The women's 500 metre at the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place 12 March at the Sheffield Arena.
Results
Heats Top two athletes from each heat and the next four fastest thirds qualified for heats.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Fan Kexin 44.948 Q 2Yui Sakai 45.033 Q 3Szandra Lajtos 46.268 q 4Yang Shin-young 46.858
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Katherine Reutter 45.152 Q 2 45.925 Q 3Annita van Doorn 1:02.485 4Bernadett Heidum 1:30.943
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Marianne St-Gelais 45.425 Q 2Park Seung-Hi 45.448 Q 3Lana Gehring 1:19.514 4 1:21.624
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Jessica Hewitt 45.549 Q 2Li Jianrou 45.579 Q 3Jorien ter Mors 45.722 q 4 45.970
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Liu Qiuhong 45.157 Q 2Cho Ha-Ri 45.573 Q 3 45.779 q 4Vera Antanenka 47.183
Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Arianna Fontana 45.408 Q 2Marie-Ève Drolet 45.527 Q 3Bianca Walter 46.777 q 4Olga Belyakova 47.213
Quarterfinals Top two athletes from each heat qualified for semifinals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Liu Qiuhong 44.776 Q 2Katherine Reutter 44.858 Q 3 44.893 4Jessica Hewitt 45.091
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Park Seung-Hi 45.488 Q 2Marie-Ève Drolet 45.589 Q 3 46.101 4Bianca Walter 46.686
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Fan Kexin 44.765 Q 2 45.057 Q 3Yui Sakai 45.183 4Cho Ha-Ri 49.036
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Arianna Fontana 45.347 Q 2Li Jianrou 45.463 Q 3 45.612 4Szandra Lajtos 45.873
Semifinals Top two athletes from each heat qualified for final.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Liu Qiuhong 45.076 Q 2Li Jianrou 45.174 Q 3 45.181 4Marie-Ève Drolet 45.473
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1Fan Kexin 44.975 Q 2Arianna Fontana 45.082 Q 3Park Seung-Hi 45.190 4 1:13.133
Final
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Fan Kexin 44.620 Arianna Fontana 44.687 Liu Qiuhong 44.784 4Li Jianrou 44.879
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