Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres


The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 10–13 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.
The qualifying heats was held on 10 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 13 February.
The defending Olympic Champion and World Champion is Wang Meng of China. Meng qualified to compete at the Games but broke her ankle in a collision with a teammate while practicing for the games in January 2014.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 15 nations qualified to compete.

Results

The final results:

Preliminaries

Heats

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Liu Qiuhong43.542Q
21Kim A-lang43.919Q
31Lara van Ruijven44.023
–1Tatiana BorodulinaPEN
12Elise Christie44.775Q
22Sofia Prosvirnova44.940Q
32Yui Sakai45.051
42Andrea Keszler45.215
13Jorien ter Mors44.262Q
23Charlotte Gilmartin44.440Q
33Martina Valcepina44.493
43Biba Sakurai44.628
14Park Seung-hi44.180Q
24Emily Scott45.210Q
34Agnė Sereikaitė45.356
44Véronique Pierron1:12.278
15Marianne St-Gelais43.729Q
25Yara van Kerkhof44.044Q
35Ayuko Ito44.174
45Inna Simonova44.387
16Arianna Fontana43.568Q
26Li Jianrou43.633Q
36Patrycja Maliszewska44.154
–6Alyson DudekPEN
17Fan Kexin43.356Q
27Jessica Hewitt43.447Q
37Valeriya Reznik45.349
47Jessica Smith1:13.344
18Valérie Maltais44.093Q
28Shim Suk-hee44.197Q
38Veronika Windisch44.586
48Elena Viviani44.623

Quarterfinal

RankQuarterfinalNameCountryTimeNotes
11Park Seung-hi43.392Q
21Marianne St-Gelais43.595Q
31Yara van Kerkhof43.888
41Charlotte Gilmartin44.279
12Fan Kexin43.288Q
22Elise Christie43.402Q
32Emily Scott44.709
42Jessica Hewitt1:00.971
13Liu Qiuhong43.478Q
23Jorien ter Mors43.572Q
33Kim A-lang43.673
43Sofia Prosvirnova43.862
14Arianna Fontana43.405Q
24Li Jianrou43.486Q
34Valérie Maltais43.550
44Shim Suk-Hee43.572

Semifinals

RankSemifinalNameCountryTimeNotes
11Park Seung-hi43.611QA
21Arianna Fontana43.624QA
31Marianne St-Gelais44.069QB
41Jorien ter Mors44.242QB
12Elise Christie43.837QA
22Li Jianrou43.841QA
32Liu Qiuhong43.916QB
42Fan Kexin1:24.431QB

Finals

Final B (classification round)

Final A (medal round)

Final standings

The final overall standings were:
RankNameCountry
Li Jianrou
Arianna Fontana
Park Seung-hi
Liu Qiuhong
Fan Kexin
Jorien ter Mors
Marianne St-Gelais
Elise Christie
Valérie Maltais
10Kim A-lang
11Yara van Kerkhof
12Emily Scott
13Jessica Hewitt
14Shim Suk-hee
15Sofia Prosvirnova
16Charlotte Gilmartin
17Lara van Ruijven
18Patrycja Maliszewska
19Ayuko Ito
20Martina Valcepina
21Veronika Windisch
22Yui Sakai
23Valeriya Reznik
24Agnė Sereikaitė
25Inna Simonova
26Elena Viviani
27Biba Sakurai
28Andrea Keszler
29Véronique Pierron
30Jessica Smith
–Tatiana Borodulina
–Alyson Dudek