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The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 20 February at La halle de glace Olympique.[1][2]

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 18 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[1]

Heat 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kim So-hui  South Korea 50.99 Q
2 Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren  Netherlands 60.29 Q
Zhang Yanmei  China DQ
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner  United States 47.69 Q
2 Chun Lee-kyung  South Korea 48.18 Q
3 Sylvie Daigle  Canada 48.50
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Xiulan  China 47.49 Q
2 Annie Perreault  Canada 48.41 Q
3 Felicity Campbell  Australia 50.11
4 Debbie Palmer  Great Britain 52.24
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Li Yan  China 48.33 Q
2 Nathalie Lambert  Canada 48.41 Q
3 Nataliya Isakova  Unified Team 48.49
4 Tamara Kaszala  Hungary 52.38
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Nobuko Yamada  Japan 48.79 Q
2 Bea Pintens  Belgium 48.98 Q
3 Cristina Sciolla  Italy 52.53
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea 48.70 Q
2 Karine Rubini  France 49.25 Q
3 Amy Peterson  United States 51.05
4 Simone Velzeboer  Netherlands 55.43
Heat 7
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marinella Canclini  Italy 47.00 Q OR
2 Marina Pylayeva  Unified Team 47.48 Q
Karen Gardiner-Kah  Australia DQ
Heat 8
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Monique Velzeboer  Netherlands 48.09 Q
2 Yuliya Vlasova  Unified Team 48.29 Q
3 Kim Chun-hwa  North Korea 49.10

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1]

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner  United States 48.51 Q
2 Nathalie Lambert  Canada 51.04 Q
3 Nobuko Yamada  Japan 57.69
4 Karine Rubini  France 68.41
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Li Yan  China 48.33 Q
2 Yuliya Vlasova  Unified Team 48.63 Q
3 Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren  Netherlands 67.23
4 Marinella Canclini  Italy 87.18
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Xiulan  China 47.56 Q
2 Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea 47.95 Q
3 Chun Lee-kyung  South Korea 48.25
4 Bea Pintens  Belgium 48.49
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marina Pylayeva  Unified Team 47.95 Q
2 Monique Velzeboer  Netherlands 53.46 Q
3 Kim So-hui  South Korea 54.90
Annie Perreault  Canada DQ

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]

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea 47.74 QA
2 Li Yan  China 48.33 QA
3 Nathalie Lambert  Canada 61.90 QB
4 Marina Pylayeva  Unified Team 67.56 QB
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Cathy Turner  United States 47.41 QA
2 Monique Velzeboer  Netherlands 47.52 QA
3 Wang Xiulan  China 48.04 QB
4 Yuliya Vlasova  Unified Team 68.90 QB

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.[1]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cathy Turner  United States 47.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Li Yan  China 47.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea 47.23
4 Monique Velzeboer  Netherlands 47.28
Final B
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
5 Marina Pylayeva  Unified Team 48.42
6 Nathalie Lambert  Canada 48.50
7 Yuliya Vlasova  Unified Team 48.70
8 Wang Xiulan  China 94.12

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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