Women's 500 metres at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Pacific Coliseum | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 13, 17 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 43.048 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m relay | women | |
5000 m relay | men | |
The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics began on 13 February, with the final held on 17 February, at the Pacific Coliseum.
Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 43.834 | Q, OR |
2 | 1 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 44.143 | Q |
3 | 1 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 44.438 | |
– | 1 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | DSQ | |
1 | 2 | Wang Meng | China | 43.284 | Q, OR |
2 | 2 | Jessica Gregg | Canada | 43.956 | Q |
3 | 2 | Evgenia Radanova | Bulgaria | 44.047 | |
– | 2 | Sarah Lindsay | Great Britain | DSQ | |
1 | 3 | Zhou Yang | China | 44.106 | Q |
2 | 3 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 44.257 | Q |
3 | 3 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 44.306 | |
4 | 3 | Alyson Dudek | United States | 44.588 | |
1 | 4 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 44.316 | Q |
2 | 4 | Lee Eun-byul | South Korea | 44.582 | Q |
3 | 4 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | 44.821 | |
4 | 4 | Veronique Pierron | France | 1:10.899 |
Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Jessica Gregg | Canada | 43.854 | QA |
2 | 1 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 43.991 | QA |
3 | 1 | Zhou Yang | China | 43.992 | QB |
4 | 1 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 44.145 | QB |
1 | 2 | Wang Meng | China | 42.985 | QA, OR |
2 | 2 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 43.241 | QA |
3 | 2 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 43.633 | QB |
4 | 2 | Lee Eun-byul | South Korea | 43.899 | QB |
Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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5 | Zhou Yang | China | 44.725 | |
6 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 44.824 | |
7 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 44.846 | |
8 | Lee Eun-byul | South Korea | 44.860 |
Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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Wang Meng | China | 43.048 | ||
Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 43.707 | ||
Arianna Fontana | Italy | 43.804 | ||
4 | Jessica Gregg | Canada | 44.204 |
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