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500 metres, Women

Date	10 – 13 February 2018
Status	Olympic
Location	Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung Olympic Park, Coastal Cluster, Gangneung
Participants	32 from 14 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	42.985 / Wang Meng CHN / 17 February 2010

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Positions	Best Time
1	9	Arianna Fontana	ITA	AF-1	2-1-1	42.569		Gold
2	21	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	AF-1	1-2-2	43.182		Silver
3	24	Kim Boutin	CAN	AF-1	3-2-1	42.789		Bronze
4	1	Elise Christie	GBR	AF-1	2-1-1	42.703
5	13	Sofya Prosvirnova	ROC	BF-1	3-1-1	43.219
6	6	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	AF-DQ	1-2-1	42.422
7	67	Qu Chunyu	CHN	SF-DQ	0-1-2	42.954
8	5	Fan Kexin	CHN	SF-DQ	0-2-1	43.350
9	138	Martina Valcepina	ITA	QF-3	0-3-1	43.023
10	29	Andrea Keszler	HUN	QF-3	0-3-2	43.053
11	28	Natalia Maliszewska	POL	QF-3	0-3-2	43.384
12	48	Han Yutong	CHN	QF-3	0-3-2	43.627
13	11	Petra Jászapáti	HUN	QF-4	0-4-2	43.043
14	135	Maame Biney	USA	QF-4	0-4-2	43.665
15	17	Anna Seidel	GER	QF-4	0-4-2	43.742
16	2	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	QF-DQ	0-0-1	43.437
17	3	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	R1-3	0-0-3	43.048
18	20	Bianca Walter	GER	R1-3	0-0-3	43.541
19	128	Kim A-Rang	KOR	R1-3	0-0-3	43.724
20	54	Lara van Ruijven	NED	R1-3	0-0-3	43.771
21	134	Lana Gehring	USA	R1-3	0-0-3	43.825
22	19	Tifany Huot-Marchand	FRA	R1-3	0-0-3	44.659
23	93	Emina Malagich	ROC	R1-3	0-0-3	56.808
24	30	Kathryn Thomson	GBR	R1-3	0-0-3	1:08.896
25	26	Véronique Pierron	FRA	R1-4	0-0-4	43.148
26	34	Anastassiya Krestova	KAZ	R1-4	0-0-4	43.814
27	35	Lucia Peretti	ITA	R1-4	0-0-4	43.994
28	31	Magdalena Warakomska	POL	R1-4	0-0-4	44.311
29	27	Sumire Kikuchi	JPN	R1-4	0-0-4	44.838
DNF	7	Suzanne Schulting	NED	R1-DNF	0-0-0	–
DQ	44	Charlotte Gilmartin	GBR	[R1-DQ]	[0-0-0]	–
DQ	59	Jamie Macdonald	CAN	[R1-DQ]	[0-0-0]	–

Round One (10 February 2018 — 19:44)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat One (19:44)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Kim Boutin	CAN	43.634	Q
2	2	Natalia Maliszewska	POL	43.725	Q
3	4	Lana Gehring	USA	43.825
4	1	Lucia Peretti	ITA	43.994

Heat Two (19:47)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Arianna Fontana	ITA	43.214	Q
2	1	Andrea Keszler	HUN	43.274	Q
3	3	Kathryn Thomson	GBR	1:08.896
DNF	4	Suzanne Schulting	NED	–

Heat Three (19:50)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Sofya Prosvirnova	ROC	43.376	Q
2	1	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	43.430	Q
3	2	Bianca Walter	GER	43.541
4	4	Sumire Kikuchi	JPN	44.838

Heat Four (19:53)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Elise Christie	GBR	42.872	QOR
2	3	Qu Chunyu	CHN	42.971	Q
3	4	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	43.048
4	1	Véronique Pierron	FRA	43.148

Heat Five (19:56)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Fan Kexin	CHN	43.350	Q
2	2	Maame Biney	USA	43.665	Q
3	3	Kim A-Rang	KOR	43.724
4	4	Anastassiya Krestova	KAZ	43.814

Heat Six (19:59)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Martina Valcepina	ITA	43.698	Q
2	1	Han Yutong	CHN	43.719	Q
3	4	Tifany Huot-Marchand	FRA	44.659
DQ	3	Jamie Macdonald	CAN	–

Heat Seven (20:02)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	43.437	Q
2	3	Anna Seidel	GER	43.742	Q
3	4	Lara van Ruijven	NED	43.771
4	2	Magdalena Warakomska	POL	44.311

Heat Eight (20:05)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	42.870	QOR
2	2	Petra Jászapáti	HUN	55.641	Q
3	3	Emina Malagich	ROC	56.808
DQ	1	Charlotte Gilmartin	GBR	–

Quarter-Finals (10 February 2018 — 19:00)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One (19:00)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Arianna Fontana	ITA	43.128	Q
2	2	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	43.197	Q
3	4	Natalia Maliszewska	POL	43.384
DQ	3	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	–

Heat Two (19:03)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Elise Christie	GBR	42.703	QOR
2	3	Kim Boutin	CAN	42.789	Q
3	2	Andrea Keszler	HUN	43.053
4	4	Anna Seidel	GER	44.325

Heat Three (19:06)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Sofya Prosvirnova	ROC	43.466	Q
2	1	Fan Kexin	CHN	43.485	Q
3	4	Han Yutong	CHN	43.627
4	3	Maame Biney	USA	44.772

Heat Four (19:09)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Qu Chunyu	CHN	42.954	Q
2	1	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	42.996	Q
3	3	Martina Valcepina	ITA	43.023
4	4	Petra Jászapáti	HUN	43.043

Semi-Finals (13 February 2018 — 20:11)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (20:11)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	42.422	QOR
2	2	Arianna Fontana	ITA	42.635	Q
3	3	Sofya Prosvirnova	ROC	43.219	QB
DQ	4	Fan Kexin	CHN	–

Heat Two (20:14)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	43.182	Q
2	1	Elise Christie	GBR	43.184	Q
3	2	Kim Boutin	CAN	43.234	ADV
DQ	3	Qu Chunyu	CHN	–

Final Round (13 February 2018 — 21:07)

B Final (21:07)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Sofya Prosvirnova	ROC	–	walkover

A Final (21:11)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Arianna Fontana	ITA	42.569
2	3	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	43.256
3	5	Kim Boutin	CAN	43.881
4	4	Elise Christie	GBR	1:23.063
DQ	1	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	–