The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
Date Athlete Time OR WR 15 February 41.78 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Difference Notes 2 o Karin Enke 41.78 4 i Leah Poulos-Mueller 42.26 3 o Natalya Petrusyova 42.42 4 1 i Ann-Sofie Järnström 42.47 5 1 o Makiko Nagaya 42.70 6 4 o Cornelia Jacob 42.98 7 3 i Beth Heiden 43.18 8 9 o Tetiana Tarasova 43.26 9 10 i Sylvia Burka 43.43 10 5 i Irina Kovrova 43.50 11 11 i Erwina Ryś-Ferens 43.52 12 5 o Christa Rothenburger 43.60 13 10 o Silvia Brunner 43.72 14 16 i Lee Nam-Sun 43.85 15 8 i Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman 44.02 16 14 i Sylvia Filipsson 44.05 17 11 o Sigrid Smuda 44.11 18 8 i Kathy Vogt 44.15 19 8 o Sylvie Daigle 44.16 20 12 o Anneli Repola 44.33 21 13 i Cao Guifeng 44.43 22 13 o Annie Borckink 44.47 23 2 i Sarah Docter 44.48 24 6 o Annette Karlsson 44.52 25 9 i Monika Pflug 44.59 26 14 o Sijtje van der Lende 44.74 27 12 i Shen Guoqin 45.03 28 7 o Brigitte Flierl 45.28 29 15 i Wang Limei 45.57 30 16 o Kim Ferran 47.25 - 7 i Marzia Peretti DNF – Fall
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