The men's 500 metre at the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place 12 March at the Sheffield Arena.
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Preliminaries
Top two athletes from each heat and the next two fastest thirds qualified for heats.
Heats
Top 2 Athletes from each heat and the next 2 fastest thirds qualified for quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
Top 2 Athletes from each heat qualified for Semifinals.
Semifinals
Top 2 Athletes from each heat qualified for the Final.
References
2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA