# 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 meters distance for women in the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the final occasion taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 2015.
The defending champion was Olga Fatkulina of Russia. Nao Kodaira of Japan won the cup. Fatkulina had to settle for 12th place.

## Top three

| Position | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| 1 | Nao Kodaira | 926 | 5th |
| 2 | Lee Sang-hwa | 880 | 4th |
| 3 | Heather Richardson | 710 | 2nd |

## Race medallists

| WC # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Obihiro, Japan | 14 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.07 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.18 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 38.50 |
| 1 | Obihiro, Japan | 16 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.92 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.06 | Vanessa Bittner Austria | 38.33 |
| 2 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 November | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.05 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.18 | Judith Hesse Germany | 38.95 |
| 2 | Seoul, South Korea | 22 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.99 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.51 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 38.83 |
| 3 | Berlin, Germany | 5 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.87 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.21 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.40 |
| 3 | Berlin, Germany | 7 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.96 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.07 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.11 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 12 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.69 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.70 | Judith Hesse Germany | 37.88 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 December | Heather Richardson United States | 37.72 | Brittany Bowe United States | 38.05 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.07 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 7 February | Heather Richardson United States | 37.82 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.14 | Brittany Bowe United States | 38.21 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 8 February | Judith Hesse Germany | 38.19 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.21 | Thijsje Oenema Netherlands | 38.23 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 21 March | Heather Richardson United States | 37.80 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.93 | Yekaterina Aydova Kazakhstan | 38.15 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 22 March | Heather Richardson United States | 37.77 | Brittany Bowe United States | 37.97 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.49 |

## Standings

Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season).
| # | Name | OBI1 | OBI2 | SEO1 | SEO2 | BER1 | BER2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | HVN3 | HVN4 | ERF1 | ERF2 | Total |
| 1 | Nao Kodaira | 80 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 60 | 80 | 40 | 90 | 106 | 926 |
| 2 | Lee Sang-hwa | 100 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 70 | 50 | 80 | | | 880 |
| 3 | Heather Richardson | | | | | 80 | 80 | 50 | 100 | 100 | | 150 | 150 | 710 |
| 4 | Judith Hesse | 60 | 21 | 70 | 24 | 50 | 18 | 70 | 50 | 36 | 100 | 18 | 21 | 538 |
| 5 | Brittany Bowe | | | | | 25 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 70 | | 120 | 120 | 535 |
| 6 | Karolína Erbanová | 24 | 24 | 40 | 70 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 45 | 60 | 40 | 76 | 523 |
| 7 | Thijsje Oenema | 32 | 40 | 36 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 45 | 45 | 32 | 70 | 76 | 36 | 486 |
| 8 | Margot Boer | 50 | 60 | 28 | 16 | 70 | 50 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 45 | 36 | | 459 |
| 9 | Floor van den Brandt | 45 | 36 | 60 | 60 | 18 | 45 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 21 | 45 | 436 |
| 10 | Yekaterina Aydova | 40 | | 50 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 50 | 106 | 90 | 429 |
| 11 | Vanessa Bittner | 25 | 70 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 60 | 28 | 28 | 40 | 425 |
| 12 | Olga Fatkulina | 70 | 45 | 21 | 50 | 45 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 18 | | | 358 |
| 13 | Maki Tsuji | 12 | 50 | 21 | 45 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 346 |
| 14 | Miyako Sumiyoshi | 16 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 248 |
| 15 | Bo van der Werff | 21 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 36 | 18 | | | 16 | 18 | 236 |
| 16 | Li Qishi | 36 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 3 | | 8 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 45 | | 200 |
| 17 | Nadezhda Aseyeva | 8 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 6 | | | 133 |
| 18 | Arisa Go | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 131 |
| 19 | Li Huawei | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 125 |
| 20 | Anice Das | 14 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | | | | | 118 |
| 21 | Park Seung-hi | 19 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | 117 |
| 22 | Yvonne Daldossi | | | 8 | 4 | 19 | | | 1 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 116 |
| 23 | Angelina Golikova | 11 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 5 | | | | | 108 |
| 24 | Yuliya Kozyreva | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 15 | | 19 | 8 | 8 | | | 98 |
| 25 | Marsha Hudey | 10 | 8 | | 8 | 11 | 6 | | 25 | 10 | 12 | | | 90 |
| 26 | Heather McLean | 2 | 6 | 2 | | 8 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 15 | | | 88 |
| 27 | Zhang Hong | 18 | 12 | 45 | 10 | | | | | | | | | 85 |
| 28 | Jang Mi | 6 | 15 | 10 | 8 | | 25 | 5 | 4 | | | | | 73 |
| 29 | Lee Bo-ra | 4 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 1 | | | 71 |
| 30 | Laurine van Riessen | | | | | | | | | 15 | 24 | | | 39 |
| 31 | Sugar Todd | | | | | 1 | | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | | | 36 |
| 32 | Denise Roth | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | | 34 |
| 33 | Janine Smit | | | | | | | | | 19 | 14 | | | 33 |
| 34 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | 26 |
| 35 | Kim Min-sun | | | 1 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 36 | Alexandra Ianculescu | | 2 | | | 4 | | 8 | | | | | | 14 |
| 37 | Zhang Xin | | | | | | | | | 2 | 11 | | | 13 |
| 38 | Jessica Gregg | | | | | | | | | 4 | 8 | | | 12 |
| 39 | Sha Yuning | | | | | | 4 | | | 1 | 6 | | | 11 |
| 40 | Zhang Yue | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 6 |
| 41 | Kali Christ | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 4 |
| 42 | Elina Risku | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 43 | Mio Kuroiwa | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 44 | Hege Bøkko | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 44 | Tamara Oudenaarden | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |