The purpose of this study was to clarify the racing behavior of the winners of international men's 500 m final races in short-track speed skating. Data were collected from 24 final A races on international competitions held between 2002—2020. This timeframe was divided into the old rule term (Told) and the new rule term (Tnew) in 2006. Parameters included the skating time, the starting and skating order, and the rank during the race, and the lap time. 1) The timing of the winners in Tnew (41.04 ± 0.31 s) were significantly lower than that in Told (42.02 ± 0.31 s). 2) For the lap time, Tnew was significantly lower than Told in LAP2 to LAP5. For the relationship between skating and lap time, there were significant positive correlations in LAP4 of Told and LAP2 to LAP5 of Tnew. For relationship between the skating time and the intermediate rank, there was a significant positive correlation in LAP4 of Told. These results suggest that the factors that influenced the competition results were the tactics which skaters took to overtake the others in the second to the last lap during Told and the ability to compete at a higher speeds in Tnew.
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