Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's 500 metres
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	M-Wave
Dates:	February 13–14
Competitors:	38
Nations:	14
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	1:16.60
Gold:	Catriona Le May Doan
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Susan Auch
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Tomomi Okazaki
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 14 February, at the M-Wave.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
13 February		38.39	OR
14 February		38.21	OR

Results

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Rank	Name	Country	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Notes
			38.39	38.21	1:16.60
			38.42	38.51	1:16.93
			38.55	38.55	1:17.10
4			38.88	38.57	1:17.45
5			38.75	38.93	1:17.68
6			39.12	39.03	1:18.15
7			39.19	39.00	1:18.19
8			39.11	39.34	1:18.45
9			39.11	39.38	1:18.49
10			39.09	39.44	1:18.53
11			39.25	39.31	1:18.56
12			39.56	39.24	1:18.80
13			39.24	39.57	1:18.81
14			39.49	39.53	1:19.02
15			39.73	39.75	1:19.48
16			39.76	39.85	1:19.61
17			39.98	39.88	1:19.86
17			40.20	39.66	1:19.86
19			39.83	40.09	1:19.92
20			40.02	39.99	1:20.01
21			39.99	40.04	1:20.03
22			40.01	40.06	1:20.07
23			39.92	40.24	1:20.16
24			40.17	40.62	1:20.79
25			40.22	40.57	1:20.79
26			40.41	40.49	1:20.90
27			40.42	40.52	1:20.94
28			40.53	40.59	1:21.12
29			40.67	40.95	1:21.62
30			40.96	41.29	1:22.25
31			41.00	41.43	1:22.43
32			41.20	41.41	1:22.61
33			41.36	41.43	1:22.79
34			42.95	39.84	1:22.79
35			42.17	41.57	1:23.74
36			64.07	40.32	1:44.39
37			39.62	78.32	1:57.94
-			DQ	-	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212608/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/womens-500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.
4. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.