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500 metres, Women

Date	10 – 12 February 2026
Status	Olympic
Location	Forum di Milano, Assago, Milano, Milano
Participants	32 from 16 countries
Format	Placements 1-8 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on placements in earlier rounds, and best time skated.
Olympic Record	42.379 / Suzanne Schulting NED / 5 February 2022 / Details

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Final Round Placement	Semi-Final Placement	Quarter-Final Placement	Round One Placement	Best Time
1	2	Xandra Velzeboer	NED	1	1	1	1	41.399	Gold
2	10	Arianna Fontana	ITA	2	2	2	2	41.521	Silver
3	14	Courtney Sarault	CAN	3	1	1	1	41.974	Bronze
4	83	Selma Poutsma	NED	4	3	3	1	41.760
5	13	Kim Boutin	CAN	5	2	2	1	42.196
6	8	Florence Brunelle	CAN	1	4	2	2	42.285
7	5	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	2	5	1	2	41.955
8	11	Michelle Velzeboer	NED	3	5	2	1	42.417
9	1	Kristen Santos-Griswold	USA	4	4	1	1	42.174
10	46	Fan Kexin	CHN	5	3	3	3	42.737
11	74	Rika Kanai	JPN	–	–	3	2	43.178
12	6	Kim Gil-Ri	KOR	–	–	3	2	43.301
13	4	Hanne Desmet	BEL	–	–	4	1	43.139
14	22	Chiara Betti	ITA	–	–	4	2	42.279
15	64	Bérénice Comby	FRA	–	–	4	3	42.750
16	101	Julie Letai	USA	–	–	4	3	43.275
17	24	Natalia Maliszewska	POL	–	–	5	2	43.313
18	79	Lee So-Yeon	KOR	–	–	5	3	43.330
19	36	Wang Xinran	CHN	–	–	DQ	1	43.246
20	21	Zhang Chutong	CHN	–	–	DQ	2	43.100
21	30	Mirei Nakashima	JPN	–	–	–	3	43.655
22	45	Aurélie Lévêque	FRA	–	–	–	3	44.488
23	20	Valentina Aščić	CRO	–	–	–	3	44.802
24	41	Arianna Sighel	ITA	–	–	–	3	53.960
25	98	Yelyzaveta Sydorko	UKR	–	–	–	4	43.337
26	33	Gabriela Topolska	POL	–	–	–	4	43.813
27	71	Diana Végi	HUN	–	–	–	4	44.164
28	91	Lea Popovičová	SVK	–	–	–	4	46.101
29	42	Olga Tikhonova	KAZ	–	–	–	4	46.352
30	86	Alena Krylova	AIN	–	–	–	4	1:06.997
31	3	Corie Stoddard	USA	–	–	–	4	1:11.651
32	40	Yana Khan	KAZ	–	–	–	4	1:19.722

Round One

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Xandra Velzeboer	NED	42.417	Q
2	22	Chiara Betti	ITA	43.163	Q
3	20	Valentina Aščić	CRO	44.802
4	42	Olga Tikhonova	KAZ	46.352

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	14	Courtney Sarault	CAN	42.464	Q
2	6	Kim Gil-Ri	KOR	43.301	Q
3	30	Mirei Nakashima	JPN	43.655
4	33	Gabriela Topolska	POL	43.813

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	36	Wang Xinran	CHN	43.246	Q
2	74	Rika Kanai	JPN	52.160	Q
3	41	Arianna Sighel	ITA	53.960
4	3	Corie Stoddard	USA	1:11.651

Heat #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	11	Michelle Velzeboer	NED	42.598	Q
2	10	Arianna Fontana	ITA	42.668	Q
3	64	Bérénice Comby	FRA	42.750	q
4	40	Yana Khan	KAZ	1:19.722

Heat #5

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Kristen Santos-Griswold	USA	42.767	Q
2	21	Zhang Chutong	CHN	43.100	Q
3	45	Aurélie Lévêque	FRA	44.488
4	91	Lea Popovičová	SVK	46.101

Heat #6

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Hanne Desmet	BEL	43.182	Q
2	5	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	43.204	Q
3	101	Julie Letai	USA	43.275	q
4	98	Yelyzaveta Sydorko	UKR	43.337

Heat #7

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	13	Kim Boutin	CAN	42.692	Q
2	24	Natalia Maliszewska	POL	43.313	Q
3	79	Lee So-Yeon	KOR	43.406	q
4	86	Alena Krylova	AIN	1:06.997

Heat #8

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	83	Selma Poutsma	NED	42.629	Q
2	8	Florence Brunelle	CAN	42.838	Q
3	46	Fan Kexin	CHN	42.992	q
4	71	Diana Végi	HUN	44.164

Quarter-Finals

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Xandra Velzeboer	NED	41.583	QOR
2	10	Arianna Fontana	ITA	41.679	Q
3	74	Rika Kanai	JPN	43.178
4	64	Bérénice Comby	FRA	56.076
DQ	36	Wang Xinran	CHN	–

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	14	Courtney Sarault	CAN	41.974	Q
2	8	Florence Brunelle	CAN	42.285	Q
3	46	Fan Kexin	CHN	42.737	q
4	4	Hanne Desmet	BEL	43.139
5	24	Natalia Maliszewska	POL	58.994

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Kristen Santos-Griswold	USA	42.174	Q
2	11	Michelle Velzeboer	NED	42.417	Q
3	6	Kim Gil-Ri	KOR	43.373
4	101	Julie Letai	USA	1:08.606
DQ	21	Zhang Chutong	CHN	–

Heat #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	41.955	Q
2	13	Kim Boutin	CAN	42.196	Q
3	83	Selma Poutsma	NED	42.234	q
4	22	Chiara Betti	ITA	42.279
5	79	Lee So-Yeon	KOR	43.330

Semi-Finals

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Xandra Velzeboer	NED	41.399	QWR
2	10	Arianna Fontana	ITA	41.521	Q
3	83	Selma Poutsma	NED	41.760	q
4	1	Kristen Santos-Griswold	USA	45.364
5	11	Michelle Velzeboer	NED	1:27.632

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	14	Courtney Sarault	CAN	42.463	Q
2	13	Kim Boutin	CAN	42.672	Q
3	46	Fan Kexin	CHN	42.833
4	8	Florence Brunelle	CAN	42.838
5	5	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	43.060

Final Round

Final B

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	8	Florence Brunelle	CAN	43.397
2	5	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	43.473
3	11	Michelle Velzeboer	NED	1:05.774
4	1	Kristen Santos-Griswold	USA	1:08.444
5	46	Fan Kexin	CHN	1:19.245

Final A

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Xandra Velzeboer	NED	41.609
2	10	Arianna Fontana	ITA	42.294
3	14	Courtney Sarault	CAN	42.427
4	83	Selma Poutsma	NED	42.491
5	13	Kim Boutin	CAN	44.347