The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 12 February, with the final on 15 February, at the Torino Palavela.

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

No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats The first round was held on 12 February. There were eight heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1 Heat Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 1 Wang Meng 45.011 Q 1 2 Marta Capurso 45.217 Q 1 3 Joanna Williams 46.857 2 1 Alanna Kraus 45.688 Q 2 2 Kang Yun-mi 45.755 Q 2 3 Susanne Rudolph 46.503 2 4 Katalin Kristo 46.531 3 1 Evgenia Radanova 45.703 Q 3 2 Kateřina Novotná 46.279 Q 3 3 Chikage Tanaka 46.387 4 1 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher 45.929 Q 4 2 Hyo-jung Kim 46.077 Q 4 3 Aika Klein 57.732 4 – Stéphanie Bouvier DQ 5 1 Fu Tianyu 45.636 Q 5 2 Yuka Kamino 45.848 Q 5 3 Rozsa Darazs 1:10.558 6 1 Allison Baver 45.998 Q 6 2 Erika Huszar 46.113 Q 6 3 Yun Jong-suk 46.177 6 4 Han Yue Shueng 47.087 7 1 Kalyna Roberge 45.396 Q 7 2 Arianna Fontana 45.398 Q 7 3 Liesbeth Mau Asam 45.500 8 1 Jin Sun-yu 45.954 Q 8 2 Sarah Lindsay 46.290 Q 8 3 Julia Elsakova 47.726 8 – Ri Hyang-mi DQ

Quarterfinals The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal #2, Sarah Lindsay of Great Britain was advanced after she was impeded during the race.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 44.760 Q 2 44.821 Q 3 44.948 4 45.382

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 45.257 Q 2 53.135 Q 3 1:01.289 – DQ

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 44.252 Q 2 44.438 Q 3 45.172 4 45.339

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 45.596 Q 2 45.710 Q 3 46.428 4 47.356

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. The fifth-place finisher in semifinal #1, Sarah Lindsay, did not advance.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 45.130 QA 2 45.234 QA 3 45.512 QB 4 45.718 QB 5 46.060

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 44.650 QA 2 44.711 QA 3 44.960 QB 4 45.204 QB

Finals Fu Tianyu originally placed third in final A, but was disqualified, moving Anouk Leblanc-Boucher up to third, and the Final B winner, Kalyna Roberge, to fourth.

On 16 February, Canada filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the results of the Final A, but it was dismissed. Evgenia Radanova of Bulgaria, who won the silver, crossed the finish line with part of one of her skates in the air, which is against the rules. This protest would have moved the winner of the B Final, Kalyna Roberge, to the bronze medal place, a bronze medal winner Anouk Leblanc-Boucher up to silver. The CAS ultimately dismissed this appeal, and the results stood.

Final A Rank Athlete Result Notes 44.345 44.374 44.759 – DQ

Final B Rank Athlete Result Notes 4 46.605 5 46.899 6 55.378 7 55.689

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