The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

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

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Round Team Time OR WR 16 February Heat 3 44.723 OR 16 February Semifinal 1 44.118 OR

Results

Heats The first round was held on 16 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (A) 45.042 Q 2 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova 45.916 Q 3 Katalin Kristo 46.956

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Joo Min-jin 45.547 Q 2 Yvonne Kunze 45.717 Q 3 Cordia Tsoi 52.496

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Wang Chunlu 44.723 Q 2 Isabelle Charest 44.964 Q 3 Nataliya Dmitriyeva 46.574 4 Kateřina Novotná 47.122

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marta Capurso 46.313 Q 2 Olga Danilov 46.422 Q 3 Jo Williams 46.631 4 Marianna Nagy 46.980

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Alanna Kraus 45.101 Q 2 Evgeniya Radanova 45.195 Q 3 Susanne Rudolph 45.288

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chikage Tanaka 45.193 Q 2 Amy Peterson 45.448 Q 3 Nina Yevteyeva 46.180 4 Szandra Lajtos 48.488

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Sarah Lindsay 45.461 Q 2 Mara Zini 45.556 Q 3 Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova 47.273 4 Christy Ren 55.423

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Choi Eun-kyung 45.395 Q 2 Caroline Hallisey 45.535 Q 3 Stéphanie Bouvier 45.723 4 Yuka Kamino 45.933

Quarterfinals The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. Canada's Isabelle Charest was advanced to the semifinals, with Japan's Chikage Tanaka disqualified.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Wang Chunlu 44.739 Q 2 Caroline Hallisey 44.826 Q 3 Marta Capurso 45.137 4 Olga Danilov 46.695

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (A) 44.810 Q 2 Joo Min-jin 44.992 Q 3 Amy Peterson 46.120 4 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova 46.422

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Evgeniya Radanova 44.780 Q 2 Alanna Kraus 44.863 Q 3 Sarah Lindsay 44.912 4 Yvonne Kunze 46.465

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Choi Eun-kyung 44.846 Q 2 Mara Zini 44.876 Q 3 Isabelle Charest 45.011 ADV – Chikage Tanaka DSQ

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. In the first semifinal, a dead heat for second place, between Canada's Isabelle Charest and Caroline Hallisey of the United States, meant that both advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (A) 44.118 QA 2 Isabelle Charest 44.307 QA 2 Caroline Hallisey 44.307 QA 4 Mara Zini 44.531 QB 5 Choi Eun-kyung 44.647 QB

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Evgeniya Radanova 44.686 QA 2 Wang Chunlu 44.734 QA 3 Alanna Kraus 44.776 QB 4 Joo Min-jin 68.184 QB

Finals The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four other raced for 6th place in Final B.

Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Yang Yang (A) 44.187 Evgeniya Radanova 44.252 Wang Chunlu 44.272 4 Isabelle Charest 44.662 5 Caroline Hallisey 44.679

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 6 Alanna Kraus 44.930 7 Choi Eun-kyung 45.383 8 Mara Zini 45.494 9 Joo Min-jin 46.893

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