Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for short track
VenueSalt Lake Ice Center
DatesFebruary 16
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Winning time44.187
Medalists
   China
   Bulgaria
   China
Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m relay women
5000 m relay men

The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[1]

World record  Evgeniya Radanova (BUL) 43.671 Calgary, Canada 19 October 2001
Olympic record  Isabelle Charest (CAN) 44.991 Nagano, Japan 19 February 1998

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Round Team Time OR WR
16 February Heat 3  Wang Chunlu (CHN) 44.723 OR
16 February Semifinal 1  Yang Yang (A) (CHN) 44.118 OR

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 16 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[1]

Heat 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Yang Yang (A) China 45.042 Q
2 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Bulgaria 45.916 Q
3 Katalin Kristo Romania 46.956
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Joo Min-jin South Korea 45.547 Q
2 Yvonne Kunze Germany 45.717 Q
3 Cordia Tsoi Hong Kong 52.496
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Chunlu China 44.723 Q OR
2 Isabelle Charest Canada 44.964 Q
3 Nataliya Dmitriyeva Russia 46.574
4 Kateřina Novotná Czech Republic 47.122
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marta Capurso Italy 46.313 Q
2 Olga Danilov Israel 46.422 Q
3 Jo Williams Great Britain 46.631
4 Marianna Nagy Hungary 46.980
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Alanna Kraus Canada 45.101 Q
2 Evgeniya Radanova Bulgaria 45.195 Q
3 Susanne Rudolph Germany 45.288
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Chikage Tanaka Japan 45.193 Q
2 Amy Peterson United States 45.448 Q
3 Nina Yevteyeva Russia 46.180
4 Szandra Lajtos Hungary 48.488
Heat 7
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Sarah Lindsay Great Britain 45.461 Q
2 Mara Zini Italy 45.556 Q
3 Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova Belarus 47.273
4 Christy Ren Hong Kong 55.423
Heat 8
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Choi Eun-kyung South Korea 45.395 Q
2 Caroline Hallisey United States 45.535 Q
3 Stéphanie Bouvier France 45.723
4 Yuka Kamino Japan 45.933

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1] Canada's Isabelle Charest was advanced to the semifinals, with Japan's Chikage Tanaka disqualified.

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Chunlu China 44.739 Q
2 Caroline Hallisey United States 44.826 Q
3 Marta Capurso Italy 45.137
4 Olga Danilov Israel 46.695
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Yang Yang (A) China 44.810 Q
2 Joo Min-jin South Korea 44.992 Q
3 Amy Peterson United States 46.120
4 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Bulgaria 46.422
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Evgeniya Radanova Bulgaria 44.780 Q
2 Alanna Kraus Canada 44.863 Q
3 Sarah Lindsay Great Britain 44.912
4 Yvonne Kunze Germany 46.465
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Choi Eun-kyung South Korea 44.846 Q
2 Mara Zini Italy 44.876 Q
3 Isabelle Charest Canada 45.011 ADV
– Chikage Tanaka Japan DSQ

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] In the first semifinal, a dead heat for second place, between Canada's Isabelle Charest and Caroline Hallisey of the United States, meant that both advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Yang Yang (A) China 44.118 QA OR
2 Isabelle Charest Canada 44.307 QA
2 Caroline Hallisey United States 44.307 QA
4 Mara Zini Italy 44.531 QB
5 Choi Eun-kyung South Korea 44.647 QB
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Evgeniya Radanova Bulgaria 44.686 QA
2 Wang Chunlu China 44.734 QA
3 Alanna Kraus Canada 44.776 QB
4 Joo Min-jin South Korea 68.184 QB

Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four other raced for 6th place in Final B.[1]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Yang Yang (A) China 44.187
2nd Evgeniya Radanova Bulgaria 44.252
3rd Wang Chunlu China 44.272
4 Isabelle Charest Canada 44.662
5 Caroline Hallisey United States 44.679
Final B
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
6 Alanna Kraus Canada 44.930
7 Choi Eun-kyung South Korea 45.383
8 Mara Zini Italy 45.494
9 Joo Min-jin South Korea 46.893

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3". Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002.

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