The women's 500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February (heats) and 7 February (finals), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Arianna Fontana of Italy won the event, replicating her success in 2018. Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands took the silver, setting the Olympic record in one of the heats, and Kim Boutin of Canada won the bronze.

The defending champion was Fontana. The silver medalist, Yara van Kerkhof, and the bronze medalist, Boutin, who was also the world record holder, qualified as well. Van Kerkhof, however, was not selected to skate this distance. Schulting was the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating champion at all distances, including 1500 m. Fontana and Selma Poutsma were the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Many top athletes did not participate in the championship, however. Fontana was leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup at the 500 m distance with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Boutin and Natalia Maliszewska. Maliszewska was not allowed to compete as she tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after her arrival in Beijing.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, with the top 32 athletes (maximum of three per country qualifying quotas. If a NOC declined a quota spot, it was distributed to the next available athlete, only if the maximum quota of 56 athletes per gender was not surpassed.

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

A new Olympic record was set during the competition. Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref5 February Heat 4 Suzanne Schulting 42.379 OR

Results Heats Rank Heat Name Country TimeHeats results, Olympics.com Notes 1 1 Selma Poutsma 43.472 Q 2 1 Florence Brunelle 43.477 Q 3 1 Valentina Aščić 44.681 4 1 Tifany Huot-Marchand 54.758 1 2 Fan Kexin 43.275 Q 2 2 Sofia Prosvirnova 43.331 Q 3 2 Zsófia Kónya 43.905 4 2 Gwendoline Daudet 45.515 1 3 Kim Boutin 42.732 Q 2 3 Petra Jászapáti 42.848 Q 3 3 Maame Biney 42.919 q 4 3 Kamila Stormowska 44.053 1 4 Suzanne Schulting 42.379 Q, OR 2 4 Alyson Charles 42.991 Q 3 4 Arianna Valcepina 43.070 q 4 4 Ekaterina Efremenkova 43.140 1 5 Arianna Fontana 42.940 Q 2 5 Zhang Yuting 43.233 Q 3 5 Michaela Hrůzová 45.060 4 5 Corinne Stoddard 1 6 Choi Min-jeong 42.853 Q 2 6 Martina Valcepina 43.606 Q 3 6 Patrycja Maliszewska 44.130 4 6 Kathryn Thomson 1 7 Xandra Velzeboer 42.563 Q 2 7 Qu Chunyu 42.691 Q 3 7 Sumire Kikuchi 42.829 q 4 7 Lee Yu-bin 43.141 1 8 Kristen Santos 43.579 Q 2 8 Elena Seregina 43.605 Q 3 8 Hanne Desmet 43.702 q 4 8 Nikola Mazur 43.732

Quarterfinals Rank Heat Name Country TimeQuarterfinals results Notes 1 1 Kim Boutin 42.391 Q 2 1 Arianna Valcepina 42.891 Q 3 1 Fan Kexin 4 1 Alyson Charles ADV 1 Florence Brunelle PEN 1 2 Petra Jászapáti 43.476 Q 2 2 Elena Seregina 43.712 Q 3 2 Maame Biney 46.099 4 2 Selma Poutsma 2 Xandra Velzeboer PEN 1 3 Arianna Fontana 42.635 Q 2 3 Hanne Desmet 42.991 Q 3 3 Zhang Yuting 54.211 ADV 4 3 Choi Min-jeong 3 Sofia Prosvirnova PEN 1 4 Suzanne Schulting 42.922 Q 2 4 Qu Chunyu 43.029 Q 3 4 Sumire Kikuchi 56.092 4 Kristen Santos PEN 4 Martina Valcepina PEN

Semifinals Rank Heat Name Country TimeSemifinals results Notes 1 1 Arianna Fontana 42.387 QA 2 1 Kim Boutin 42.664 QA 3 1 Elena Seregina 42.685 QB 4 1 Alyson Charles 42.829 QB 5 1 Arianna Valcepina 44.044 1 2 Suzanne Schulting 42.475 QA 2 2 Zhang Yuting 43.196 QA 3 2 Petra Jászapáti 43.198 QB 4 2 Hanne Desmet 55.304 ADVA 2 Qu Chunyu PEN

Finals Final B Rank Name Country Time Notes 6 Elena Seregina 42.972 7 Petra Jászapáti 43.004 8 Alyson Charles 43.273

Final A Rank Name Country TimeFinals results Notes Arianna Fontana 42.488 Suzanne Schulting 42.559 Kim Boutin 42.724 4 Zhang Yuting 42.803 5 Hanne Desmet 42.941

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