Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'anneau de vitesse
Dates	February 10
Competitors	34 from 12 nations
Winning time	40.33
Medalists
Bonnie Blair   United States   Ye Qiaobo   China   Christa Luding-R.   Germany

Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2][3]

World record	Bonnie Blair (USA)	39.10	Calgary, Canada	22 February 1988
Olympic record	Bonnie Blair (USA)	39.10	Calgary, Canada	22 February 1988

Results

^[1]

Rank	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	Difference
	5	Bonnie Blair	United States	40.33	-
	2	Ye Qiaobo	China	40.51	+0.18
	4	Christa Luding-Rothenburger	Germany	40.57	+0.24
4	3	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	40.63	+0.30
5	1	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	40.66	+0.33
6	6	Susan Auch	Canada	40.83	+0.50
7	4	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	40.98	+0.65
8	5	Angela Stahnke	Germany	41.10	+0.77
9	1	Yoo Seon-Hee	South Korea	41.28	+0.95
10	14	Anke Baier	Germany	41.30	+0.97
11	7	Herma Meijer	Netherlands	41.31	+0.98
12	6	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	41.32	+0.99
13	17	Xue Ruihong	China	41.47	+1.14
14	8	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	41.59	+1.26
15	8	Nataliya Polozkova	Unified Team	41.61	+1.28
16	15	Oksana Ravilova	Unified Team	41.73	+1.40
17	12	Kristen Talbot	United States	41.77	+1.44
18	9	Shelley Rhead-Skarvan	Canada	41.83	+1.50
19	13	Liu Yuexi	China	41.85	+1.52
20	10	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	41.89	+1.56
21	10	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	41.90	+1.57
22	9	Peggy Clasen	United States	41.95	+1.62
23	16	Noriko Toda	Japan	41.97	+1.64
24	17	Yoko Fukazawa	Japan	42.18	+ 1.85
25	13	Song Hwa-Son	North Korea	42.23	+1.90
26	15	Michelle Kline	United States	42.41	+2.08
27	16	Chong Chang-Suk	North Korea	42.45	+2.12
28	11	Kim Chun-Wol	North Korea	42.47	+2.14
29	2	Yelena Tyushnyakova	Unified Team	42.65	+2.32
30	14	Cerasela Hordobeţiu	Romania	42.68	+2.35
31	7	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Unified Team	43.19	+2.86
32	11	Krisztina Egyed	Hungary	43.39	+3.06
-	3	Sandra Voetelink	Netherlands	DNF
-	12	Wang Xiuli	China	DNF

References

1. "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference - 1992 - Women's 500 metres