Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
DatesFebruary 13–14
Competitors38 from 14 nations
Winning time1:16.60
Medalists
 Catriona Le May Doan  Canada
 Susan Auch  Canada
 Tomomi Okazaki  Japan
Speed skating at the
1998 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 14 February, at the M-Wave.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]

World record  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 37.55 Calgary, Canada 28 December 1997
Olympic record  Bonnie Blair (USA) 39.10 Calgary, Canada 22 February 1988

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
13 February  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.39 OR
14 February  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.21 OR

Results

[1]

Rank Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Total Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Catriona Le May Doan  Canada 38.39 38.21 1:16.60 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Susan Auch  Canada 38.42 38.51 1:16.93
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tomomi Okazaki  Japan 38.55 38.55 1:17.10
4 Franziska Schenk  Germany 38.88 38.57 1:17.45
5 Kyoko Shimazaki  Japan 38.75 38.93 1:17.68
6 Marianne Timmer  Netherlands 39.12 39.03 1:18.15
7 Sabine Völker  Germany 39.19 39.00 1:18.19
8 Monique Garbrecht  Germany 39.11 39.34 1:18.45
9 Svetlana Zhurova  Russia 39.11 39.38 1:18.49
10 Chris Witty  United States 39.09 39.44 1:18.53
11 Eriko Sanmiya  Japan 39.25 39.31 1:18.56
12 Shiho Kusunose  Japan 39.56 39.24 1:18.80
13 Linda Johnson-Blair  Canada 39.24 39.57 1:18.81
14 Xue Ruihong  China 39.49 39.53 1:19.02
15 Anke Baier-Loef  Germany 39.73 39.75 1:19.48
16 Anzhelika Kotyuga  Belarus 39.76 39.85 1:19.61
17 Sandra Zwolle  Netherlands 39.98 39.88 1:19.86
17 Becky Sundstrom  United States 40.20 39.66 1:19.86
19 Moira D'Andrea  United States 39.83 40.09 1:19.92
20 Edel Therese Høiseth  Norway 40.02 39.99 1:20.01
21 Oksana Ravilova  Russia 39.99 40.04 1:20.03
22 Wang Manli  China 40.01 40.06 1:20.07
23 Yang Chunyuan  China 39.92 40.24 1:20.16
24 Choi Seung-Yong  South Korea 40.17 40.62 1:20.79
25 Marieke Wijsman  Netherlands 40.22 40.57 1:20.79
26 Amy Sannes  United States 40.41 40.49 1:20.90
27 Lesia Bilozub  Ukraine 40.42 40.52 1:20.94
28 Tatyana Danshina  Russia 40.53 40.59 1:21.12
29 Cheon Hui-Ju  South Korea 40.67 40.95 1:21.62
30 Gang Mi-Yeong  South Korea 40.96 41.29 1:22.25
31 Lyudmila Kostyukevich  Belarus 41.00 41.43 1:22.43
32 Krisztina Egyed  Hungary 41.20 41.41 1:22.61
33 Kim Ju-Hyeon  South Korea 41.36 41.43 1:22.79
34 Michelle Morton  Canada 42.95 39.84 1:22.79
35 Kim Jong-Hui  North Korea 42.17 41.57 1:23.74
36 Jin Hua  China 64.07 40.32 1:44.39
37 Andrea Nuyt  Netherlands 39.62 78.32 1:57.94
- Emese Hunyady  Austria DQ - -

References

  1. 1 2 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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