Evolution of the world record 2x500 meters Men
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN | 68.960 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 2001 |
| 2 | Lee Kang-seok | KOR | 68.690 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 9 Mar 2007 |
| 3 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 68.310 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 15 Mar 2008 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
