# 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 meters distance for women in the 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be contested over 10 races on six occasions, out of a total of World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Harbin, Canada, on 11–13 November 2016, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11–12 March 2017.
Nao Kodaira of Japan is crowned as the World Cup champion by winning all 8 World Cup races she competed. She did not take part in third round of the World Cup in Astana.

## Top three

| Position | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| 1 | Nao Kodaira | 900 | 11th |
| 2 | Maki Tsuji | 585 | 13th |
| 3 | Erina Kamiya | 527 | 12th |

## Race medallists

| WC # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Harbin, China | 11 November | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.00 | Maki Tsuji Japan | 38.17 | Jing Yu China | 37.22 |
| 1 | Harbin, China | 13 November | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.04 | Sang-Hwa Lee South Korea | 38.11 | Maki Tsuji Japan | 38.30 |
| 2 | Nagano, Japan | 20 November | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.75 | Sang-Hwa Lee South Korea | 37.93 | Jing Yu China | 37.97 |
| 3 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 2 December | Jing Yu China | 37.85 | Hong Zhang China | 37.87 | Sang-Hwa Lee South Korea | 37.95 |
| 3 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 4 December | Jing Yu China | 37.64 | Maki Tsuji Japan | 37.82 | Erina Kamiya Japan | 37.88 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 9 December | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.69 | Jing Yu China | 37.86 | Maki Tsuji Japan | 37.97 |
| 5 | Berlin, Germany | 27 January | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.43 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 38.12 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 38.36 |
| 5 | Berlin, Germany | 28 January | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.57 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 38.28 | Heather Bergsma United States | 38.43 |
| 6 | Stavanger, Norway | 11 March | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.14 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 37.87 | Heather Bergsma United States | 38.13 |
| 6 | Stavanger, Norway | 12 March | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.24 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 37.72 | Erina Kamiya Japan | 38.06 |

## Standings

| # | Name | HRB1 | HRB2 | NGN | AST1 | AST2 | HVN | BER1 | BER2 | STA1 | STA2 | Total |
| 1 | Nao Kodaira | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — | 100 | 100 | 100 | 150 | 150 | 900 |
| 2 | Maki Tsuji | 80 | 70 | 50 | 45 | 80 | 70 | 50 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 585 |
| 3 | Erina Kamiya | 32 | 40 | 40 | 28 | 70 | 18 | 60 | 45 | 90 | 104 | 527 |
| 4 | Marsha Hudey | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 36 | 45 | — | — | 76 | 90 | 477 |
| 5 | Karolína Erbanová | — | — | — | 24 | 19 | 28 | 80 | 80 | 120 | 120 | 471 |
| 6 | Jing Yu | 70 | 32 | 70 | 100 | 100 | 80 | — | — | — | — | 452 |
| 7 | Heather Bergsma | 50 | 50 | 28 | — | — | 36 | 45 | 70 | 104 | 45 | 428 |
| 8 | Olga Fatkulina | 40 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 70 | 36 | 36 | 24 | 386 |
| 9 | Arisa Go | 36 | 25 | 32 | 60 | 50 | 40 | — | — | 45 | 76 | 364 |
| 10 | Sang-Hwa Lee | 45 | 80 | 80 | 70 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | 307 |
| 11 | Hong Zhang | 28 | 21 | 45 | 80 | 60 | 60 | — | — | — | — | 294 |
| 12 | Nadezhda Aseeva | 16 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 50 | 24 | 32 | 222 |
| 13 | Hege Bøkko | 14 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 32 | 36 | 213 |
| 14 | Floor van den Brandt | 14 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 212 |
| 15 | Heather McLean | 36 | 45 | 24 | 32 | 40 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 201 |
| 16 | Vanessa Herzog | 18 | 10 | 36 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 32 | 28 | — | — | 171 |
| 17 | Marrit Leenstra | 24 | 28 | 16 | 10 | — | 12 | 36 | — | — | — | 126 |
| 18 | Anice Das | 12 | 16 | 10 | — | — | 15 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 123 |
| 19 | Angelina Golikova | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 40 | — | — | 109 |
| 20 | Jorien ter Mors | — | — | — | 36 | 25 | — | 40 | — | — | — | 101 |
| 21 | Min Sun Kim | 21 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 86 |
| 22 | Bo van der Werff | 10 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | 80 |
| 23 | Judith Dannhauer | — | — | — | 11 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 24 | — | — | 79 |
| 24 | Yekaterina Aydova | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 66 |
| 25 | Janine Smit | — | — | — | 14 | 25 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 57 |
| 26 | Seung-Hi Park | 5 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 57 |
| 27 | Kaylin Irvine | 8 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 55 |
| 28 | Noemie Fiset | 6 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 50 |
| 29 | Xiaoxuan Shi | 2 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| 30 | Martine Ripsrud | — | — | 2 | — | 0 | 8 | 25 | — | — | — | 35 |
| 31 | Nan Sun | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 8 | — | — | 33 |
| 32 | Sanneke de Neeling | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 12 | — | — | 33 |
| 33 | Huawei Li | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 19 | — | — | 30 |
| 34 | Yvonne Daldossi | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | — | — | 30 |
| 35 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | 27 |
| 36 | Min-Jo Kim | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | — | — | 25 |
| 37 | Sugar Todd | — | — | — | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| 38 | Saori Toi | 1 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| 39 | Brittany Bowe | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| 40 | Rio Yamada | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | — | — | 20 |
| 41 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 11 | — | — | 19 |
| 42 | Min-Ji Kim | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | — | — | 16 |
| 43 | Xue Zhan | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | — | — | 13 |
| 44 | Kelly Gunther | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| 45 | Jerica Tandiman | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | 10 |
| 46 | Paige Schwartzburg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 47 | Xin Zhao | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 48 | Xue Lin | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| 49 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 50 | Francesca Bettrone | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 6 | — | — | 6 |
| 51 | Natalia Czerwonka | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 52 | Elina Risku | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| 53 | Ye Won Nam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 54 | Ruining Tian | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
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