Short-track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's 500 metres
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia
Dates:	10 February (qualifying heats) 13 February (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	15
Gold:	Li Jianrou
Goldnoc:	CHN
Win Value:	45.263
Silver:	Arianna Fontana
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Park Seung-hi
Bronzenoc:	KOR
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

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]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		43.542	Q
2	1	align=left		align=left		43.919	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		44.023
–	1	align=left		align=left			PEN
1	2	align=left		align=left		44.775	Q
2	2	align=left		align=left		44.940	Q
3	2	align=left		align=left		45.051
4	2	align=left		align=left		45.215
1	3	align=left		align=left		44.262	Q
2	3	align=left		align=left		44.440	Q
3	3	align=left		align=left		44.493
4	3	align=left		align=left		44.628
1	4	align=left		align=left		44.180	Q
2	4	align=left		align=left		45.210	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		45.356
4	4	align=left		align=left		1:12.278
1	5	align=left		align=left		43.729	Q
2	5	align=left		align=left		44.044	Q
3	5	align=left		align=left		44.174
4	5	align=left		align=left		44.387
1	6	align=left		align=left		43.568	Q
2	6	align=left		align=left		43.633	Q
3	6	align=left		align=left		44.154
–	6	align=left		align=left			PEN
1	7	align=left		align=left		43.356	Q
2	7	align=left		align=left		43.447	Q
3	7	align=left		align=left		45.349
4	7	align=left		align=left		1:13.344
1	8	align=left		align=left		44.093	Q
2	8	align=left		align=left		44.197	Q
3	8	align=left		align=left		44.586
4	8	align=left		align=left		44.623

Quarterfinal

Q – qualified for the semifinals

ADV – advanced

PEN – penalty

YC – yellow card

Rank	Quarterfinal	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		43.392	Q
2	1	align=left		align=left		43.595	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		43.888
4	1	align=left		align=left		44.279
1	2	align=left		align=left		43.288	Q
2	2	align=left		align=left		43.402	Q
3	2	align=left		align=left		44.709
4	2	align=left		align=left		1:00.971
1	3	align=left		align=left		43.478	Q
2	3	align=left		align=left		43.572	Q
3	3	align=left		align=left		43.673
4	3	align=left		align=left		43.862
1	4	align=left		align=left		43.405	Q
2	4	align=left		align=left		43.486	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		43.550
4	4	align=left		align=left		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	align=left		align=left		43.611	QA
2	1	align=left		align=left		43.624	QA
3	1	align=left		align=left		44.069	QB
4	1	align=left		align=left		44.242	QB
1	2	align=left		align=left		43.837	QA
2	2	align=left		align=left		43.841	QA
3	2	align=left		align=left		43.916	QB
4	2	align=left		align=left		1:24.431	QB

Finals

Final B (classification round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
4	align=left		align=left		44.188
5	align=left		align=left		44.297
6	align=left		align=left		44.311
7	align=left		align=left		44.359

Final A (medal round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		45.263
	align=left		align=left		51.250
	align=left		align=left		54.207
–	align=left		align=left			PEN

Final standings

The final overall standings were:^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results . . 12 January 2014 . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320055452/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/short-track-schedule-and-results . dead .
2. News: China's Olympic champion Wang Meng likely to miss Sochi due to ankle fracture . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116172610/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sports/2014-01/16/c_133051135.htm . dead . January 16, 2014 . . . 16 January 2014 . 31 January 2014.
3. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 . September 2012 . . 20 December 2012.
4. Web site: XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi – Entries Short Track Speed Skating . . 22 November 2013 . 22 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235443/http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=1469 . 2 December 2013 .
5. Web site: Final Results . 2014-02-13 . 2014-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223043554/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000010&gen=w&ref=15458&view=dcl . dead .