The women's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 11 February 2014.

The reigning 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion Yu Jing did not start due to reoccurrence of an old waist injury.

Qualification A total of thirty-six speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 16 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013

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

500 meters (1 race)

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track records were set by Lee Sang-hwa at 37.65 (single race) and 75.347 (combination).

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Note 11 February Race 1 Pair 18Race 2 Pair 17 Lee Sang-hwa 74.70 OR, TR 11 February Race 1 Pair 16Race 2 Pair 16 Olga Fatkulina 75.06 TR 11 February Race 2 Pair 17 Lee Sang-hwa 37.28 OR, TR 11 February Race 1 Pair 18 Lee Sang-hwa 37.42 TR 11 February Race 1 Pair 16 Olga Fatkulina 37.57 TR 11 February Race 1 Pair 8 Zhang Hong 37.58 TR OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results The races were held at 16:451st run Results and 18:34.Final Results Lee Sang-hwa became the third woman to win back-to-back golds, having previously won the distance at the 2010 Olympics, and the first Korean woman to do so.

On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping violation. On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.

Rank Name Country Pair Lane Race 1 Rank Notes Pair Lane Race 2 Rank Notes Total Time behind Notes Lee Sang-hwa 18 O 37.42 1 TR 17 I 37.28 1 OR, TR 74.70 OR, TR Olga Fatkulina 16 O 37.57 2 TR 16 I 37.49 2 75.06 +0.36 TR Margot Boer 17 O 37.77 5 13 I 37.71 3 75.48 +0.78 Zhang Hong 8 O 37.58 3 TR 15 I 37.99 7 75.58 +0.88 Nao Kodaira 17 I 37.88 7 16 O 37.72 4 75.61 +0.91 Jenny Wolf 15 I 37.93 8 15 O 37.73 5 75.67 +0.97 Wang Beixing 16 I 37.82 6 17 O 37.86 6 75.68 +0.98 Heather Richardson 15 O 37.73 4 14 I 38.02 8 75.75 +1.05 Maki Tsuji 14 O 38.4 10 11 I 38.44 11 76.84 +2.14 10 Karolína Erbanová 11 O 38.23 9 12 I 38.62 13 76.86 +2.16 11 Laurine van Riessen 14 I 38.645 14 13 O 38.35 9 76.99 +2.29 12 Christine Nesbitt 10 O 38.53 11 10 I 38.61 12 77.15 +2.45 13 Brittany Bowe 18 I 38.81 17 10 O 38.37 10 77.19 +2.49 14 Miyako Sumiyoshi 13 O 38.644 13 9 I 38.62 13 77.26 +2.56 15 Lauren Cholewinski 12 I 38.54 12 14 O 38.80 19 77.35 +2.65 16 Lotte van Beek 6 I 38.67 15 12 O 38.73 17 77.40 +2.70 17 Yekaterina Malysheva 11 I 38.78 16 11 O 38.76 18 77.55 +2.85 18 Angelina Golikova 5 O 38.82 18 8 I 38.85 22 77.68 +2.98 19 Marrit Leenstra 2 I 39.03 21 7 O 38.70 16 77.74 +3.04 20 Lee Bo-ra 10 I 38.93 20 8 O 38.82 21 77.75 +3.05 21 Denise Roth 1 I 39.08 23 6 O 38.69 15 77.78 +3.08 22 Yekaterina Aydova 12 O 39.04 22 7 I 38.80 19 77.85 +3.15 23 Qi Shuai 3 I 38.89 19 9 O 38.99 23 77.89 +3.19 24 Kim Hyun-yung 7 O 39.19 24 6 I 39.04 24 78.23 +3.53 25 Yekaterina Lobysheva 8 I 39.202 25 5 O 39.04 24 78.24 +3.54 26 Park Seung-ju 2 O 39.207 26 5 I 39.11 26 78.31 +3.61 27 Vanessa Bittner 9 I 39.33 30 2 O 39.17 27 78.50 +3.80 28 Anastasia Bucsis 5 I 39.272 27 4 O 39.25 28 78.52 +3.82 29 Sugar Todd 4 O 39.278 28 4 I 39.25 28 78.53 +3.83 30 Yvonne Daldossi 4 I 39.30 29 3 O 39.34 31 78.64 +3.94 31 Zhang Shuang 6 O 39.40 31 3 I 39.25 28 78.65 +3.95 32 Marsha Hudey 7 I 39.59 32 1 O 39.63 33 79.22 +4.52 33 9 O 39.76 33 2 I 39.56 32 79.32 +4.62 34 Gabriele Hirschbichler 3 O 39.82 34 1 I 39.69 34 79.51 +4.81 Judith Hesse 13 I OR = Olympic record, TR = track record, DQ = disqualified

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