Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.

## Records

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

| World record | Bonnie Blair (USA) | 39.10 | Calgary, Canada | 22 February 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Bonnie Blair (USA) | 39.10 | Calgary, Canada | 22 February 1988 |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Difference |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | I | Bonnie Blair | United States | 39.25 | - |
| | 6 | I | Susan Auch | Canada | 39.61 | +0.36 |
| | 2 | I | Franziska Schenk | Germany | 39.70 | +0.45 |
| 4 | 1 | O | Xue Ruihong | China | 39.71 | +0.46 |
| 5 | 5 | I | Yoo Seon-Hee | South Korea | 39.92 | +0.67 |
| 6 | 3 | O | Monique Garbrecht | Germany | 39.95 | +0.70 |
| 7 | 8 | I | Svetlana Zhurova | Russia | 40.17 | +0.92 |
| 8 | 10 | I | Edel Therese Høiseth | Norway | 40.20 | +0.95 |
| 9 | 14 | I | Jin Hua | China | 40.23 | +0.98 |
| 10 | 5 | O | Kyoko Shimazaki | Japan | 40.26 | +1.01 |
| 11 | 7 | I | Yang Chunyuan | China | 40.37 | +1.12 |
| 12 | 1 | I | Angela Stahnke | Germany | 40.38 | +1.13 |
| 13 | 6 | O | Ye Qiaobo | China | 40.42 | +1.17 |
| 14 | 11 | I | Tomomi Okazaki | Japan | 40.55 | +1.31 |
| 15 | 4 | I | Anke Baier | Germany | 40.59 | +1.34 |
| 16 | 14 | O | Michelle Morton | Canada | 40.71 | +1.46 |
| 17 | 9 | O | Oksana Ravilova | Russia | 40.72 | +1.47 |
| 18 | 4 | O | Shiho Kusunose | Japan | 40.94 | +1.69 |
| 19 | 12 | I | Christine Aaftink | Netherlands | 41.01 | +1.76 |
| 20 | 15 | O | Kristen Talbot | United States | 41.05 | +1.80 |
| 20 | 16 | I | Svetlana Fedotkina | Russia | 41.05 | +1.80 |
| 22 | 17 | O | Nataliya Polozkova | Russia | 41.06 | +1.81 |
| 23 | 9 | I | Mihaela Dascălu | Romania | 41.13 | +1.88 |
| 23 | 11 | O | Peggy Clasen | United States | 41.13 | +1.88 |
| 25 | 8 | I | Mayumi Yamamoto | Japan | 41.20 | +1.95 |
| 26 | 17 | I | Linda Johnson-Blair | Canada | 41.42 | +2.17 |
| 27 | 7 | O | Emese Dörfler-Antal | Austria | 41.59 | +2.34 |
| 28 | 16 | O | Gang Mi-yeong | South Korea | 41.96 | +2.71 |
| 29 | 10 | O | Cerasela Hordobețiu | Romania | 42.15 | +2.90 |
| 30 | 15 | I | Krisztina Egyed | Hungary | 42.29 | +3.04 |
| 31 | 13 | I | Jeong Bae-yeong | South Korea | 42.63 | +3.38 |
| 32 | 12 | O | Cheon Hui-ju | South Korea | 43.05 | +3.80 |
| 33 | 2 | O | Catriona Le May Doan | Canada | 59.75 | +20.50 |
| - | 13 | O | Michelle Kline | United States | DQ |
