Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

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Women's 500 metres
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Venue National Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date13 February
Competitors30 from 17 nations
Winning time37.04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Erin Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Miho Takagi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Angelina Golikova Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC
  2018
2026  

The women's 500 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing. [1] Erin Jackson of the United States became the Olympic champion, winning her first Olympic medal. She was also the first female Black athlete to medal in speed skating. [2] Miho Takagi of Japan won the silver medal, and Angelina Golikova, representing the Russian Olympic committee, won bronze, also her first Olympic medal.

The defending champion and the Olympic record holder was Nao Kodaira. The 2018 silver medalist, Lee Sang-hwa, retired from competitions. She was still the world record holder during the Olympics. The bronze medalist, Karolína Erbanová, retired as well. Golikova was the 2021 World Single Distances champion at the 500 m distance. Femke Kok and Olga Fatkulina were the silver and bronze medalist, respectively. Erin Jackson was leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup at the 500 m distance with eight events completed before the Olympics, followed by Golikova and Kodaira. Golikova skated the season best time, 36.66 in Calgary on 11 December 2021. [3]

Takagi in pair 4 became the early leader with 37.12. Vanessa Herzog in the same pair was 0:16 behind. In pair 13, Golikova skated 37.21, provisionally second time. In pair 14, Jackson improved Takagi's time, taking the lead with one pair to go and shifting Herzog off the podium. The last pair did not alter the medal allocation.

Qualification

A total of 30 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per NOC. The first 20 athletes qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the last ten earned quotas by having the best times among athletes not already qualified. A country could only earn the maximum three spots through the World Cup rankings. [4]

The qualification time for the event (39.50) was released on July 1, 2021, and was unchanged from 2018. [5] Skaters had the time period of July 1, 2021 – January 16, 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events. [5]

Records

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

World recordFlag of South Korea.svg  Lee Sang-hwa  (KOR)36.36 Salt Lake City, United States 16 November 2013
Olympic recordFlag of Japan.svg  Nao Kodaira  (JPN)36.94 Gangneung, South Korea 18 February 2018
Track recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tian Ruining  (CHN)38.387 April 2021

No new records were established during the competition.

Results

The races were started at 21:56. [6]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg14I Erin Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 37.04 TR
Silver medal icon.svg4O Miho Takagi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 37.12+0.08
Bronze medal icon.svg13I Angelina Golikova Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 37.21+0.17
44I Vanessa Herzog Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 37.28+0.24
57O Jutta Leerdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 37.34+0.30
69I Femke Kok Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 37.39+0.35
710O Kim Min-sun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 37.60+0.56
811O Daria Kachanova Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 37.65+0.61
914O Kaja Ziomek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 37.70+0.66
1015I Olga Fatkulina Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 37.76+0.72
1115O Andżelika Wójcik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 37.78+0.74
127I Jin Jingzhu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 37.88+0.84
138O Michelle de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 37.97+0.93
1412I Tian Ruining Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 37.982+0.94
1510I Arisa Go Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 37.983+0.94
165O Brittany Bowe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 38.04+1.00
1713O Nao Kodaira Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 38.09+1.05
1811I Kimi Goetz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 38.25+1.21
1912O Hanna Nifantava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 38.30+1.26
206I Yekaterina Aidova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 38.54+1.50
215I Marsha Hudey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 38.79+1.75
229O Brooklyn McDougall Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 38.84+1.80
233O Martine Ripsrud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 38.95+1.91
242O Julie Nistad Samsonsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 39.02+1.98
253I Nikola Zdráhalová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 39.18+2.14
266O Huang Yu-ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 39.23+2.19
278I Heather McLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 39.31+2.27
282I Sandrine Tas Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 39.37+2.33
291I Mihaela Hogaş Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 39.45+2.41
301O María Victoria Rodríguez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 39.70+2.66

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