Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' 500 metres
# Short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' 500 metres

The girls' 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held on 19 January at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.

## Results

    QAB – qualified for the semifinals A/B
    QCD – qualified for the semifinals C/D
    PEN – penalty
    ADA – advanced

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 44.929 | QAB |
| 2 | 1 | Anna Gamorina | Russia | 46.382 | QAB |
| 3 | 1 | Darya Goncharova | Kazakhstan | 46.452 | QCD |
| 4 | 1 | Lin Yu-tzu | Chinese Taipei | 49.423 | QCD |
| 1 | 2 | Qu Chunyu | China | 46.378 | QAB |
| 2 | 2 | Aafke Soet | Netherlands | 47.770 | QAB |
| 3 | 2 | Elisabeth Witt | Germany | 49.788 | QCD |
| | 2 | Arianna Sighel | Italy | PEN | |
| 1 | 3 | Sarah Warren | United States | 48.241 | QAB |
| 2 | 3 | Mariya Dolgopolova | Ukraine | 49.624 | QAB |
| 3 | 3 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 53.823 | ADA |
| 4 | 3 | Park Jung-hyun | South Korea | 1:00.289 | QCD |
| 1 | 4 | Xu Aili | China | 45.416 | QAB |
| 2 | 4 | Nicole Martinelli | Italy | 46.390 | QAB |
| 3 | 4 | Tímea Tóth | Hungary | 48.502 | QCD |
| 4 | 4 | Melanie Brantner | Austria | 53.635 | QCD |

### Semifinals

**Semifinals C/D**


    QC – qualified for Final C
    QD – qualified for Final D

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Darya Goncharova | Kazakhstan | 48.300 | QC |
| 2 | 1 | Lin Yu-tzu | Chinese Taipei | 48.598 | QC |
| 3 | 1 | Melanie Brantner | Austria | 51.375 | QD |
| 1 | 2 | Park Jung-hyun | South Korea | 46.948 | QC |
| 2 | 2 | Tímea Tóth | Hungary | 48.725 | QC |
| 3 | 2 | Elisabeth Witt | Germany | 49.737 | QD |

**Semifinals A/B**


    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 44.444 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Qu Chunyu | China | 45.624 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 46.200 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Anna Gamorina | Russia | 1:07.177 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Mariya Dolgopolova | Ukraine | 1:16.375 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Xu Aili | China | 45.673 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Nicole Martinelli | Italy | 46.679 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Aafke Soet | Netherlands | 46.980 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Sarah Warren | United States | 47.033 | QB |

### Finals

    PEN – penalty

**Final D**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Elisabeth Witt | Germany | 49.799 | |
| 15 | Melanie Brantner | Austria | 51.150 | |

**Final C**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Park Jung-hyun | South Korea | 46.339 |
| 11 | Darya Goncharova | Kazakhstan | 46.802 |
| 12 | Tímea Tóth | Hungary | 48.743 |
| 13 | Lin Yu-tzu | Chinese Taipei | 49.492 |

**Final B**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Sarah Warren | United States | 48.273 |
| 6 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 48.337 |
| 7 | Aafke Soet | Netherlands | 48.362 |
| 8 | Mariya Dolgopolova | Ukraine | 50.545 |
| 9 | Anna Gamorina | Russia | PEN |

**Final A**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 44.122 |
| | Xu Aili | China | 44.593 |
| | Nicole Martinelli | Italy | 46.594 |
| 4 | Qu Chunyu | China | PEN |
