Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games – Women's 500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres at the 1996 Asian Winter Games was held in February 1996 in Harbin, China.

## Records

### 500 meters

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

| World Record | Bonnie Blair (USA) | 38.69 | Calgary, Canada | 2 February 1995 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games Record | Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) | 41.68 | Sapporo, Japan | 1 March 1986 |

### 500 meters × 2

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

| World Record | Monique Garbrecht (GER) | 1:20.98 | Berlin, Germany | 19 November 1994 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games Record | — | — | — | — |

## Results

### Legend

* DSQ — Disqualified

| Rank | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Wang Manli (CHN) | 40.51 GR | 40.92 | 1:21.43 | GR |
| | Xue Ruihong (CHN) | 40.66 | 40.77 | 1:21.43 | GR |
| | Jin Hua (CHN) | 40.78 | 40.99 | 1:21.77 | |
| 4 | Chun Hee-joo (KOR) | 41.34 | 41.29 | 1:22.63 | |
| 5 | Chihiro Monda (JPN) | 41.42 | 41.39 | 1:22.81 | |
| 6 | Mayumi Kagawa (JPN) | 41.40 | 41.48 | 1:22.88 | |
| 7 | Shihomi Shinya (JPN) | 41.63 | 41.63 | 1:23.26 | |
| 8 | Kang Mee-yeong (KOR) | 41.64 | 41.95 | 1:23.59 | |
| — | Tomomi Shimizu (JPN) | 41.76 | DSQ | DSQ | |
| — | Xu Yanli (CHN) | 41.65 | DSQ | DSQ | |
