Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The Women's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.[1]

Women's 500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueUtah Olympic Oval
Dates13–14 February
Competitors31 from 12 nations
Winning time74.75
Medalists
Catriona Le May Doan
 Canada
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt
 Germany
Sabine Völker
 Germany

World record holder Catriona Le May Doan retained her Olympic title by beating four-time World Sprint Champion Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)

World record Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)37.22Calgary, Canada9 December 2001[2]
Olympic record Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)38.21Nagano, Japan14 February 1998[2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.


Date[2]RoundAthleteCountryTimeORWR
13 FebruaryRace 1Tomomi Okazaki Japan37.77OR
13 FebruaryRace 1Catriona Le May Doan Canada37.30OR

Results

RankNameCountryRace 1Race 2TotalDifference
Catriona Le May Doan Canada37.30 OR37.4574.75-
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Germany37.3437.6074.94+0.19
Sabine Völker Germany37.6237.5775.19+0.44
4Andrea Nuyt Netherlands37.5437.8375.37+0.62
5Anzhelika Kotyuga Belarus37.7337.6675.39+0.64
6Tomomi Okazaki Japan37.7737.8775.64+0.89
7Svetlana Zhurova Russia37.5538.0975.64+0.89
8Marianne Timmer Netherlands38.3037.8776.17+1.42
9Yukari Watanabe Japan37.9838.2276.20+1.45
10Svetlana Kaykan Russia38.0538.2676.31+1.56
11Eriko Sanimya Japan38.2538.1276.37+1.62
12Sayuri Osuga Japan37.8238.6076.42+1.67
13Wang Manli China38.2038.4276.62+1.87
14Chris Witty United States38.3738.3676.73+1.98
15Jenny Wolf Germany38.3638.3776.73+1.98
16Chiara Simionato Italy38.4538.4776.92+2.17
17Marieke Wijsman Netherlands38.3138.7977.10+2.35
18Choi Seung-yong South Korea38.3138.8377.14+2.39
19Marion Wohlrab Germany38.6638.7177.37+2.62
20Becky Sundstrom United States38.8938.7177.60+2.85
21Susan Auch Canada38.8438.7677.60+2.85
22Elli Ochowicz United States38.8538.8677.71+2.96
23Jin Hua China39.0639.2078.26+3.51
24Yang Chunyuan China39.5639.0778.63+3.88
25Jo Seon-yeon South Korea39.3139.4878.79+4.04
26Emese Hunyady Austria39.3839.5178.89+4.14
27Krisztina Egyed Hungary39.4739.8179.28+4.53
28Svetlana Radkevich Belarus39.8439.6179.45+4.70
29Lee Yong-ju South Korea39.7240.0679.78+5.03
30Xing Aihua China104.6239.74144.36+69.61
-Amy Sannes United States38.86DNFDNF-

References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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