Short track 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 short track
VenueSalt Lake Ice Center
Dates16 February
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Winning time44.187
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Yang (A)  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evgeniya Radanova  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Chunlu  China
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Short track speed skating at the
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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.[1]

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]

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[edit]

Heats[edit]

The first round was held on 16 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[2]

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[edit]

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[2] 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[edit]

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.[2] 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[edit]

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four other raced for 6th place in Final B.[2]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Yang (A)  China 44.187
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evgeniya Radanova  Bulgaria 44.252
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.
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