Short-track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
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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.[1]
13 February 2014 (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
| Women's 500 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10 February 2014 (qualifying heats) 13 February 2014 (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 45.263 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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.[2]
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.[3] For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 15 nations qualified to compete.[4]
Results
The final results:[5]
Preliminaries
Heats
- Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
- ADV — advanced
- PEN — penalty
- YC — yellow card
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 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:[5]