The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 14 February, at the M-Wave.
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 Athlete Time OR WR 13 February 38.39 OR 14 February 38.21 OR
Results
Rank Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Total Notes Catriona Le May Doan 38.39 38.21 1:16.60 Susan Auch 38.42 38.51 1:16.93 Tomomi Okazaki 38.55 38.55 1:17.10 4 Franziska Schenk 38.88 38.57 1:17.45 5 Kyoko Shimazaki 38.75 38.93 1:17.68 6 Marianne Timmer 39.12 39.03 1:18.15 7 Sabine Völker 39.19 39.00 1:18.19 8 Monique Garbrecht 39.11 39.34 1:18.45 9 Svetlana Zhurova 39.11 39.38 1:18.49 10 Chris Witty 39.09 39.44 1:18.53 11 Eriko Sanmiya 39.25 39.31 1:18.56 12 Shiho Kusunose 39.56 39.24 1:18.80 13 Linda Johnson-Blair 39.24 39.57 1:18.81 14 Xue Ruihong 39.49 39.53 1:19.02 15 Anke Baier-Loef 39.73 39.75 1:19.48 16 Anzhelika Kotyuga 39.76 39.85 1:19.61 17 Sandra Zwolle 39.98 39.88 1:19.86 17 Becky Sundstrom 40.20 39.66 1:19.86 19 Moira D'Andrea 39.83 40.09 1:19.92 20 Edel Therese Høiseth 40.02 39.99 1:20.01 21 Oksana Ravilova 39.99 40.04 1:20.03 22 Wang Manli 40.01 40.06 1:20.07 23 Yang Chunyuan 39.92 40.24 1:20.16 24 Choi Seung-yong 40.17 40.62 1:20.79 25 Marieke Wijsman 40.22 40.57 1:20.79 26 Amy Sannes 40.41 40.49 1:20.90 27 Lesia Bilozub 40.42 40.52 1:20.94 28 Tatyana Danshina 40.53 40.59 1:21.12 29 Cheon Hui-ju 40.67 40.95 1:21.62 30 Gang Mi-yeong 40.96 41.29 1:22.25 31 Lyudmila Kostyukevich 41.00 41.43 1:22.43 32 Krisztina Egyed 41.20 41.41 1:22.61 33 Kim Ju-hyeon 41.36 41.43 1:22.79 34 Michelle Morton 42.95 39.84 1:22.79 35 Kim Jong-hui 42.17 41.57 1:23.74 36 Jin Hua 64.07 40.32 1:44.39 37 Andrea Nuyt 39.62 78.32 1:57.94 - Emese Hunyady DQ - -
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