2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Vikingskipet
Location	Hamar, Norway
Dates	14 March
Competitors	24 from 13 nations
Winning time	37.50
Medalists
Femke Kok    Netherlands   Jutta Leerdam    Netherlands   Kim Min-sun    South Korea
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The Women's 500 metres competition at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships took place on 14 March 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Qualification

A total of 24 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of three per country. The entry quotas were assigned to countries following a Special Qualification Ranking List based on rankings and performances of skaters during the 2024–25 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. ^{[3] [4]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and track records were as follows.

	Time	Athlete	Date
World Record	36.36	Lee Sang-hwa  (KOR)	16 November 2013
Track Record	37.25	Nao Kodaira  (JPN)	22 February 2019

Results

The race was started at 20:11. ^[5]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Diff
	7	o	Femke Kok	Netherlands	37.50
	8	i	Jutta Leerdam	Netherlands	37.69	+0.19
	12	i	Kim Min-sun	South Korea	37.73	+0.23
4	9	o	Kristina Silaeva	Kazakhstan	37.87	+0.37
5	11	o	Erin Jackson	United States	37.950	+0.45
6	10	i	Yukino Yoshida	Japan	37.956	+0.45
7	12	o	Andżelika Wójcik	Poland	38.04	+0.54
8	8	o	Lee Na-hyun	South Korea	38.122	+0.62
8	9	i	Serena Pergher	Italy	38.122	+0.62
10	6	i	Karolina Bosiek	Poland	38.14	+0.64
11	4	o	Rio Yamada	Japan	38.16	+0.66
12	11	i	Kaja Ziomek-Nogal	Poland	38.27	+0.77
13	7	i	Tian Ruining	China	38.28	+0.78
14	3	i	Angel Daleman	Netherlands	38.31	+0.81
15	4	i	Sophie Warmuth	Germany	38.33	+0.83
16	10	o	Kurumi Inagawa	Japan	38.50	+1.00
17	6	o	Julie Nistad Samsonsen	Norway	38.51	+1.01
18	5	i	Wang Jingziqian	China	38.63	+1.13
19	5	o	Anna Ostlender	Germany	38.69	+1.19
20	3	o	Rose Laliberté-Roy	Canada	38.74	+1.24
21	2	i	Fran Vanhoutte	Belgium	38.78	+1.28
22	1	i	Brooklyn McDougall	Canada	38.87	+1.37
23	1	o	Sofia Thorup	Denmark	38.89	+1.39
24	2	o	Darja Vazhenina	Kazakhstan	38.99	+1.49

References

1. "ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Championships - Start and result lists". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
2. "Start list" (PDF). ISU. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
3. "ISU Communication 2654: Speed Skating Championships 2025. Qualification process, quotas and entry procedures" (PDF). 15 July 2024.
4. "Final qualification ranking lists for allocation of quota places for World Championships 2025" (PDF). 2 March 2025.
5. "Final results" (PDF). ISU. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.