The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 24 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

Results

Heats The first round was held on 24 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Wang Xiulan 47.32 Q 2 Nathalie Lambert 47.38 Q 3 Evgeniya Radanova 50.67

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Cathy Turner 46.22 Q 2 Won Hye-kyung 48.08 Q 3 Anke Jannie Landman 48.36 4 Bea Pintens 49.59

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Sylvie Daigle 46.98 Q 2 Chun Lee-kyung 47.14 Q 3 Yelena Tikhanina 47.79 4 Debbie Palmer 47.93

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Isabelle Charest 46.92 Q 2 Sandrine Daudet 49.06 Q 3 Barbara Baldissera 79.96 – Sofie Pintens DQ

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ayako Tsubaki 48.49 Q 2 Karen Gardiner-Kah 48.56 Q 3 Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina 48.59 4 Valérie Barizza 50.30

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marinella Canclini 47.19 Q 2 Kim So-hee 47.77 Q 3 Yelena Sinitsina 50.36

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (S) 47.23 Q 2 Marina Pylayeva 47.47 Q 3 Katia Mosconi 47.90 4 Penèlope di Lella 48.44

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Amy Peterson 47.02 Q 2 Zhang Yanmei 47.35 Q 3 Laure Drouet 50.47 4 Cindy Meyer 77.18

Quarterfinals The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Isabelle Charest 47.25 Q 2 Yang Yang (S) 47.25 Q 3 Karen Gardiner-Kah 47.90 4 Chun Lee-kyung 69.56

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Amy Peterson 46.59 Q 2 Zhang Yanmei 46.64 Q 3 Sandrine Daudet 47.97 4 Marinella Canclini 88.77

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim So-hee 46.97 Q 2 Cathy Turner 47.24 Q 3 Ayako Tsubaki 47.51 4 Nathalie Lambert 65.45

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Wang Xiulan 48.40 Q 2 Won Hye-kyung 48.87 Q 3 Sylvie Daigle 55.59 – Marina Pylayeva DQ

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.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Zhang Yanmei 46.01 QA 2 Amy Peterson 46.28 QA 3 Kim So-hee 46.36 QB – Yang Yang (S) DQ

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Cathy Turner 47.54 QA 2 Won Hye-kyung 47.63 QA 3 Wang Xiulan 48.00 QB – Isabelle Charest DQ

Finals The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.

Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Cathy Turner 45.98 Zhang Yanmei 46.44 Amy Peterson 46.76 4 Won Hye-kyung 47.60

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 5 Kim So-hee 49.01 6 Wang Xiulan 49.03

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