The 500 metres distance for women in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.

Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea came second, and Margot Boer of the Netherlands came third.

Top three Medal Athlete PointsPrevious season Gold Jenny Wolf 1190 1st Silver Lee Sang-hwa 875 5th Bronze Margot Boer 735 2nd

Race medallists Occasion # Location Date Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Report 1 Heerenveen, Netherlands 12 November Jenny Wolf 38.02 Lee Sang-hwa 38.30 Margot Boer 38.39 13 November Jenny Wolf 38.17 Margot Boer 38.54 Nao Kodaira 38.77 2 Berlin, Germany 19 November Jenny Wolf 38.08 Lee Sang-hwa 38.24 Margot Boer 38.66 20 November Jenny Wolf 37.98 Margot Boer 38.46 Lee Sang-hwa 38.56 4 Changchun, China 4 December Lee Sang-hwa 38.24 Jenny Wolf 38.29 Nao Kodaira 38.51 5 December Lee Sang-hwa 38.22 Yu Jing 38.27 Jenny Wolf 38.44 5 Obihiro, Japan 11 December Lee Sang-hwa 38.18 Yu Jing 38.21 Jenny Wolf 38.25 12 December Jenny Wolf 38.03 Lee Sang-hwa 38.21 Yu Jing 38.30 6 Moscow, Russia 28 January Jenny Wolf 37.90 Margot Boer 38.56 Heather Richardson 38.57 29 January Jenny Wolf 38.01 Margot Boer 38.49 Heather Richardson 38.53 8 Heerenveen, Netherlands 5 March Annette Gerritsen 38.31 Jenny Wolf 38.37 Lee Sang-hwa 38.49 6 March Jenny Wolf 38.37 Lee Sang-hwa 38.48 Annette Gerritsen 38.55

Standings Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season). # Name Nat. HVN1 HVN2 BER1 BER2 CHA1 CHA2 OBI1 OBI2 MOS1 MOS2 HVN3 HVN4 Total 1 100 100 100 100 80 70 70 100 100 100 120 150 1190 2 Lee Sang-hwa 80 40 80 70 100 100 100 80 – – 105 120 875 3 70 80 70 80 60 50 – – 80 80 75 90 735 4 45 50 36 50 45 28 50 40 70 70 28 36 548 5 60 70 50 60 70 45 60 60 – – 36 – 511 6 24 12 45 36 40 32 45 45 50 45 40 28 442 7 40 45 24 28 32 36 40 50 – – 90 45 430 8 50 60 60 5 50 21 – – 45 50 45 – 386 9 – – – – – – – – 60 60 150 105 375 10 19 25 28 32 24 24 24 21 40 40 10 24 311 11 28 24 21 45 8 10 10 16 32 36 21 40 291 12 Yu Jing – – – – 25 80 80 70 – – – – 255 13 Lee Bo-ra 25 36 18 21 21 14 28 32 – – 24 32 251 14 Qi Shuai 40 21 12 14 36 40 21 36 – – 16 14 250 15 18 16 8 16 14 8 16 14 24 32 14 16 196 16 Wang Beixing – – – – 28 60 – – – – 32 75 195 17 14 18 40 40 – – – – 21 24 18 12 187 18 16 14 14 8 12 16 18 28 10 14 12 18 180 19 32 28 32 10 16 18 – – – – – – 136 20 15 11 5 6 8 1 3 8 28 21 0 21 127 21 21 10 – – 15 25 12 – 36 – – – 119 22 2 4 6 15 6 6 8 10 12 18 8 8 103 23 8 8 11 25 10 6 6 12 – – 0 10 96 24 10 32 10 18 6 12 – – – – – – 88 25 Jin Peiyu 12 – 25 24 18 – – – – – – – 79 26 11 15 16 4 – – – – 14 16 – – 76 27 Li Dan – – – – – 19 32 24 – – – – 75 28 4 19 6 12 4 15 4 6 – – – – 70 29 4 4 19 0 1 2 14 4 6 12 – – 66 30 Zhang Hong – – – – – 11 36 18 – – – – 65 31 – – 15 19 5 5 2 2 – – – – 48 32 – – – – – – – – 18 28 – – 46 33 6 2 – 2 11 8 5 5 – – – – 39 34 1 0 6 6 – – – – 16 5 – – 34 35 Oh Min-jee 8 8 6 11 – – – – – – – – 33 36 2 3 0 8 2 4 1 3 – – – – 23 37 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8 – – 20 38 Sheng Xiaomei – – – – 19 – – – – – – – 19 39 – – 1 – – – – – 5 10 – – 16 40 5 6 – – – – – – – – – – 11 Zhang Lu 6 5 0 0 – – – – – – – – 11 42 0 1 8 1 – – – – – – – – 10 43 0 0 0 0 – – – – 4 4 – – 8 44 – – – – – – – – 0 6 – – 6 – 6 0 – – – – – – – – – 6 46 – – – – – – – – 3 2 – – 5 47 – – 0 4 – – – – – – – – 4 48 – – – – – – – – 1 3 – – 4 49 3 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 50 0 0 – – – – – – 2 – – – 2 51 – – – – – – – – 0 1 – – 1

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