Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres; at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates	February 19
Competitors	34 from 12 nations
Winning time	39.25
Medalists
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Speed skating at the 1994 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 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.^[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

Rank	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	Difference
	3	Bonnie Blair	United States	39.25	-
	6	Susan Auch	Canada	39.61	+0.36
	2	Franziska Schenk	Germany	39.70	+0.45
4	1	Xue Ruihong	China	39.71	+0.46
5	5	Yoo Seon-Hee	South Korea	39.92	+0.67
6	3	Monique Garbrecht	Germany	39.95	+0.70
7	8	Svetlana Zhurova	Russia	40.17	+0.92
8	10	Edel Therese Høiseth	Norway	40.20	+0.95
9	14	Jin Hua	China	40.23	+0.98
10	5	Kyoko Shimazaki	Japan	40.26	+1.01
11	7	Yang Chunyuan	China	40.37	+1.12
12	1	Angela Stahnke	Germany	40.38	+1.13
13	6	Ye Qiaobo	China	40.42	+1.17
14	11	Tomomi Okazaki	Japan	40.55	+1.31
15	4	Anke Baier	Germany	40.59	+1.34
16	14	Michelle Morton	Canada	40.71	+1.46
17	9	Oksana Ravilova	Russia	40.72	+1.47
18	4	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	40.94	+1.69
19	12	Christine Aaftink	Netherlands	41.01	+1.76
20	15	Kristen Talbot	United States	41.05	+1.80
20	16	Svetlana Fedotkina	Russia	41.05	+1.80
22	17	Nataliya Polozkova	Russia	41.06	+1.81
23	9	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	41.13	+1.88
23	11	Peggy Clasen	United States	41.13	+1.88
25	8	Mayumi Yamamoto	Japan	41.20	+1.95
26	17	Linda Johnson-Blair	Canada	41.42	+2.17
27	7	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	41.59	+2.34
28	16	Gang Mi-Yeong	South Korea	41.96	+2.71
29	10	Cerasela Hordobeţiu	Romania	42.15	+2.90
30	15	Krisztina Egyed	Hungary	42.29	+3.04
31	13	Jeong Bae-Yeong	South Korea	42.63	+3.38
32	12	Cheon Hui-Ju	South Korea	43.05	+3.80
33	2	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	59.75	+20.50
-	13	Michelle Kline	United States	DQ