Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 11 February 2014.[1]

Women's 500 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
The podium
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date11 February 2014
Competitors35 from 12 nations
Winning time74.70
Medalists
Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea
Olga Fatkulina  Russia
Margot Boer  Netherlands

The reigning 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion Yu Jing did not start due to reoccurrence of an old waist injury.[2]

Qualification

A total of thirty-six speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 16 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)

World record Lee Sang-hwa (KOR)36.36Salt Lake City, United States16 November 2013
Olympic record Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)37.30Salt Lake City, United States13 February 2002

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World record Lee Sang-hwa (KOR)72.93Salt Lake City, United States16 November 2013
Olympic record Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)74.75Salt Lake City, United States14 February 2002

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track records were set by Lee Sang-hwa at 37.65 (single race) and 75.347 (combination).[4]

The following records were set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecordNote
11 FebruaryRace 1 Pair 18
Race 2 Pair 17
Lee Sang-hwa South Korea74.70OR, TR[5]
11 FebruaryRace 1 Pair 16
Race 2 Pair 16
Olga Fatkulina Russia75.06TR
11 FebruaryRace 2 Pair 17Lee Sang-hwa South Korea37.28OR, TR[5]
11 FebruaryRace 1 Pair 18Lee Sang-hwa South Korea37.42TR
11 FebruaryRace 1 Pair 16Olga Fatkulina Russia37.57TR
11 FebruaryRace 1 Pair 8Zhang Hong China37.58TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

The races were held at 16:45[6] and 18:34.[7] Lee Sang-hwa became the third woman to win back-to-back golds, having previously won the distance at the 2010 Olympics, and the first Korean woman to do so.[8][9]

On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping violation.[10] On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[11]

RankNameCountryPairLaneRace 1RankNotesPairLaneRace 2RankNotesTotalTime behindNotes
Lee Sang-hwa South Korea18O37.421TR17I37.281OR, TR74.70OR, TR
Olga Fatkulina Russia16O37.572TR16I37.49275.06+0.36TR
Margot Boer Netherlands17O37.77513I37.71375.48+0.78
4Zhang Hong China8O37.583TR15I37.99775.58+0.88
5Nao Kodaira Japan17I37.88716O37.72475.61+0.91
6Jenny Wolf Germany15I37.93815O37.73575.67+0.97
7Wang Beixing China16I37.82617O37.86675.68+0.98
8Heather Richardson United States15O37.73414I38.02875.75+1.05
9Maki Tsuji Japan14O38.41011I38.441176.84+2.14
10Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic11O38.23912I38.621376.86+2.16
11Laurine van Riessen Netherlands14I38.6451413O38.35976.99+2.29
12Christine Nesbitt Canada10O38.531110I38.611277.15+2.45
13Brittany Bowe United States18I38.811710O38.371077.19+2.49
14Miyako Sumiyoshi Japan13O38.644139I38.621377.26+2.56
15Lauren Cholewinski United States12I38.541214O38.801977.35+2.65
16Lotte van Beek Netherlands6I38.671512O38.731777.40+2.70
17Yekaterina Malysheva Russia11I38.781611O38.761877.55+2.85
18Angelina Golikova Russia5O38.82188I38.852277.68+2.98
19Marrit Leenstra Netherlands2I39.03217O38.701677.74+3.04
20Lee Bo-ra South Korea10I38.93208O38.822177.75+3.05
21Denise Roth Germany1I39.08236O38.691577.78+3.08
22Yekaterina Aydova Kazakhstan12O39.04227I38.801977.85+3.15
23Qi Shuai China3I38.89199O38.992377.89+3.19
24Kim Hyun-yung South Korea7O39.19246I39.042478.23+3.53
25Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia8I39.202255O39.042478.24+3.54
26Park Seung-ju South Korea2O39.207265I39.112678.31+3.61
27Vanessa Bittner Austria9I39.33302O39.172778.50+3.80
28Anastasia Bucsis Canada5I39.272274O39.252878.52+3.82
29Sugar Todd United States4O39.278284I39.252878.53+3.83
30Yvonne Daldossi Italy4I39.30293O39.343178.64+3.94
31Zhang Shuang China6O39.40313I39.252878.65+3.95
32Marsha Hudey Canada7I39.59321O39.633379.22+4.52
33Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg Canada9O39.76332I39.563279.32+4.62
34Gabriele Hirschbichler Germany3O39.82341I39.693479.51+4.81
Judith Hesse Germany13IDQ

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record, DQ = disqualified

References

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