Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung.[1][2]

Women's 500 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date18 February
Competitors31 from 18 nations
Winning time36.94 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nao Kodaira  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karolína Erbanová  Czech Republic
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Summary

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Pre-race favourites were Nao Kodaira, winner of every single pre-Olympic ISU World Cup 500m in the 2017/18 season,[3] and Lee Sang-hwa, world record holder at this distance and two-time Olympic 500m gold medallist.

Skating in the fourth pair, Jorien Ter Mors posted a time of 37.53, which stood until Brittany Bowe improved it by 0.009 seconds in the eleventh pair. Starting in pair 16 versus Karolína Erbanová, Japan's Nao Kodaira raced to an Olympic and sea-level record of 36.94, clocking an unprecedented lap time of 26.68 - a pace for the longest time deemed "impossible" even at altitude (which Gangneung is not).[4] In pair 15, South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa opened faster than Kodaira and was up two tenths in back straight intermediate timings. However, an imperfect final inner turn saw her lose this advantage and cross the line 0.39 seconds down in 37.33 to take second place - a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Erbanová's time. Vanessa Herzog, 500m gold medallist at the 2018 European Speed Skating Championships, was unable to challenge for a medal in the final pair, finishing fourth.

Competition schedule

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All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Event
18 February 20:56 Women's 500m Final

Records

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

World record   Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) 36.36 Salt Lake City, United States 16 November 2013
Olympic record   Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) 37.28 Sochi, Russia 11 February 2014
Track record   Nao Kodaira (JPN) 37.05 7 February 2018

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
18 February Pair 14 Nao Kodaira   Japan 36.94 OR, WB (sea level), TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record, WB = world best

Results

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The races were held at 20:56.[5]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  14 I Nao Kodaira   Japan 36.94 OR, TR
  15 O Lee Sang-hwa   South Korea 37.33 +0.39
  14 O Karolína Erbanová   Czech Republic 37.34 +0.40
4 16 I Vanessa Herzog   Austria 37.51 +0.57
5 11 O Brittany Bowe   United States 37.530 +0.59
6 4 I Jorien ter Mors   Netherlands 37.539 +0.59
7 16 O Angelina Golikova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 37.62 +0.68
8 15 I Arisa Go   Japan 37.67 +0.73
9 13 I Yu Jing   China 37.81 +0.87
10 13 O Marsha Hudey   Canada 37.88 +0.94
11 9 O Heather Bergsma   United States 38.13 +1.19
12 10 O Kim Hyun-yung   South Korea 38.251 +1.31
13 11 I Erina Kamiya   Japan 38.255 +1.31
14 12 O Heather McLean   Canada 38.29 +1.35
15 8 I Zhang Hong   China 38.39 +1.45
16 10 I Judith Dannhauer   Germany 38.534 +1.59
16 9 I Kim Min-sun   South Korea 38.534 +1.59
18 12 I Hege Bøkko   Norway 38.538 +1.59
19 1 I Anice Das   Netherlands 38.75 +1.81
20 5 O Tian Ruining   China 38.86 +1.92
21 8 O Yekaterina Aydova   Kazakhstan 38.96 +2.02
22 6 O Huang Yu-ting   Chinese Taipei 38.98 +2.04
23 3 I Lotte van Beek   Netherlands 39.18 +2.24
24 2 O Erin Jackson   United States 39.20 +2.26
25 4 O Kaja Ziomek   Poland 39.26 +2.32
26 7 I Yvonne Daldossi   Italy 39.28 +2.34
27 2 I Ida Njåtun   Norway 39.33 +2.39
28 7 O Elina Risku   Finland 39.36 +2.42
29 6 I Francesca Bettrone   Italy 39.52 +2.58
30 5 I Kseniya Sadouskaya   Belarus 39.64 +2.70
31 3 O Alexandra Ianculescu   Romania 40.70 +3.76

References

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  1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "ISU RESULTS". www.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  4. ^ "Kodaira, Hirscher en Fourcade pakken goud op dag negen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-02-18.