The Women's 500m Time Trial was one of the 6 women's events at the 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
18 Cyclists from 14 countries were due to participate in the race. The Final was held on September 26.
| World Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | 34.000 |  Jiang Yonghua (CHN) | Kunming | August 11, 2002 |
| Rank [1] | Name | 250m | Time | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285-500 | ||||
 |  Natallia Tsylinskaya (BLR) | 19.645 (2) | 34.838 | 51.667 |
| 15.193 (2) | ||||
 |  Nancy Contreras (MEX) | 19.718 (3) | 34.898 | 51.578 |
| 15.180 (1) | ||||
 |  Kerrie Meares (AUS) | 19.607 (1) | 34.964 | 51.481 |
| 15.357 (5) | ||||
| 4 |  Katrin Meinke (GER) | 19.783 (4) | 35.180 | 51.165 |
| 15.397 (6) | ||||
| 5 |  Tanya Lindenmuth (USA) | 19.900 (6) | 35.185 | 51.158 |
| 15.285 (4) | ||||
| 6 | Kathrin Freitag (GER) | 19.886 (5) | 35.365 | 50.897 |
| 15.479 (7) | ||||
| 7 |  Julie Paulding (GBR) | 20.291 (11) | 35.542 | 50.644 |
| 15.251 (3) | ||||
| 8 |  Tamilla Abassova (RUS) | 20.077 (7) | 35.556 | 50.624 |
| 15.479 (8) | ||||
| 9 |  Céline Nivert (FRA) | 20.095 (8) | 35.590 | 50.576 |
| 15.495 (10) | ||||
| 10 | Anna Meares (AUS) | 20.120 (9) | 35.610 | 50.547 |
| 15.490 (9) | ||||
| 11 |  Iryna Yanovych (UKR) | 20.500 (13) | 36.025 | 49.965 |
| 15.525 (11) | ||||
| 12 |  Yvonne Hijgenaar (NED) | 20.474 (12) | 36.048 | 49.933 |
| 15.574 (13) | ||||
| 13 | Tatiana Malianova (RUS) | 20.543 (14) | 36.109 | 49.849 |
| 15.566 (12) | ||||
| 14 | Rebecca Conzelman (USA) | 20.193 (10) | 36.230 | 49.682 |
| 16.037 (17) | ||||
| 15 |  Yumari González (CUB) | 20.755 (16) | 36.391 | 49.462 |
| 15.636 (14) | ||||
| 16 | Tatiana Makarova (RUS) | 20.662 (15) | 36.668 | 49.089 |
| 16.006 (16) | ||||
| 17 |  Szilvia Szabolcsi (HUN) | 20.842 (17) | 36.776 | 48.944 |
| 15.934 (15) | ||||
| 18 |  Laura Yoisten (CAN) | 21.142 (18) | 38.187 | 47.136 |
| 17.045 (18) |
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