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

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
Speed skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men
Team pursuit men women

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]

The reigning 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion Yu Jing did not start due to reoccurrence of an old waist injury.[2][3]

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.[4]

Records

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

500 meters (1 race)

World record  Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) 36.36 Salt Lake City, United States 16 November 2013
Olympic record  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 37.30 Salt Lake City, United States 13 February 2002

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World record  Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) 72.93 Salt Lake City, United States 16 November 2013
Olympic record  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 74.75 Salt Lake City, United States 14 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).[5]

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Note
11 February Race 1 Pair 18
Race 2 Pair 17 		Lee Sang-hwa South Korea 74.70 OR, TR [6]
11 February Race 1 Pair 16
Race 2 Pair 16 		Olga Fatkulina Russia 75.06 TR
11 February Race 2 Pair 17 Lee Sang-hwa South Korea 37.28 OR, TR [6]
11 February Race 1 Pair 18 Lee Sang-hwa South Korea 37.42 TR
11 February Race 1 Pair 16 Olga Fatkulina Russia 37.57 TR
11 February Race 1 Pair 8 Zhang Hong China 37.58 TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

The races were held at 16:45[7] and 18:34.[8] 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.[9][10]

Rank Name Country Pair Lane Race 1 Rank Notes Pair Lane Race 2 Rank Notes Total Time behind Notes
1st Lee Sang-hwa South Korea 18 O 37.42 1 TR 17 I 37.28 1 OR, TR 74.70 — OR, TR
2nd Olga Fatkulina Russia 16 O 37.57 2 TR 16 I 37.49 2 75.06 +0.36 TR
3rd Margot Boer Netherlands 17 O 37.77 5 13 I 37.71 3 75.48 +0.78
4 Zhang Hong China 8 O 37.58 3 TR 15 I 37.99 7 75.58 +0.88
5 Nao Kodaira Japan 17 I 37.88 7 16 O 37.72 4 75.61 +0.91
6 Jenny Wolf Germany 15 I 37.93 8 15 O 37.73 5 75.67 +0.97
7 Wang Beixing China 16 I 37.82 6 17 O 37.86 6 75.68 +0.98
8 Heather Richardson United States 15 O 37.73 4 14 I 38.02 8 75.75 +1.05
9 Maki Tsuji Japan 14 O 38.4 10 11 I 38.44 11 76.84 +2.14
10 Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic 11 O 38.23 9 12 I 38.62 13 76.86 +2.16
11 Laurine van Riessen Netherlands 14 I 38.645 14 13 O 38.35 9 76.99 +2.29
12 Christine Nesbitt Canada 10 O 38.53 11 10 I 38.61 12 77.15 +2.45
13 Brittany Bowe United States 18 I 38.81 17 10 O 38.37 10 77.19 +2.49
14 Miyako Sumiyoshi Japan 13 O 38.644 13 9 I 38.62 13 77.26 +2.56
15 Lauren Cholewinski United States 12 I 38.54 12 14 O 38.80 19 77.35 +2.65
16 Lotte van Beek Netherlands 6 I 38.67 15 12 O 38.73 17 77.40 +2.70
17 Yekaterina Malysheva Russia 11 I 38.78 16 11 O 38.76 18 77.55 +2.85
18 Angelina Golikova Russia 5 O 38.82 18 8 I 38.85 22 77.68 +2.98
19 Marrit Leenstra Netherlands 2 I 39.03 21 7 O 38.70 16 77.74 +3.04
20 Lee Bo-ra South Korea 10 I 38.93 20 8 O 38.82 21 77.75 +3.05
21 Denise Roth Germany 1 I 39.08 23 6 O 38.69 15 77.78 +3.08
22 Yekaterina Aydova Kazakhstan 12 O 39.04 22 7 I 38.80 19 77.85 +3.15
23 Qi Shuai China 3 I 38.89 19 9 O 38.99 23 77.89 +3.19
24 Kim Hyun-yung South Korea 7 O 39.19 24 6 I 39.04 24 78.23 +3.53
25 Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia 8 I 39.202 25 5 O 39.04 24 78.24 +3.54
26 Park Seung-ju South Korea 2 O 39.207 26 5 I 39.11 26 78.31 +3.61
27 Vanessa Bittner Austria 9 I 39.33 30 2 O 39.17 27 78.50 +3.80
28 Anastasia Bucsis Canada 5 I 39.272 27 4 O 39.25 28 78.52 +3.82
29 Sugar Todd United States 4 O 39.278 28 4 I 39.25 28 78.53 +3.83
30 Yvonne Daldossi Italy 4 I 39.30 29 3 O 39.34 31 78.64 +3.94
31 Zhang Shuang China 6 O 39.40 31 3 I 39.25 28 78.65 +3.95
32 Marsha Hudey Canada 7 I 39.59 32 1 O 39.63 33 79.22 +4.52
33 Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg Canada 9 O 39.76 33 2 I 39.56 32 79.32 +4.62
34 Gabriele Hirschbichler Germany 3 O 39.82 34 1 I 39.69 34 79.51 +4.81
Judith Hesse Germany 13 I DQ

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

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Ladies' 500 m". SOOC. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "China's world champion Yu may miss Sochi Games due to injury". globaltimes.cn. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "China eye 2–3 golds in Sochi but lose another star". eastday.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013
  5. ↑ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 Brian Stubits (11 February 2014). "Lee Sang-hwa sets Olympic records to win second straight 500m gold". CBS Sports.com. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  7. ↑ 1st run Results
  8. ↑ Final Results
  9. ↑ O'Brien, James (11 February 2014). "Heather Richardson falls short of medal, Lee Sang-hwa wins 500m gold". NBC Sports.
  10. ↑ "(Olympics) Speed skater Lee Sang-hwa poised for gold in women's 500 meters". GlobalPost. Yonhap News Agency. 11 February 2014.
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