# Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 11 February 2014.
The reigning 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion Yu Jing did not start due to reoccurrence of an old waist injury.

## Qualification

A total of thirty-six speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 16 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
| World record | Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) | 36.36 | Salt Lake City, United States | 16 November 2013 |
| 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 | Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) | 72.93 | Salt Lake City, United States | 16 November 2013 |
| Olympic record | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 74.75 | Salt Lake City, United States | 14 February 2002 |
At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track records were set by Lee Sang-hwa at 37.65 (single race) and 75.347 (combination).
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
| 11 February | Race 1 Pair 18 Race 2 Pair 17 | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 74.70 | OR, TR |
| 11 February | Race 1 Pair 16 Race 2 Pair 16 | Olga Fatkulina | Russia | 75.06 | TR |
| 11 February | Race 2 Pair 17 | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 37.28 | OR, TR |
| 11 February | Race 1 Pair 18 | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 37.42 | TR |
| 11 February | Race 1 Pair 16 | Olga Fatkulina | Russia | 37.57 | TR |
| 11 February | Race 1 Pair 8 | Zhang Hong | China | 37.58 | TR |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

## Results

The races were held at 16:45 and 18:34. Lee Sang-hwa became the third woman to win back-to-back golds, having previously won the distance at the 2010 Olympics, and the first Korean woman to do so.
On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping violation. On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.
| Rank | Name | Country | Pair | Lane | Race 1 | Rank | Notes | Pair | Lane | Race 2 | Rank | Notes | Total | Time behind | Notes |
| | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 18 | O | 37.42 | 1 | TR | 17 | I | 37.28 | 1 | OR, TR | 74.70 | — | OR, TR |
| | Olga Fatkulina | Russia | 16 | O | 37.57 | 2 | TR | 16 | I | 37.49 | 2 | | 75.06 | +0.36 | TR |
| | Margot Boer | Netherlands | 17 | O | 37.77 | 5 | | 13 | I | 37.71 | 3 | | 75.48 | +0.78 | |
| 4 | Zhang Hong | China | 8 | O | 37.58 | 3 | TR | 15 | I | 37.99 | 7 | | 75.58 | +0.88 | |
| 5 | Nao Kodaira | Japan | 17 | I | 37.88 | 7 | | 16 | O | 37.72 | 4 | | 75.61 | +0.91 | |
| 6 | Jenny Wolf | Germany | 15 | I | 37.93 | 8 | | 15 | O | 37.73 | 5 | | 75.67 | +0.97 | |
| 7 | Wang Beixing | China | 16 | I | 37.82 | 6 | | 17 | O | 37.86 | 6 | | 75.68 | +0.98 | |
| 8 | Heather Richardson | United States | 15 | O | 37.73 | 4 | | 14 | I | 38.02 | 8 | | 75.75 | +1.05 | |
| 9 | Maki Tsuji | Japan | 14 | O | 38.4 | 10 | | 11 | I | 38.44 | 11 | | 76.84 | +2.14 | |
| 10 | Karolína Erbanová | Czech Republic | 11 | O | 38.23 | 9 | | 12 | I | 38.62 | 13 | | 76.86 | +2.16 | |
| 11 | Laurine van Riessen | Netherlands | 14 | I | 38.645 | 14 | | 13 | O | 38.35 | 9 | | 76.99 | +2.29 | |
| 12 | Christine Nesbitt | Canada | 10 | O | 38.53 | 11 | | 10 | I | 38.61 | 12 | | 77.15 | +2.45 | |
| 13 | Brittany Bowe | United States | 18 | I | 38.81 | 17 | | 10 | O | 38.37 | 10 | | 77.19 | +2.49 | |
| 14 | Miyako Sumiyoshi | Japan | 13 | O | 38.644 | 13 | | 9 | I | 38.62 | 13 | | 77.26 | +2.56 | |
| 15 | Lauren Cholewinski | United States | 12 | I | 38.54 | 12 | | 14 | O | 38.80 | 19 | | 77.35 | +2.65 | |
| 16 | Lotte van Beek | Netherlands | 6 | I | 38.67 | 15 | | 12 | O | 38.73 | 17 | | 77.40 | +2.70 | |
| 17 | Yekaterina Malysheva | Russia | 11 | I | 38.78 | 16 | | 11 | O | 38.76 | 18 | | 77.55 | +2.85 | |
| 18 | Angelina Golikova | Russia | 5 | O | 38.82 | 18 | | 8 | I | 38.85 | 22 | | 77.68 | +2.98 | |
| 19 | Marrit Leenstra | Netherlands | 2 | I | 39.03 | 21 | | 7 | O | 38.70 | 16 | | 77.74 | +3.04 | |
| 20 | Lee Bo-ra | South Korea | 10 | I | 38.93 | 20 | | 8 | O | 38.82 | 21 | | 77.75 | +3.05 | |
| 21 | Denise Roth | Germany | 1 | I | 39.08 | 23 | | 6 | O | 38.69 | 15 | | 77.78 | +3.08 | |
| 22 | Yekaterina Aydova | Kazakhstan | 12 | O | 39.04 | 22 | | 7 | I | 38.80 | 19 | | 77.85 | +3.15 | |
| 23 | Qi Shuai | China | 3 | I | 38.89 | 19 | | 9 | O | 38.99 | 23 | | 77.89 | +3.19 | |
| 24 | Kim Hyun-yung | South Korea | 7 | O | 39.19 | 24 | | 6 | I | 39.04 | 24 | | 78.23 | +3.53 | |
| 25 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | Russia | 8 | I | 39.202 | 25 | | 5 | O | 39.04 | 24 | | 78.24 | +3.54 | |
| 26 | Park Seung-ju | South Korea | 2 | O | 39.207 | 26 | | 5 | I | 39.11 | 26 | | 78.31 | +3.61 | |
| 27 | Vanessa Bittner | Austria | 9 | I | 39.33 | 30 | | 2 | O | 39.17 | 27 | | 78.50 | +3.80 | |
| 28 | Anastasia Bucsis | Canada | 5 | I | 39.272 | 27 | | 4 | O | 39.25 | 28 | | 78.52 | +3.82 | |
| 29 | Sugar Todd | United States | 4 | O | 39.278 | 28 | | 4 | I | 39.25 | 28 | | 78.53 | +3.83 | |
| 30 | Yvonne Daldossi | Italy | 4 | I | 39.30 | 29 | | 3 | O | 39.34 | 31 | | 78.64 | +3.94 | |
| 31 | Zhang Shuang | China | 6 | O | 39.40 | 31 | | 3 | I | 39.25 | 28 | | 78.65 | +3.95 | |
| 32 | Marsha Hudey | Canada | 7 | I | 39.59 | 32 | | 1 | O | 39.63 | 33 | | 79.22 | +4.52 | |
| 33 | Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg | Canada | 9 | O | 39.76 | 33 | | 2 | I | 39.56 | 32 | | 79.32 | +4.62 | |
| 34 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | Germany | 3 | O | 39.82 | 34 | | 1 | I | 39.69 | 34 | | 79.51 | +4.81 | |
| | Judith Hesse | Germany | 13 | I | DQ | | | | | | | | | | |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record, DQ = disqualified