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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catriona Le May Doan
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sabine Völker
 Germany
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The Women's 500 m

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]

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) 37.22 Calgary, Canada 9 December 2001 [2]
Olympic record  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.21
Nagano, Japan
14 February 1998 [2]

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


Date[2] Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
13 February Race 1 Tomomi Okazaki  Japan 37.77 OR
13 February Race 1 Catriona Le May Doan  Canada 37.30 OR

Results

Rank Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Total Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catriona Le May Doan  Canada 37.30 OR 37.45 74.75 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt  Germany 37.34 37.60 74.94 +0.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sabine Völker  Germany 37.62 37.57 75.19 +0.44
4 Andrea Nuyt  Netherlands 37.54 37.83 75.37 +0.62
5 Anzhelika Kotyuga  Belarus 37.73 37.66 75.39 +0.64
6 Tomomi Okazaki  Japan 37.77 37.87 75.64 +0.89
7 Svetlana Zhurova  Russia 37.55 38.09 75.64 +0.89
8 Marianne Timmer  Netherlands 38.30 37.87 76.17 +1.42
9 Yukari Watanabe  Japan 37.98 38.22 76.20 +1.45
10 Svetlana Kaykan  Russia 38.05 38.26 76.31 +1.56
11
Eriko Sanimya
 Japan 38.25 38.12 76.37 +1.62
12 Sayuri Osuga  Japan 37.82 38.60 76.42 +1.67
13 Wang Manli  China 38.20 38.42 76.62 +1.87
14 Chris Witty  United States 38.37 38.36 76.73 +1.98
15 Jenny Wolf  Germany 38.36 38.37 76.73 +1.98
16 Chiara Simionato  Italy 38.45 38.47 76.92 +2.17
17 Marieke Wijsman  Netherlands 38.31 38.79 77.10 +2.35
18 Choi Seung-yong  South Korea 38.31 38.83 77.14 +2.39
19 Marion Wohlrab  Germany 38.66 38.71 77.37 +2.62
20 Becky Sundstrom  United States 38.89 38.71 77.60 +2.85
21 Susan Auch  Canada 38.84 38.76 77.60 +2.85
22 Elli Ochowicz  United States 38.85 38.86 77.71 +2.96
23 Jin Hua  China 39.06 39.20 78.26 +3.51
24 Yang Chunyuan  China 39.56 39.07 78.63 +3.88
25 Jo Seon-yeon  South Korea 39.31 39.48 78.79 +4.04
26 Emese Hunyady  Austria 39.38 39.51 78.89 +4.14
27 Krisztina Egyed  Hungary 39.47 39.81 79.28 +4.53
28 Svetlana Radkevich  Belarus 39.84 39.61 79.45 +4.70
29 Lee Yong-ju  South Korea 39.72 40.06 79.78 +5.03
30 Xing Aihua  China 104.62 39.74 144.36 +69.61
- Amy Sannes  United States 38.86 DNF DNF -

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. ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.