Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres explained

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the L'anneau de vitesse.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3] ^[4]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Country	Time	Difference
	5	I		40.33	-
	2	O		40.51	+0.18
	4	I		40.57	+0.24
4	3	I		40.63	+0.30
5	1	O		40.66	+0.33
6	6	O		40.83	+0.50
7	4	O		40.98	+0.65
8	5	O		41.10	+0.77
9	1	I		41.28	+0.95
10	14	O		41.30	+0.97
11	7	I		41.31	+0.98
12	6	I		41.32	+0.99
13	17	I		41.47	+1.14
14	8	I		41.59	+1.26
15	8	O		41.61	+1.28
16	15	I		41.73	+1.40
17	12	I		41.77	+1.44
18	9	I		41.83	+1.50
19	13	I		41.85	+1.52
20	10	I		41.89	+1.56
21	10	O		41.90	+1.57
22	9	O		41.95	+1.62
23	16	O		41.97	+1.64
24	17	O		42.18	+ 1.85
25	13	O		42.23	+1.90
26	15	O		42.41	+2.08
27	16	I		42.45	+2.12
28	11	O		42.47	+2.14
29	2	I		42.65	+2.32
30	14	I		42.68	+2.35
31	7	O		43.19	+2.86
32	11	I		43.39	+3.06
-	3	O		DNF
-	12		DNF

Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/SSK/womens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.