Short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 20 February at La halle de glace Olympique.[1][2]

Women's 500 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueLa halle de glace Olympique
Dates18–22 February
Competitors27 from 14 nations
Winning time47.04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cathy Turner  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Li Yan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea
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Results

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Heats

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The first round was held on 18 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[1]

Heat 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kim So-hui   South Korea 50.99 Q
2 Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren   Netherlands 60.29 Q
Zhang Yanmei   China DQ
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner   United States 47.69 Q
2 Chun Lee-kyung   South Korea 48.18 Q
3 Sylvie Daigle   Canada 48.50
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Xiulan   China 47.49 Q
2 Annie Perreault   Canada 48.41 Q
3 Felicity Campbell   Australia 50.11
4 Debbie Palmer   Great Britain 52.24
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Li Yan   China 48.33 Q
2 Nathalie Lambert   Canada 48.41 Q
3 Nataliya Isakova   Unified Team 48.49
4 Tamara Kaszala   Hungary 52.38
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Nobuko Yamada   Japan 48.79 Q
2 Bea Pintens   Belgium 48.98 Q
3 Cristina Sciolla   Italy 52.53
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Hwang Ok-sil   North Korea 48.70 Q
2 Karine Rubini   France 49.25 Q
3 Amy Peterson   United States 51.05
4 Simone Velzeboer   Netherlands 55.43
Heat 7
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marinella Canclini   Italy 47.00 Q OR
2 Marina Pylayeva   Unified Team 47.48 Q
Karen Gardiner-Kah   Australia DQ
Heat 8
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Monique Velzeboer   Netherlands 48.09 Q
2 Yuliya Vlasova   Unified Team 48.29 Q
3 Kim Chun-hwa   North Korea 49.10

Quarterfinals

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The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1]

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner   United States 48.51 Q
2 Nathalie Lambert   Canada 51.04 Q
3 Nobuko Yamada   Japan 57.69
4 Karine Rubini   France 68.41
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Li Yan   China 48.33 Q
2 Yuliya Vlasova   Unified Team 48.63 Q
3 Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren   Netherlands 67.23
4 Marinella Canclini   Italy 87.18
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Xiulan   China 47.56 Q
2 Hwang Ok-sil   North Korea 47.95 Q
3 Chun Lee-kyung   South Korea 48.25
4 Bea Pintens   Belgium 48.49
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marina Pylayeva   Unified Team 47.95 Q
2 Monique Velzeboer   Netherlands 53.46 Q
3 Kim So-hui   South Korea 54.90
Annie Perreault   Canada DQ

Semifinals

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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.[1]

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Hwang Ok-sil   North Korea 47.74 QA
2 Li Yan   China 48.33 QA
3 Nathalie Lambert   Canada 61.90 QB
4 Marina Pylayeva   Unified Team 67.56 QB
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner   United States 47.41 QA
2 Monique Velzeboer   Netherlands 47.52 QA
3 Wang Xiulan   China 48.04 QB
4 Yuliya Vlasova   Unified Team 68.90 QB

Finals

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The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.[1]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Cathy Turner   United States 47.04
  Li Yan   China 47.08
  Hwang Ok-sil   North Korea 47.23
4 Monique Velzeboer   Netherlands 47.28
Final B
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
5 Marina Pylayeva   Unified Team 48.42
6 Nathalie Lambert   Canada 48.50
7 Yuliya Vlasova   Unified Team 48.70
8 Wang Xiulan   China 94.12

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.