2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Men’s 500 Meter Short Track Odds

Last Updated on February 10, 2010 4:31 pm by drew

Men’s 500M Odds

A competitive field makes the Men’s 500 Meter Short Track Speed Skating event one of the more anticipated competitions at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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In the Olympics, short track speed skating takes place on a 111.12-metre oval track within a hockey rink, which features tight corners that make it harder to get around corners. Short track speed skaters compete against each other as opposed to looking for the fastest time of the entire field. The competition consists of a series of heats with four or six athletes. The first two athletes in each heat advance to the next round until only four skaters remain for the final.

A former runner-up in the world championships,

Canada’s Charles Hamelin, is favored to win.

Hamelin has odds of 2/1 to win the gold medal according to online sports book SBGGLOBAL. Other short odds to win are Francois-Louis Trembley (3/1), and Si-Bak Sung (4/1)

Hamelin has won two of the last three world titles in this event while winning the silver medal in 2008 and 2005.

Trembley, who competes for

Canada took the silver medal in this event in the 2006 Olympics while also winning the world championship in 2005 and 2006.

Sung competes for

South Korea and he has won events in the world cup for the 500 meters. He will be competing in his first Olympic games.

The 2010 Winter Olympics take place from

Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada beginning Friday, Feb. 12. and concluding Sunday, Feb. 28. For complete odds on which skater will win the Men’s 500 Meter Short Track Speed Skating event, see below.

Odds to win Men’s 500 Meter Short Track Speed Skating at 2010 Winter Olympics

Charles Hamelin (CAN) 2/1 

Francois-Louis Trembley (CAN) 3/1 

Si-Bak Sung (SKOR) 4/1 

Yoon-Gy Kwak (SKOR) 6/1 

Apolo Anton Ohno (

USA) 6/1

Ho-Suk Lee (SKOR) 8/1 

Jialiang Han (CHN) 8/1 

Olivier Jean (CAN) 20/1

Thibaut Fauconnet (FRA) 25/1

Simon Cho (

USA) 28/1 

Wenhao Liang (CHN) 40/1   

Jon Eley (GBR) 66/1 

Jordan Malone (

USA) 80/1

Peter Darazs (HUN) 100/1 

Hong Yang Wang (CHN) 100/1 

Haralds Silovs (LAT) 125/1 

Yuri Confortola (ITA) 125/1 

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Posted: 2/10/10 4:31PM ET