Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
Women's 500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
Venue | Salt Lake Ice Center | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 16 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 44.187 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m relay | women | |
5000 m relay | men | |
The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[1]
World record | 43.671 | Calgary, Canada | 19 October 2001 | |
Olympic record | 44.991 | Nagano, Japan | 19 February 1998 |
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
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16 February | Heat 3 | 44.723 | OR | ||
16 February | Semifinal 1 | 44.118 | OR |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on 16 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[1]
- Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Yang Yang (A) | 45.042 | Q | |
2 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | 45.916 | Q | |
3 | Katalin Kristo | 46.956 |
- Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Joo Min-jin | 45.547 | Q | |
2 | Yvonne Kunze | 45.717 | Q | |
3 | Cordia Tsoi | 52.496 |
- Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wang Chunlu | 44.723 | Q OR | |
2 | Isabelle Charest | 44.964 | Q | |
3 | Nataliya Dmitriyeva | 46.574 | ||
4 | Kateřina Novotná | 47.122 |
- Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marta Capurso | 46.313 | Q | |
2 | Olga Danilov | 46.422 | Q | |
3 | Jo Williams | 46.631 | ||
4 | Marianna Nagy | 46.980 |
- Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alanna Kraus | 45.101 | Q | |
2 | Evgeniya Radanova | 45.195 | Q | |
3 | Susanne Rudolph | 45.288 |
- Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Chikage Tanaka | 45.193 | Q | |
2 | Amy Peterson | 45.448 | Q | |
3 | Nina Yevteyeva | 46.180 | ||
4 | Szandra Lajtos | 48.488 |
- Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sarah Lindsay | 45.461 | Q | |
2 | Mara Zini | 45.556 | Q | |
3 | Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova | 47.273 | ||
4 | Christy Ren | 55.423 |
- Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Choi Eun-kyung | 45.395 | Q | |
2 | Caroline Hallisey | 45.535 | Q | |
3 | Stéphanie Bouvier | 45.723 | ||
4 | Yuka Kamino | 45.933 |
Quarterfinals
The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1] Canada's Isabelle Charest was advanced to the semifinals, with Japan's Chikage Tanaka disqualified.
- Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wang Chunlu | 44.739 | Q | |
2 | Caroline Hallisey | 44.826 | Q | |
3 | Marta Capurso | 45.137 | ||
4 | Olga Danilov | 46.695 |
- Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Yang Yang (A) | 44.810 | Q | |
2 | Joo Min-jin | 44.992 | Q | |
3 | Amy Peterson | 46.120 | ||
4 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | 46.422 |
- Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Evgeniya Radanova | 44.780 | Q | |
2 | Alanna Kraus | 44.863 | Q | |
3 | Sarah Lindsay | 44.912 | ||
4 | Yvonne Kunze | 46.465 |
- Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Choi Eun-kyung | 44.846 | Q | |
2 | Mara Zini | 44.876 | Q | |
3 | Isabelle Charest | 45.011 | ADV | |
– | Chikage Tanaka | DSQ |
Semifinals
The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.[1] In the first semifinal, a dead heat for second place, between Canada's Isabelle Charest and Caroline Hallisey of the United States, meant that both advanced to the final.
- Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Yang Yang (A) | 44.118 | QA OR | |
2 | Isabelle Charest | 44.307 | QA | |
2 | Caroline Hallisey | 44.307 | QA | |
4 | Mara Zini | 44.531 | QB | |
5 | Choi Eun-kyung | 44.647 | QB |
- Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Evgeniya Radanova | 44.686 | QA | |
2 | Wang Chunlu | 44.734 | QA | |
3 | Alanna Kraus | 44.776 | QB | |
4 | Joo Min-jin | 68.184 | QB |
Finals
The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four other raced for 6th place in Final B.[1]
- Final A
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Yang Yang (A) | 44.187 | |||
Evgeniya Radanova | 44.252 | |||
Wang Chunlu | 44.272 | |||
4 | Isabelle Charest | 44.662 | ||
5 | Caroline Hallisey | 44.679 |
- Final B
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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6 | Alanna Kraus | 44.930 | ||
7 | Choi Eun-kyung | 45.383 | ||
8 | Mara Zini | 45.494 | ||
9 | Joo Min-jin | 46.893 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-20.