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Short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

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Women's 500 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueLa halle de glace Olympique
Dates18–22 February
Competitors27 from 14 nations
Winning time47.04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cathy Turner  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Li Yan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea
1994 →
Short track speed skating at the
1992 Winter Olympics
500 mwomen
1000 mmen
3000 m relaywomen
5000 m relaymen

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

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Heats

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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