# Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 16 February 2010.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
| World record | Jenny Wolf (GER) | 37.00 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 December 2009 |
| Olympic record | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 37.30 | Salt Lake City, United States | 13 February 2002 |
500 meters x 2 (2 races)
| World record | Jenny Wolf (GER) | 74.420 | Salt Lake City, United States | 10 March 2007 |
| Olympic record | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 74.750 | Salt Lake City, United States | 14 February 2002 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Pair | Lane | Race 1 | Rank | Pair | Lane | Race 2 | Rank | Total | Time behind |
| | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 17 | o | 38.249 | 1 | 18 | i | 37.850 | 2 | 76.09 | 0.00 |
| | Jenny Wolf | Germany | 17 | i | 38.307 | 2 | 18 | o | 37.838 | 1 | 76.14 | +0.05 |
| | Wang Beixing | China | 15 | o | 38.487 | 3 | 17 | i | 38.144 | 3 | 76.63 | +0.54 |
| 4 | Margot Boer | Netherlands | 18 | i | 38.511 | 4 | 17 | o | 38.365 | 4 | 76.87 | +0.78 |
| 5 | Sayuri Yoshii | Japan | 15 | i | 38.566 | 6 | 16 | o | 38.432 | 5 | 76.99 | +0.90 |
| 6 | Heather Richardson | United States | 14 | i | 38.698 | 9 | 14 | o | 38.477 | 6 | 77.17 | +1.08 |
| 7 | Zhang Shuang | China | 12 | o | 38.530 | 5 | 16 | i | 38.807 | 13 | 77.33 | +1.24 |
| 8 | Jin Peiyu | China | 9 | i | 38.686 | 8 | 15 | o | 38.711 | 11 | 77.45 | +1.36 |
| 9 | Ko Hyon-Suk | North Korea | 2 | i | 38.893 | 15 | 10 | o | 38.577 | 7 | 77.47 | +1.38 |
| 10 | Christine Nesbitt | Canada | 11 | o | 38.881 | 13 | 13 | i | 38.694 | 8 | 77.57 | +1.48 |
| 11 | Monique Angermüller | Germany | 7 | i | 38.761 | 10 | 13 | o | 38.830 | 14 | 77.59 | +1.50 |
| 12 | Nao Kodaira | Japan | 16 | i | 38.835 | 12 | 12 | o | 38.797 | 12 | 77.63 | +1.54 |
| 13 | Xing Aihua | China | 13 | o | 38.792 | 11 | 14 | i | 38.849 | 16 | 77.64 | +1.55 |
| 14 | Shihomi Shinya | Japan | 14 | o | 38.964 | 16 | 12 | i | 38.765 | 10 | 77.72 | +1.63 |
| 15 | Thijsje Oenema | Netherlands | 13 | i | 38.892 | 14 | 11 | o | 38.869 | 17 | 77.76 | +1.67 |
| 16 | Tomomi Okazaki | Japan | 12 | i | 38.971 | 17 | 9 | o | 39.060 | 20 | 78.03 | +1.94 |
| 17 | Elli Ochowicz | United States | 11 | i | 39.002 | 18 | 8 | o | 39.048 | 19 | 78.05 | +1.96 |
| 18 | Yekaterina Aydova | Kazakhstan | 6 | o | 39.024 | 19 | 11 | i | 39.116 | 22 | 78.140 | +2.05 |
| 19 | Laurine van Riessen | Netherlands | 10 | o | 39.302 | 21 | 9 | i | 38.845 | 15 | 78.147 | +2.05 |
| 20 | Olga Fatkulina | Russia | 10 | i | 39.359 | 24 | 7 | o | 39.077 | 21 | 78.43 | +2.34 |
| 21 | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States | 3 | o | 39.182 | 20 | 10 | i | 39.281 | 24 | 78.46 | +2.37 |
| 22 | Svetlana Kaykan | Russia | 8 | i | 39.422 | 27 | 5 | o | 39.210 | 23 | 78.63 | +2.54 |
| 23 | Karolína Erbanová | Czech Republic | 6 | i | 39.365 | 25 | 6 | o | 39.321 | 26 | 78.68 | +2.59 |
| 24 | Yekaterina Malysheva | Russia | 9 | o | 39.782 | 32 | 4 | i | 38.947 | 18 | 78.72 | +2.63 |
| 25 | Chiara Simionato | Italy | 4 | i | 39.480 | 28 | 4 | o | 39.285 | 25 | 78.76 | +2.67 |
| 26 | Lee Bo-ra | South Korea | 4 | o | 39.396 | 26 | 6 | i | 39.406 | 28 | 78.80 | +2.71 |
| 27 | Shannon Rempel | Canada | 7 | o | 39.351 | 22 | 8 | i | 39.473 | 29 | 78.82 | +2.73 |
| 28 | Judith Hesse | Germany | 8 | o | 39.357 | 23 | 7 | i | 39.486 | 30 | 78.84 | +2.75 |
| 29 | Sophie Muir | Australia | 3 | i | 39.649 | 31 | 2 | o | 39.400 | 27 | 79.04 | +2.95 |
| 30 | Lauren Cholewinski | United States | 5 | i | 39.514 | 29 | 3 | o | 39.587 | 32 | 79.10 | +3.01 |
| 31 | An Ji-min | South Korea | 5 | o | 39.595 | 30 | 5 | i | 39.549 | 31 | 79.14 | +3.05 |
| 32 | Oh Min-ji | South Korea | 1 | o | 39.816 | 33 | 3 | i | 39.768 | 33 | 79.58 | +3.49 |
| 33 | Svetlana Radkevich | Belarus | 2 | o | 39.899 | 35 | 2 | i | 39.854 | 34 | 79.753 | +3.66 |
| 34 | Anastasia Bucsis | Canada | 1 | i | 39.879 | 34 | 1 | o | 39.876 | 35 | 79.755 | +3.66 |
| 35 | Annette Gerritsen | Netherlands | 16 | o | 97.952 | 36 | 1 | i | 38.709 | 9 | 136.66 | +60.57 |
| DQ | Yulia Nemaya | Russia | 18 | o | 38.594 | 7 | 15 | i | 108.446 | 36 | 147.04 | +70.95 |