# Short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 20 February at La halle de glace Olympique.

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 18 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim So-hui | South Korea | 50.99 | Q |
| 2 | Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren | Netherlands | 60.29 | Q |
| – | Zhang Yanmei | China | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cathy Turner | United States | 47.69 | Q |
| 2 | Chun Lee-kyung | South Korea | 48.18 | Q |
| 3 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 48.50 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wang Xiulan | China | 47.49 | Q |
| 2 | Annie Perreault | Canada | 48.41 | Q |
| 3 | Felicity Campbell | Australia | 50.11 | |
| 4 | Debbie Palmer | Great Britain | 52.24 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Yan | China | 48.33 | Q |
| 2 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 48.41 | Q |
| 3 | Nataliya Isakova | Unified Team | 48.49 | |
| 4 | Tamara Kaszala | Hungary | 52.38 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nobuko Yamada | Japan | 48.79 | Q |
| 2 | Bea Pintens | Belgium | 48.98 | Q |
| 3 | Cristina Sciolla | Italy | 52.53 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hwang Ok-sil | North Korea | 48.70 | Q |
| 2 | Karine Rubini | France | 49.25 | Q |
| 3 | Amy Peterson | United States | 51.05 | |
| 4 | Simone Velzeboer | Netherlands | 55.43 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marinella Canclini | Italy | 47.00 | Q OR |
| 2 | Marina Pylayeva | Unified Team | 47.48 | Q |
| – | Karen Gardiner-Kah | Australia | DQ | |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Monique Velzeboer | Netherlands | 48.09 | Q |
| 2 | Yuliya Vlasova | Unified Team | 48.29 | Q |
| 3 | Kim Chun-hwa | North Korea | 49.10 | |

### Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cathy Turner | United States | 48.51 | Q |
| 2 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 51.04 | Q |
| 3 | Nobuko Yamada | Japan | 57.69 | |
| 4 | Karine Rubini | France | 68.41 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Yan | China | 48.33 | Q |
| 2 | Yuliya Vlasova | Unified Team | 48.63 | Q |
| 3 | Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren | Netherlands | 67.23 | |
| 4 | Marinella Canclini | Italy | 87.18 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wang Xiulan | China | 47.56 | Q |
| 2 | Hwang Ok-sil | North Korea | 47.95 | Q |
| 3 | Chun Lee-kyung | South Korea | 48.25 | |
| 4 | Bea Pintens | Belgium | 48.49 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marina Pylayeva | Unified Team | 47.95 | Q |
| 2 | Monique Velzeboer | Netherlands | 53.46 | Q |
| 3 | Kim So-hui | South Korea | 54.90 | |
| – | Annie Perreault | Canada | DQ | |

### Semifinals

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.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hwang Ok-sil | North Korea | 47.74 | QA |
| 2 | Li Yan | China | 48.33 | QA |
| 3 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 61.90 | QB |
| 4 | Marina Pylayeva | Unified Team | 67.56 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cathy Turner | United States | 47.41 | QA |
| 2 | Monique Velzeboer | Netherlands | 47.52 | QA |
| 3 | Wang Xiulan | China | 48.04 | QB |
| 4 | Yuliya Vlasova | Unified Team | 68.90 | QB |

### Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Cathy Turner | United States | 47.04 |
| | Li Yan | China | 47.08 |
| | Hwang Ok-sil | North Korea | 47.23 |
| 4 | Monique Velzeboer | Netherlands | 47.28 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 5 | Marina Pylayeva | Unified Team | 48.42 |
| 6 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 48.50 |
| 7 | Yuliya Vlasova | Unified Team | 48.70 |
| 8 | Wang Xiulan | China | 94.12 |