Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's 500 metres
Games:	2010 Winter
Venue:	Pacific Coliseum
Dates:	February 13, 17
Competitors:	32
Nations:	17
Gold:	Wang Meng
Goldnoc:	CHN
Win Value:	43.048
Silver:	Marianne St-Gelais
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Arianna Fontana
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

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.

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		44.187	Q
2	1	align=left		align=left		44.313	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		44.376
4	1	align=left		align=left		45.186
1	2	align=left		align=left		44.708	Q
2	2	align=left		align=left		44.716	Q
3	2	align=left		align=left		44.901
4	2	align=left		align=left		44.952
1	3	align=left		align=left		43.926	Q, OR
2	3	align=left		align=left		44.614	Q
3	3	align=left		align=left		44.948
4	3	align=left		align=left		58.649
1	4	align=left		align=left		44.000	Q
2	4	align=left		align=left		44.009	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		45.120
4	4	align=left		align=left
1	5	align=left		align=left		44.482	Q
2	5	align=left		align=left		44.560	Q
3	5	align=left		align=left		44.751
4	5	align=left		align=left		45.146
1	6	align=left		align=left		44.115	Q
2	6	align=left		align=left		44.254	Q
3	6	align=left		align=left		44.341
4	6	align=left		align=left		45.135
1	7	align=left		align=left		44.221	Q
2	7	align=left		align=left		44.374	Q
3	7	align=left		align=left		44.537
–	7	align=left		align=left			DSQ
1	8	align=left		align=left		45.125	Q
2	8	align=left		align=left		45.218	Q
3	8	align=left		align=left		48.625
4	8	align=left		align=left

Quarterfinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		43.834	Q, OR
2	1	align=left		align=left		44.143	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		44.438
–	1	align=left		align=left			DSQ
1	2	align=left		align=left		43.284	Q, OR
2	2	align=left		align=left		43.956	Q
3	2	align=left		align=left		44.047
–	2	align=left		align=left			DSQ
1	3	align=left		align=left		44.106	Q
2	3	align=left		align=left		44.257	Q
3	3	align=left		align=left		44.306
4	3	align=left		align=left		44.588
1	4	align=left		align=left		44.316	Q
2	4	align=left		align=left		44.582	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		44.821
4	4	align=left		align=left		1:10.899

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		43.854	QA
2	1	align=left		align=left		43.991	QA
3	1	align=left		align=left		43.992	QB
4	1	align=left		align=left		44.145	QB
1	2	align=left		align=left		42.985	QA, OR
2	2	align=left		align=left		43.241	QA
3	2	align=left		align=left		43.633	QB
4	2	align=left		align=left		43.899	QB

Finals

Final B (Classification Round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
5	align=left		align=left		44.725
6	align=left		align=left		44.824
7	align=left		align=left		44.846
8	align=left		align=left		44.860

Final A (Medal Round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		43.048
	align=left		align=left		43.707
	align=left		align=left		43.804
4	align=left			44.204

External links

• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's 500 m Heats, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-13.
• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's 500 m Quarterfinals, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-13.
• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's 500 m Semifinals, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-13.
• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's 500 m Finals, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-13.