Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
# Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 10–13 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.

The qualifying heats was held on 10 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 13 February.

The defending Olympic Champion and World Champion is Wang Meng of China. Meng qualified to compete at the Games but broke her ankle in a collision with a teammate while practicing for the games in January 2014.

## Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 15 nations qualified to compete.

## Results

The final results:

### Preliminaries

**Heats**


    Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
    ADV — advanced
    PEN — penalty
    YC — yellow card

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Liu Qiuhong | China | 43.542 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 43.919 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lara van Ruijven | Netherlands | 44.023 | |
| – | 1 | Tatiana Borodulina | Russia | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | 44.775 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sofia Prosvirnova | Russia | 44.940 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yui Sakai | Japan | 45.051 | |
| 4 | 2 | Andrea Keszler | Hungary | 45.215 | |
| 1 | 3 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 44.262 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Charlotte Gilmartin | Great Britain | 44.440 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Martina Valcepina | Italy | 44.493 | |
| 4 | 3 | Biba Sakurai | Japan | 44.628 | |
| 1 | 4 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 44.180 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Emily Scott | United States | 45.210 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Agnė Sereikaitė | Lithuania | 45.356 | |
| 4 | 4 | Véronique Pierron | France | 1:12.278 | |
| 1 | 5 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 43.729 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Yara van Kerkhof | Netherlands | 44.044 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ayuko Ito | Japan | 44.174 | |
| 4 | 5 | Inna Simonova | Kazakhstan | 44.387 | |
| 1 | 6 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 43.568 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Li Jianrou | China | 43.633 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Patrycja Maliszewska | Poland | 44.154 | |
| – | 6 | Alyson Dudek | United States | | PEN |
| 1 | 7 | Fan Kexin | China | 43.356 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Jessica Hewitt | Canada | 43.447 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Valeriya Reznik | Russia | 45.349 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jessica Smith | United States | 1:13.344 | |
| 1 | 8 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 44.093 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 44.197 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Veronika Windisch | Austria | 44.586 | |
| 4 | 8 | Elena Viviani | Italy | 44.623 | |

**Quarterfinal**


    Q – qualified for the semifinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card

| Rank | Quarterfinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 43.392 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 43.595 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yara van Kerkhof | Netherlands | 43.888 | |
| 4 | 1 | Charlotte Gilmartin | Great Britain | 44.279 | |
| 1 | 2 | Fan Kexin | China | 43.288 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | 43.402 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Emily Scott | United States | 44.709 | |
| 4 | 2 | Jessica Hewitt | Canada | 1:00.971 | |
| 1 | 3 | Liu Qiuhong | China | 43.478 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 43.572 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 43.673 | |
| 4 | 3 | Sofia Prosvirnova | Russia | 43.862 | |
| 1 | 4 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 43.405 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Li Jianrou | China | 43.486 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 43.550 | |
| 4 | 4 | Shim Suk-Hee | South Korea | 43.572 | |

**Semifinals**


    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card

| Rank | Semifinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 43.611 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 43.624 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 44.069 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 44.242 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | 43.837 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Li Jianrou | China | 43.841 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Liu Qiuhong | China | 43.916 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Fan Kexin | China | 1:24.431 | QB |

### Finals

**Final B (classification round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Liu Qiuhong | China | 44.188 |
| 5 | Fan Kexin | China | 44.297 |
| 6 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 44.311 |
| 7 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 44.359 |

**Final A (medal round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Li Jianrou | China | 45.263 | |
| | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 51.250 | |
| | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 54.207 | |
| – | Elise Christie | Great Britain | | PEN |

## Final standings

The final overall standings were:

| Rank | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Li Jianrou | China |
| | Arianna Fontana | Italy |
| | Park Seung-hi | South Korea |
| 4 | Liu Qiuhong | China |
| 5 | Fan Kexin | China |
| 6 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands |
| 7 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada |
| 8 | Elise Christie | Great Britain |
| 9 | Valérie Maltais | Canada |
| 10 | Kim A-lang | South Korea |
| 11 | Yara van Kerkhof | Netherlands |
| 12 | Emily Scott | United States |
| 13 | Jessica Hewitt | Canada |
| 14 | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea |
| 15 | Sofia Prosvirnova | Russia |
| 16 | Charlotte Gilmartin | Great Britain |
| 17 | Lara van Ruijven | Netherlands |
| 18 | Patrycja Maliszewska | Poland |
| 19 | Ayuko Ito | Japan |
| 20 | Martina Valcepina | Italy |
| 21 | Veronika Windisch | Austria |
| 22 | Yui Sakai | Japan |
| 23 | Valeriya Reznik | Russia |
| 24 | Agnė Sereikaitė | Lithuania |
| 25 | Inna Simonova | Kazakhstan |
| 26 | Elena Viviani | Italy |
| 27 | Biba Sakurai | Japan |
| 28 | Andrea Keszler | Hungary |
| 29 | Véronique Pierron | France |
| 30 | Jessica Smith | United States |
| – | Tatiana Borodulina | Russia |
| – | Alyson Dudek | United States |
