# Short-track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' 500 metres

The girls' 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was held on 20 January at the Lausanne Skating Arena.

## Results
### Heats

    Q – qualified for the quarterfinals
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Petra Rusnáková | Slovakia | 45.331 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Cloé Ollivier | France | 46.046 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Markéta Fajkusová | Czech Republic | 46.259 | |
| 1 | 2 | Jenell Berhorst | United States | 47.836 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Chang Hui | Chinese Taipei | 47.898 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Maja Ivandić | Croatia | 48.166 | |
| 4 | 2 | Hanna Sokołowska | Poland | DNF | |
| 1 | 3 | Florence Brunelle | Canada | 45.408 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Haruna Nagamori | Japan | 45.501 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maria Dobosz | Poland | 45.787 | |
| 4 | 3 | Petra Jašić | Serbia | 48.566 | |
| 1 | 4 | Elisa Confortola | Italy | 45.683 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Anna Ruysschaert | Luxembourg | 46.801 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tetiana Zarvanska | Ukraine | 47.578 | |
| 4 | 4 | Alexia Turunen | Switzerland | 50.293 | |
| 1 | 5 | Michelle Velzeboer | Netherlands | 45.048 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Iuliia Beresneva | Russia | 45.819 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Betty Moeske | Germany | 46.134 | |
| 4 | 5 | Alyssa Pok | Singapore | 48.044 | |
| 1 | 6 | Zhang Chutong | China | 44.412 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Hailey Choi | United States | 45.013 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Anna Jansone | Latvia | 45.873 | |
| 1 | 7 | Kim Chan-seo | South Korea | 45.972 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Olivia Weedon | Great Britain | 47.790 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Dione Tan | Malaysia | 48.317 | |
| 4 | 7 | Mariya Gorbunova | Kazakhstan | DNF | |
| 1 | 8 | Seo Whi-min | South Korea | 44.235 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Barbara Somogyi | Hungary | 46.013 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Diede van Oorschot | Netherlands | 46.130 | |

### Quarterfinals

    Q – qualified for the semifinals
    PEN – penalty
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Michelle Velzeboer | Netherlands | 44.414 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Elisa Confortola | Italy | 44.452 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Anna Ruysschaert | Luxembourg | 47.241 | |
| 4 | 1 | Iuliia Beresneva | Russia | DNF | |
| 1 | 2 | Seo Whi-min | South Korea | 43.894 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hailey Choi | United States | 44.956 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jenell Berhorst | United States | 46.243 | |
| 4 | 2 | Chang Hui | Chinese Taipei | 46.837 | |
| 1 | 3 | Florence Brunelle | Canada | 44.389 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Petra Rusnáková | Slovakia | 44.500 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Barbara Somogyi | Hungary | 45.203 | |
| 4 | 3 | Cloé Ollivier | France | 45.624 | |
| 1 | 4 | Zhang Chutong | China | 44.232 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kim Chan-seo | South Korea | 45.528 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Olivia Weedon | Great Britain | 48.037 | |
| | 4 | Haruna Nagamori | Japan | PEN | |

### Semifinals

    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Seo Whi-min | South Korea | 43.513 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Michelle Velzeboer | Netherlands | 43.777 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Elisa Confortola | Italy | 44.734 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Hailey Choi | United States | 44.849 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Zhang Chutong | China | 43.970 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Florence Brunelle | Canada | 44.053 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Kim Chan-seo | South Korea | 44.135 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Petra Rusnáková | Slovakia | 44.258 | QB |

### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 4 | Kim Chan-seo | South Korea | |
| 5 | Elisa Confortola | Italy | +0.291 |
| 6 | Petra Rusnáková | Slovakia | +0.530 |
| 7 | Hailey Choi | United States | +0.858 |

### Final A

The final A was held at 15:12.
| Name | Country | Time |
| Seo Whi-min | South Korea | 43.483 |
| Michelle Velzeboer | Netherlands | 45.235 |
| Florence Brunelle | Canada | 45.314 |
| Zhang Chutong | China | PEN |