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Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The Women’s 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place from 10 to 13 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[1][2]

Women’s 500 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates10 February (heats)
13 February (quarterfinals, semifinals, final)
Competitors32 from 14 nations
Winning time42.569
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arianna Fontana  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yara van Kerkhof  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Boutin  Canada
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Summary edit

The defending champion from 2014, Li Jianrou, had retired, but the 2014 silver medalist Arianna Fontana competed and eventually won the event. Elise Christie and Choi Min-jeong, who set two Olympic records each in heats and quarterfinals, were considered heavy favorites. They both qualified to the final, but Christie crashed out and finished fourth, and Choi was disqualified for interference after initially finishing second.[3] Fontana became the Olympic champion, with Yara van Kerkhof, who was advanced to the final, winning the silver, and Kim Boutin bronze.[4] Fontana's gold medal was the first gold medal in women's short track speed skating won by a European athlete since 1988 (when Monique Velzeboer and the Italian relay team took gold).

Records edit

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

World record   Elise Christie (GBR) 42.335 Salt Lake City, United States 13 November 2016
Olympic record   Wang Meng (CHN) 42.985 Vancouver, Canada 17 February 2010

Three Olympic records were set during the competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
10 February Heat 8 Choi Min-jeong   South Korea 42.870 OR [5]
13 February Quarterfinal 2 Elise Christie   Great Britain 42.703 OR [6]
Semifinal 1 Choi Min-jeong   South Korea 42.422 OR [7]

Results edit

Heats edit

Q – qualified for Quarterfinals[8]
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Kim Boutin   Canada 43.634 Q
2 1 Natalia Maliszewska   Poland 43.725 Q
3 1 Lana Gehring   United States 43.825
4 1 Lucia Peretti   Italy 43.994
1 2 Arianna Fontana   Italy 43.214 Q
2 2 Andrea Keszler   Hungary 43.274 Q
3 2 Kathryn Thomson   Great Britain 1:08.896
4 2 Suzanne Schulting   Netherlands DNF
1 3 Sofia Prosvirnova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.376 Q
2 3 Yara van Kerkhof   Netherlands 43.430 Q
3 3 Bianca Walter   Germany 43.541
4 3 Sumire Kikuchi   Japan 44.838
1 4 Elise Christie   Great Britain 42.872 Q
2 4 Qu Chunyu   China 42.971 Q
3 4 Shim Suk-hee   South Korea 43.048
4 4 Veronique Pierron   France 43.148
1 5 Fan Kexin   China 43.350 Q
2 5 Maame Biney   United States 43.665 Q
3 5 Kim A-lang   South Korea 43.724
4 5 Anastassiya Krestova   Kazakhstan 43.821
1 6 Martina Valcepina   Italy 43.698 Q
2 6 Han Yutong   China 43.719 Q
3 6 Tifany Huot-Marchand   France 44.659
6 Jamie Macdonald   Canada PEN
1 7 Marianne St-Gelais   Canada 43.437 Q
2 7 Anna Seidel   Germany 43.742 Q
3 7 Lara van Ruijven   Netherlands 43.771
4 7 Magdalena Warakomska   Poland 44.311
1 8 Choi Min-jeong   South Korea 42.870 Q, OR
2 8 Petra Jászapáti   Hungary 55.670 Q
3 8 Emina Malagich   Olympic Athletes from Russia 56.830
8 Charlotte Gilmartin   Great Britain PEN

Quarterfinals edit

Q – qualified for Semifinals[9]
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Arianna Fontana   Italy 43.128 Q
2 1 Yara van Kerkhof   Netherlands 43.197 Q
3 1 Natalia Maliszewska   Poland 43.384
1 Marianne St-Gelais   Canada PEN
1 2 Elise Christie   Great Britain 42.703 Q, OR
2 2 Kim Boutin   Canada 42.789 Q
3 2 Andrea Keszler   Hungary 43.053
4 2 Anna Seidel   Germany 44.325
1 3 Sofia Prosvirnova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.466 Q
2 3 Fan Kexin   China 43.485 Q
3 3 Han Yutong   China 43.627
4 3 Maame Biney   United States 44.772
1 4 Qu Chunyu   China 42.954 Q
2 4 Choi Min-jeong   South Korea 42.996 Q
3 4 Martina Valcepina   Italy 43.023
4 4 Petra Jászapáti   Hungary 43.043

Semifinals edit

QA – qualified for Final A[10]
QB – qualified for Final B
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
Rank Semifinal Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Choi Min-jeong   South Korea 42.422 QA, OR
2 1 Arianna Fontana   Italy 42.635 QA
3 1 Sofia Prosvirnova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.219 QB
1 Fan Kexin   China PEN
1 2 Yara van Kerkhof   Netherlands 43.182 QA
2 2 Elise Christie   Great Britain 43.184 QA
3 2 Kim Boutin   Canada 43.234 ADV
2 Qu Chunyu   China PEN

Final edit

Final B was scratched as Sofia Prosvirnova (5th place overall) was the only athlete who qualified for it.[11]

Rank Name Country Time Notes
  Arianna Fontana   Italy 42.569
  Yara van Kerkhof   Netherlands 43.256
  Kim Boutin   Canada 43.881
4 Elise Christie   Great Britain 1:23.063
6 Choi Min-jeong   South Korea PEN

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Winter Olympics: Kim Boutin target of online abuse after bronze medal". BBC Sport. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ Hodges, Vicky (13 February 2018). "History repeats itself as speed skater Elise Christie crashes out in final at Winter Olympics". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Heats (여자 500m 예선 / 500 m femmes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Quarterfinals (여자 500m 준준결승 / 500 m femmes Quarts de finale) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Semifinals (여자 500m 준결승 / 500 m femmes Demi-finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. ^ Heats results
  9. ^ Quarterfinals results
  10. ^ Semifinals results
  11. ^ Final results
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