Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.

## 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 | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | I | Bonnie Blair | United States | 40.33 | - |
| | 2 | O | Ye Qiaobo | China | 40.51 | +0.18 |
| | 4 | I | Christa Luding-Rothenburger | Germany | 40.57 | +0.24 |
| 4 | 3 | I | Monique Garbrecht | Germany | 40.63 | +0.30 |
| 5 | 1 | O | Christine Aaftink | Netherlands | 40.66 | +0.33 |
| 6 | 6 | O | Susan Auch | Canada | 40.83 | +0.50 |
| 7 | 4 | O | Kyoko Shimazaki | Japan | 40.98 | +0.65 |
| 8 | 5 | O | Angela Stahnke | Germany | 41.10 | +0.77 |
| 9 | 1 | I | Yoo Seon-Hee | South Korea | 41.28 | +0.95 |
| 10 | 14 | O | Anke Baier | Germany | 41.30 | +0.97 |
| 11 | 7 | I | Herma Meijer | Netherlands | 41.31 | +0.98 |
| 12 | 6 | I | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 41.32 | +0.99 |
| 13 | 17 | I | Xue Ruihong | China | 41.47 | +1.14 |
| 14 | 8 | I | Catriona Le May Doan | Canada | 41.59 | +1.26 |
| 15 | 8 | O | Nataliya Polozkova | Unified Team | 41.61 | +1.28 |
| 16 | 15 | I | Oksana Ravilova | Unified Team | 41.73 | +1.40 |
| 17 | 12 | I | Kristen Talbot | United States | 41.77 | +1.44 |
| 18 | 9 | I | Shelley Rhead-Skarvan | Canada | 41.83 | +1.50 |
| 19 | 13 | I | Liu Yuexi | China | 41.85 | +1.52 |
| 20 | 10 | I | Edel Therese Høiseth | Norway | 41.89 | +1.56 |
| 21 | 10 | O | Mihaela Dascălu | Romania | 41.90 | +1.57 |
| 22 | 9 | O | Peggy Clasen | United States | 41.95 | +1.62 |
| 23 | 16 | O | Noriko Toda | Japan | 41.97 | +1.64 |
| 24 | 17 | O | Yoko Fukazawa | Japan | 42.18 | + 1.85 |
| 25 | 13 | O | Song Hwa-son | North Korea | 42.23 | +1.90 |
| 26 | 15 | O | Michelle Kline | United States | 42.41 | +2.08 |
| 27 | 16 | I | Chong Chang-suk | North Korea | 42.45 | +2.12 |
| 28 | 11 | O | Kim Chun-wol | North Korea | 42.47 | +2.14 |
| 29 | 2 | I | Yelena Tyushnyakova | Unified Team | 42.65 | +2.32 |
| 30 | 14 | I | Cerasela Hordobețiu | Romania | 42.68 | +2.35 |
| 31 | 7 | O | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Unified Team | 43.19 | +2.86 |
| 32 | 11 | I | Krisztina Egyed | Hungary | 43.39 | +3.06 |
| - | 3 | O | Sandra Voetelink | Netherlands | DNF |
| - | 12 | Wang Xiuli | China | DNF |
