# 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres

The 500 metres distance for women in the 2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of eight World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 November 2010, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 4–6 March 2011.
Jenny Wolf of Germany successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea came second, and Margot Boer of the Netherlands came third.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Jenny Wolf | 1190 | 1st |
| Silver | Lee Sang-hwa | 875 | 5th |
| Bronze | Margot Boer | 735 | 2nd |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 12 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.02 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.30 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.39 |
| 1 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.17 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.54 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.77 |
| 2 | Berlin, Germany | 19 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.08 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.24 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.66 |
| 2 | Berlin, Germany | 20 November | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.98 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.46 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.56 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 4 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.24 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.29 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 38.51 |
| 4 | Changchun, China | 5 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.22 | Yu Jing China | 38.27 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.44 |
| 5 | Obihiro, Japan | 11 December | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.18 | Yu Jing China | 38.21 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.25 |
| 5 | Obihiro, Japan | 12 December | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.03 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.21 | Yu Jing China | 38.30 |
| 6 | Moscow, Russia | 28 January | Jenny Wolf Germany | 37.90 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.56 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.57 |
| 6 | Moscow, Russia | 29 January | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.01 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 38.49 | Heather Richardson United States | 38.53 |
| 8 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 5 March | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.31 | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.37 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.49 |
| 8 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 6 March | Jenny Wolf Germany | 38.37 | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 38.48 | Annette Gerritsen Netherlands | 38.55 |

## Standings

Standings as of 6 March 2011 (end of the season).
| # | Name | HVN1 | HVN2 | BER1 | BER2 | CHA1 | CHA2 | OBI1 | OBI2 | MOS1 | MOS2 | HVN3 | HVN4 | Total |
| 1 | Jenny Wolf | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 70 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 1190 |
| 2 | Lee Sang-hwa | 80 | 40 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | – | – | 105 | 120 | 875 |
| 3 | Margot Boer | 70 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 60 | 50 | – | – | 80 | 80 | 75 | 90 | 735 |
| 4 | Heather Richardson | 45 | 50 | 36 | 50 | 45 | 28 | 50 | 40 | 70 | 70 | 28 | 36 | 548 |
| 5 | Nao Kodaira | 60 | 70 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 45 | 60 | 60 | – | – | 36 | – | 511 |
| 6 | Judith Hesse | 24 | 12 | 45 | 36 | 40 | 32 | 45 | 45 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 28 | 442 |
| 7 | Maki Tsuji | 40 | 45 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 50 | – | – | 90 | 45 | 430 |
| 8 | Laurine van Riessen | 50 | 60 | 60 | 5 | 50 | 21 | – | – | 45 | 50 | 45 | – | 386 |
| 9 | Annette Gerritsen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 60 | 60 | 150 | 105 | 375 |
| 10 | Shannon Rempel | 19 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 24 | 311 |
| 11 | Thijsje Oenema | 28 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 36 | 21 | 40 | 291 |
| 12 | Yu Jing | – | – | – | – | 25 | 80 | 80 | 70 | – | – | – | – | 255 |
| 13 | Lee Bo-ra | 25 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 32 | – | – | 24 | 32 | 251 |
| 14 | Qi Shuai | 40 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 40 | 21 | 36 | – | – | 16 | 14 | 250 |
| 15 | Yukana Nishina | 18 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 196 |
| 16 | Wang Beixing | – | – | – | – | 28 | 60 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 75 | 195 |
| 17 | Olga Fatkulina | 14 | 18 | 40 | 40 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 187 |
| 18 | Lauren Cholewinski | 16 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 180 |
| 19 | Christine Nesbitt | 32 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 16 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 136 |
| 20 | Chiara Simionato | 15 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 127 |
| 21 | Monique Angermüller | 21 | 10 | – | – | 15 | 25 | 12 | – | 36 | – | – | – | 119 |
| 22 | Rebekah Bradford | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 103 |
| 23 | Miho Takagi | 8 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | – | – | 0 | 10 | 96 |
| 24 | Marianne Timmer | 10 | 32 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 88 |
| 25 | Jin Peiyu | 12 | – | 25 | 24 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 |
| 26 | Karolína Erbanová | 11 | 15 | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 16 | – | – | 76 |
| 27 | Li Dan | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 32 | 24 | – | – | – | – | 75 |
| 28 | Anastasia Bucsis | 4 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 70 |
| 29 | Yekaterina Malysheva | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 12 | – | – | 66 |
| 30 | Zhang Hong | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 36 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 65 |
| 31 | Anice Das | – | – | 15 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 48 |
| 32 | Mayon Kuipers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 28 | – | – | 46 |
| 33 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 6 | 2 | – | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 39 |
| 34 | Heike Hartmann | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | – | – | 34 |
| 35 | Oh Min-jee | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 |
| 36 | Reika Shimizu | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| 37 | Nadezhda Aseyeva | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | – | – | 20 |
| 38 | Sheng Xiaomei | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 |
| 39 | Jennifer Plate | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | – | – | 16 |
| 40 | Marrit Leenstra | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 40 | Zhang Lu | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| 42 | Yekaterina Aydova | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 43 | Anna Badayeva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | 8 |
| 44 | Tamara Oudenaarden | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 44 | Yuliya Skokova | – | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| 46 | Irina Arshinova | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | 5 |
| 47 | Denise Roth | – | – | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 48 | Sarah Gregg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 4 |
| 49 | Yekaterina Lobysheva | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 50 | Hege Bøkko | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 51 | Yekaterina Lukoyanova | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1 |