Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for short track
VenueLa halle de glace Olympique
DatesFebruary 18–20
Competitors27 from 14 nations
Winning time47.04
Medalists
 Cathy Turner  United States
 Li Yan  China
 Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea
Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
500 m     women
1000 m men
3000 m relay women
5000 m relay men

The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 20 February at La halle de glace Olympique.[1]

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 18 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[1]

Heat 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kim So-hui South Korea 50.99 Q
2 Joëlle van Koetsveld-van Ankeren Netherlands 60.29 Q
– Zhang Yanmei China DQ
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner United States 47.69 Q
2 Chun Lee-kyung South Korea 48.18 Q
3 Sylvie Daigle Canada 48.50
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Xiulan China 47.49 Q
2 Annie Perreault Canada 48.41 Q
3 Felicity Campbell Australia 50.11
4 Debbie Palmer Great Britain 52.24
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Li Yan China 48.33 Q
2 Nathalie Lambert Canada 48.41 Q
3 Nataliya Isakova Unified Team 48.49
4 Tamara Kaszala Hungary 52.38
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Nobuko Yamada Japan 48.79 Q
2 Bea Pintens Belgium 48.98 Q
3 Cristina Sciolla Italy 52.53
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Hwang Ok-sil North Korea 48.70 Q
2 Karine Rubini France 49.25 Q
3 Amy Peterson United States 51.05
4 Simone Velzeboer Netherlands 55.43
Heat 7
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marinella Canclini Italy 47.00 Q OR
2 Marina Pylayeva Unified Team 47.48 Q
– Karen Gardiner-Kah Australia DQ
Heat 8
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Monique Velzeboer Netherlands 48.09 Q
2 Yuliya Vlasova Unified Team 48.29 Q
3 Kim Chun-hwa North Korea 49.10

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1]

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner United States 48.51 Q
2 Nathalie Lambert Canada 51.04 Q
3 Nobuko Yamada Japan 57.69
4 Karine Rubini France 68.41
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Li Yan China 48.33 Q
2 Yuliya Vlasova Unified Team 48.63 Q
3 Joëlle van Koetsveld-van Ankeren Netherlands 67.23
4 Marinella Canclini Italy 87.18
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Xiulan China 47.56 Q
2 Hwang Ok-sil North Korea 47.95 Q
3 Chun Lee-kyung South Korea 48.25
4 Bea Pintens Belgium 48.49
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marina Pylayeva Unified Team 47.95 Q
2 Monique Velzeboer Netherlands 53.46 Q
3 Kim So-hui South Korea 54.90
– Annie Perreault Canada DQ

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.[1]

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Hwang Ok-sil North Korea 47.74 QA
2 Li Yan China 48.33 QA
3 Nathalie Lambert Canada 61.90 QB
4 Marina Pylayeva Unified Team 67.56 QB
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner United States 47.41 QA
2 Monique Velzeboer Netherlands 47.52 QA
3 Wang Xiulan China 48.04 QB
4 Yuliya Vlasova Unified Team 68.90 QB

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.[1]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Cathy Turner United States 47.04
2nd Li Yan China 47.08
3rd Hwang Ok-sil North Korea 47.23
4 Monique Velzeboer Netherlands 47.28
Final B
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
5 Marina Pylayeva Unified Team 48.42
6 Nathalie Lambert Canada 48.50
7 Yuliya Vlasova Unified Team 48.70
8 Wang Xiulan China 94.12

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Retrieved January 16, 2014.

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