Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

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Women’s 500 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates10 February (heats)
13 February (quarterfinals, semifinals, final)
Competitors32 from 14 nations
Winning time42.569
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arianna Fontana  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yara van Kerkhof  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Boutin  Canada
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Short track speed skating at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 m relaywomen
5000 m relaymen

The Women’s 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place from 10 to 13 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[1][2]

Summary[edit]

The defending champion from 2014, Li Jianrou, had retired, but the 2014 silver medalist Arianna Fontana competed and eventually won the event. Elise Christie and Choi Min-jeong, who set two Olympic records each in heats and quarterfinals, were considered heavy favorites. They both qualified to the final, but Christie crashed out and finished fourth, and Choi was disqualified for interference after initially finishing second.[3] Fontana became the Olympic champion, with Yara van Kerkhof, who was advanced to the final, winning the silver, and Kim Boutin bronze.[4] Fontana's gold medal was the first gold medal in women's short track speed skating won by a European athlete since 1988 (when Monique Velzeboer and the Italian relay team took gold).

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Elise Christie (GBR) 42.335 Salt Lake City, United States 13 November 2016
Olympic record  Wang Meng (CHN) 42.985 Vancouver, Canada 17 February 2010

Three Olympic records were set during the competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
10 February Heat 8 Choi Min-jeong  South Korea 42.870 OR [5]
13 February Quarterfinal 2 Elise Christie  Great Britain 42.703 OR [6]
Semifinal 1 Choi Min-jeong  South Korea 42.422 OR [7]

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Q – qualified for Quarterfinals[8]
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Kim Boutin  Canada 43.634 Q
2 1 Natalia Maliszewska  Poland 43.725 Q
3 1 Lana Gehring  United States 43.825
4 1 Lucia Peretti  Italy 43.994
1 2 Arianna Fontana  Italy 43.214 Q
2 2 Andrea Keszler  Hungary 43.274 Q
3 2 Kathryn Thomson  Great Britain 1:08.896
4 2 Suzanne Schulting  Netherlands DNF
1 3 Sofia Prosvirnova  Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.376 Q
2 3 Yara van Kerkhof  Netherlands 43.430 Q
3 3 Bianca Walter  Germany 43.541
4 3 Sumire Kikuchi  Japan 44.838
1 4 Elise Christie  Great Britain 42.872 Q
2 4 Qu Chunyu  China 42.971 Q
3 4 Shim Suk-hee  South Korea 43.048
4 4 Veronique Pierron  France 43.148
1 5 Fan Kexin  China 43.350 Q
2 5 Maame Biney  United States 43.665 Q
3 5 Kim A-lang  South Korea 43.724
4 5 Anastassiya Krestova  Kazakhstan 43.821
1 6 Martina Valcepina  Italy 43.698 Q
2 6 Han Yutong  China 43.719 Q
3 6 Tifany Huot-Marchand  France 44.659
6 Jamie Macdonald  Canada PEN
1 7 Marianne St-Gelais  Canada 43.437 Q
2 7 Anna Seidel  Germany 43.742 Q
3 7 Lara van Ruijven  Netherlands 43.771
4 7 Magdalena Warakomska  Poland 44.311
1 8 Choi Min-jeong  South Korea 42.870 Q, OR
2 8 Petra Jászapáti  Hungary 55.670 Q
3 8 Emina Malagich  Olympic Athletes from Russia 56.830
8 Charlotte Gilmartin  Great Britain PEN

Quarterfinals[edit]

Q – qualified for Semifinals[9]
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Arianna Fontana  Italy 43.128 Q
2 1 Yara van Kerkhof  Netherlands 43.197 Q
3 1 Natalia Maliszewska  Poland 43.384
1 Marianne St-Gelais  Canada PEN
1 2 Elise Christie  Great Britain 42.703 Q, OR
2 2 Kim Boutin  Canada 42.789 Q
3 2 Andrea Keszler  Hungary 43.053
4 2 Anna Seidel  Germany 44.325
1 3 Sofia Prosvirnova  Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.466 Q
2 3 Fan Kexin  China 43.485 Q
3 3 Han Yutong  China 43.627
4 3 Maame Biney  United States 44.772
1 4 Qu Chunyu  China 42.954 Q
2 4 Choi Min-jeong  South Korea 42.996 Q
3 4 Martina Valcepina  Italy 43.023
4 4 Petra Jászapáti  Hungary 43.043

Semifinals[edit]

QA – qualified for Final A[10]
QB – qualified for Final B
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
Rank Semifinal Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Choi Min-jeong  South Korea 42.422 QA, OR
2 1 Arianna Fontana  Italy 42.635 QA
3 1 Sofia Prosvirnova  Olympic Athletes from Russia 43.219 QB
1 Fan Kexin  China PEN
1 2 Yara van Kerkhof  Netherlands 43.182 QA
2 2 Elise Christie  Great Britain 43.184 QA
3 2 Kim Boutin  Canada 43.234 ADV
2 Qu Chunyu  China PEN

Final[edit]

Final B was scratched as Sofia Prosvirnova (5th place overall) was the only athlete who qualified for it.[11]

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arianna Fontana  Italy 42.569
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yara van Kerkhof  Netherlands 43.256
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Boutin  Canada 43.881
4 Elise Christie  Great Britain 1:23.063
6 Choi Min-jeong  South Korea PEN

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "Winter Olympics: Kim Boutin target of online abuse after bronze medal". BBC Sport. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ Hodges, Vicky (13 February 2018). "History repeats itself as speed skater Elise Christie crashes out in final at Winter Olympics". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Heats (여자 500m 예선 / 500 m femmes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Quarterfinals (여자 500m 준준결승 / 500 m femmes Quarts de finale) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 500m Semifinals (여자 500m 준결승 / 500 m femmes Demi-finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. ^ Heats results
  9. ^ Quarterfinals results
  10. ^ Semifinals results
  11. ^ Final results
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