24	14	10	10	28	16	36	45	45	105	369
11	Haga, RyoheiRyohei Haga		40	60	18	5	24	14	12	12	45	32	75	24	361
12	Gregg, JamieJamie Gregg		–	–	12	40	70	–	32	60	32	24	40	32	342
13	Lobkov, DmitryDmitry Lobkov		6	12	0	15	4	19	25	4	40	70	90	36	321
14	Mun Jun		25	45	40	18	36	24	6	–	–	–	–	–	194
15	Zhang Zhongqi		32	36	32	28	8	28	14	14	–	–	–	–	192
16	Mo Tae-bum		10	6	4	19	21	50	40	32	–	–	–	–	182
17	Parrott, KyleKyle Parrott		–	–	19	25	18	12	24	18	14	14	16	16	176
18	Ustynowicz, MaciejMaciej Ustynowicz		19	6	2	11	11	4	19	25	10	12	32	14	165
19	Ihle, NicoNico Ihle		6	8	0	6	2	6	11	15	21	21	28	40	164
20	Yu Fengtong		12	21	16	16	19	11	18	40	–	–	–	–	153
21	Davis, ShaniShani Davis		15	19	28	24	14	16	21	10	5	–	–	–	152
22	Koskela, PekkaPekka Koskela		50	16	8	6	12	0	–	–	–	–	14	18	124
23	Groothuis, StefanStefan Groothuis		24	10	21	8	0	0	–	–	16	36	–	–	115
24	Schwarz, SamuelSamuel Schwarz		4	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	25	18	21	28	97
25	Ireland, MikeMike Ireland		–	–	8	8	25	18	16	21	–	–	–	–	96
26	Lee Ki-ho		14	32	14	12	0	0	10	6	–	–	–	–	88
27	Kuipers, SimonSimon Kuipers		2	–	–	–	6	8	–	–	28	40	–	–	84
28	Hvammen, Espen-AarnesEspen-Aarnes Hvammen		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	25	18	21	83
29	Labrie, VincentVincent Labrie		5	0	0	0	15	15	15	19	6	8	–	–	83
30	Ioriatti, ErmannoErmanno Ioriatti		–	–	11	1	8	0	6	11	12	28	–	–	77
31	Liu Fangyi		8	1	10	25	6	8	8	8	–	–	–	–	74
32	Aussprung, BrentBrent Aussprung		28	5	6	4	–	–	0	0	8	10	–	–	61
33	Wotherspoon, JeremyJeremy Wotherspoon		–	–	–	–	–	25	–	5	24	–	–	–	54
34	Tuitert, MarkMark Tuitert		8	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	18	16	–	–	50
35	Wang Nan		2	15	6	0	0	0	8	8	–	–	–	–	39
36	Puolakka, MarkusMarkus Puolakka		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	19	–	–	34
37	Krech, RomanRoman Krech		0	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	11	15	–	–	26
38	Nieminen, TuomasTuomas Nieminen		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	11	–	–	25
39	Mulder, MichelMichel Mulder		–	4	15	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23
40	Lalenkov, YevgenyYevgeny Lalenkov		–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	15	–	–	–	15
41	Pearson, NickNick Pearson		0	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	13
42	Ouardi, MuncefMuncef Ouardi		3	4	0	0	0	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	11
43	Steiner, FrankFrank Steiner		0	–	0	0	0	–	–	–	0	8	–	–	8
44	Zhang Yaolin		4	–	0	2	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	7
45	Lindsey, JoeyJoey Lindsey		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	6
46	Morrison, DennyDenny Morrison		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	–	–	5
47	Biega, MaciejMaciej Biega		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–	4
48	Schwierz, MatthiasMatthias Schwierz		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	3
49	Greig, DanielDaniel Greig		–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	2	0	–	–	2
	Maclennan, RichardRichard MacLennan		0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
51	Bos, JanJan Bos		–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	1
	Chadayev, SergeySergey Chadayev		1	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	1
	Lebedev, AleksandrAleksandr Lebedev		0	0	0	0	1	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	1
	Plummer, MatthewMatthew Plummer		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	1

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