The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 10–13 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.[1]
| Women's 500 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10 February (qualifying heats) 13 February (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 45.263 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The qualifying heats was held on 10 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 13 February.
The defending Olympic Champion and World Champion is Wang Meng of China. Meng qualified to compete at the Games but broke her ankle in a collision with a teammate while practicing for the games in January 2014.[2]
Qualification
editCountries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event.[3] For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 15 nations qualified to compete.[4]
Results
editThe final results:[5]
Preliminaries
editHeats
edit- Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
- ADV — advanced
- PEN — penalty
- YC — yellow card
Quarterfinal
edit- Q – qualified for the semifinals
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
- YC – yellow card
| Rank | Quarterfinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Park Seung-hi |  South Korea |
43.392 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marianne St-Gelais |  Canada |
43.595 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yara van Kerkhof |  Netherlands |
43.888 | |
| 4 | 1 | Charlotte Gilmartin |  Great Britain |
44.279 | |
| 1 | 2 | Fan Kexin |  China |
43.288 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Elise Christie | Great Britain |
43.402 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Emily Scott |  United States |
44.709 | |
| 4 | 2 | Jessica Hewitt | Canada |
1:00.971 | |
| 1 | 3 | Liu Qiuhong | China |
43.478 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands |
43.572 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kim A-lang | South Korea |
43.673 | |
| 4 | 3 | Sofia Prosvirnova |  Russia |
43.862 | |
| 1 | 4 | Arianna Fontana |  Italy |
43.405 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Li Jianrou | China |
43.486 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Valérie Maltais | Canada |
43.550 | |
| 4 | 4 | Shim Suk-Hee | South Korea |
43.572 |
Semifinals
edit- QA – qualified for Final A
- QB – qualified for Final B
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
- YC – yellow card
| Rank | Semifinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea |
43.611 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Arianna Fontana | Italy |
43.624 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada |
44.069 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands |
44.242 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Elise Christie | Great Britain |
43.837 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Li Jianrou | China |
43.841 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Liu Qiuhong | China |
43.916 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Fan Kexin | China |
1:24.431 | QB |
Finals
editFinal B (classification round)
edit| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Liu Qiuhong | China |
44.188 | |
| 5 | Fan Kexin | China |
44.297 | |
| 6 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands |
44.311 | |
| 7 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada |
44.359 |
Final A (medal round)
edit| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Li Jianrou | China |
45.263 | |
 |
Arianna Fontana | Italy |
51.250 | |
 |
Park Seung-hi | South Korea |
54.207 | |
| – | Elise Christie | Great Britain |
PEN |
Final standings
editThe final overall standings were:[5]
References
edit- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "China's Olympic champion Wang Meng likely to miss Sochi due to ankle fracture". Xinhua. Shanghai, China. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Skating Union. September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi – Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Final Results". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-13.