# 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 meters distance for women in the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of six World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 8–10 November 2013, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 14–16 March 2014.
The defending champion was Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea.
On 9 November, in the second race in Calgary, Lee improved her own world record with a time of 36.74 seconds. Six days later, in the first race in Salt Lake City, she improved the record a further 17/100, to 36.57 seconds. Amazingly, the next day, for the third time within a week, she again broke the world record, this time with a time of 36.36 seconds.
Lee won the first seven races, but did not to participate in the rest of the races. This allowed for three other skaters to pass her in aggregate points. Instead, Olga Fatkulina of Russia won the cup, while Heather Richardson of the United States came second, and Jenny Wolf of Germany came third. Lee ended up in fourth place.

## Top three

| Position | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| 1 | Olga Fatkulina | 960 | 4th |
| 2 | Heather Richardson | 915 | 5th |
| 3 | Jenny Wolf | 803 | 2nd |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 8 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.91 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.14 | Wang Beixing China | 37.40 |
| 1 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 9 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.74 WR | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.18 | Wang Beixing China | 37.30 |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, United States | 15 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.57 WR | Wang Beixing China | 36.85 | Heather Richardson United States | 36.97 |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, United States | 16 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 36.36 WR | Heather Richardson United States | 36.90 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.13 |
| 3 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 29 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.27 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.70 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.72 |
| 3 | Astana, Kazakhstan | 30 November | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.32 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.66 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.81 |
| 4 | Berlin, Germany | 6 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.36 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.71 | Wang Beixing China | 37.79 |
| 4 | Berlin, Germany | 7 December | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.92 | Wang Beixing China | 37.96 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.00 |
| 5 | Inzell, Germany | 7 March | Heather Richardson United States | 37.85 | Judith Hesse Germany | 37.86 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.89 |
| 5 | Inzell, Germany | 8 March | Heather Richardson United States | 37.70 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.84 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.89 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 March | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.67 | Heather Richardson United States | 37.79 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 37.95 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 16 March | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 37.86 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.00 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.04 |

## Standings

Standings as of 16 March 2014 (end of the season).
| # | Name | CAL1 | CAL2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | AST1 | AST2 | BER1 | BER2 | INZ1 | INZ2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | Total |
| 1 | Olga Fatkulina | 45 | 45 | 50 | 70 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 100 | 70 | 80 | 150 | 150 | 960 |
| 2 | Heather Richardson | 50 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 105 | 915 |
| 3 | Jenny Wolf | 80 | 80 | 60 | 28 | 80 | 80 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 70 | 90 | 120 | 803 |
| 4 | Lee Sang-hwa | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | | | | | 700 |
| 5 | Nao Kodaira | 60 | 36 | 40 | 21 | 70 | | 50 | 45 | 60 | 60 | 105 | 90 | 637 |
| 6 | Margot Boer | 40 | 60 | 45 | 45 | | | 36 | 36 | 45 | 36 | 75 | 75 | 493 |
| 7 | Wang Beixing | 70 | 70 | 80 | 60 | | | 70 | 80 | | | | | 430 |
| 8 | Thijsje Oenema | 10 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 45 | 60 | 45 | 50 | 32 | 50 | 21 | 40 | 401 |
| 9 | Judith Hesse | 36 | 32 | 32 | 40 | | | 8 | 32 | 80 | 40 | 36 | 24 | 360 |
| 10 | Miyako Sumiyoshi | 21 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 24 | 40 | 24 | 28 | 40 | 36 | 314 |
| 11 | Brittany Bowe | 32 | 28 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 40 | | 36 | | 28 | 28 | 312 |
| 12 | Laurine van Riessen | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 32 | | | 40 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 297 |
| 13 | Maki Tsuji | 28 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 293 |
| 14 | Karolína Erbanová | 8 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 218 |
| 15 | Anice Das | 11 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 195 |
| 16 | Erina Kamiya | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 178 |
| 17 | Yekaterina Aydova | 14 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 36 | 40 | 14 | 21 | | | | | 162 |
| 18 | Yu Jing | 24 | 40 | 28 | 50 | | | | | | | | | 142 |
| 19 | Lauren Cholewinski | 19 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 6 | | | | | 135 |
| 20 | Mayon Kuipers | | 19 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 25 | | | 12 | 18 | 129 |
| 21 | Jennifer Plate | | 4 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 125 |
| 22 | Kaylin Irvine | | | | | 19 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 122 |
| 23 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 2 | | 19 | 11 | 24 | 36 | | | | | | | 92 |
| 24 | Lee Bo-ra | | 6 | 6 | | 25 | 14 | 16 | 24 | | | | | 91 |
| 25 | Elli Ochowicz | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 12 | | | | | 85 |
| 26 | Denise Roth | | 2 | | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | | | 69 |
| 27 | Zhang Hong | 5 | | 25 | 36 | | | | | | | | | 66 |
| 28 | Yuliya Liteykina | 25 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | | 1 | | | | | 60 |
| 29 | Annette Gerritsen | | | | | | 25 | | | 10 | 16 | | | 51 |
| 30 | Sugar Todd | | | | | 11 | 11 | | 6 | 6 | 14 | | | 48 |
| 31 | Vanessa Bittner | | | | 2 | | | 25 | 10 | | | | | 37 |
| 32 | Kim Hyun-yung | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | | 15 | | | | | | | 36 |
| 33 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 8 | | | | 15 | | | | 12 | | | | 35 |
| 34 | Christine Nesbitt | 18 | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 35 | Marsha Hudey | 6 | 6 | | 8 | | | 4 | 2 | | | | | 26 |
| 36 | Yuliya Skokova | | | | | 6 | | 8 | | 8 | | | | 22 |
| 37 | Marrit Leenstra | | | | | | | 6 | 11 | | | | | 17 |
| 38 | Angelina Golikova | | | | | | | | | 4 | 10 | | | 14 |
| 39 | Reika Shimizu | | | | | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 40 | Zhang Shuang | | | | | 2 | 2 | | 8 | | | | | 12 |
| 41 | Qi Shuai | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 4 | | | | | 7 |
| 42 | Elina Risku | | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 | | | 6 |
| 42 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 4 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 6 |
| 42 | Park Seung-ju | | 1 | | | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 45 | Kelly Gunther | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | 5 |
| 46 | Shannon Rempel | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 47 | Yvonne Daldossi | | | | | | | | | 1 | 3 | | | 4 |
| 48 | Katja Franzen | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 48 | Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |