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

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

## Records

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

| 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

| Rank | Name | Country | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Catriona Le May Doan | Canada | 38.39 | 38.21 | 1:16.60 | OR |
| | Susan Auch | Canada | 38.42 | 38.51 | 1:16.93 |
| | 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 | - | - |
