# Short-track speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games was held on 7 and 8 February 2025 in Harbin, China.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Friday, 7 February 2025 | 10:10 | Heats |
| Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 12:02 | Quarterfinals |
| Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 12:41 | Semifinals |
| Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 13:12 | Finals |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.
| World Record | Xandra Velzeboer (NED) | 41.416 | Salt Lake City, United States | 4 November 2022 |
| Games Record | Fan Kexin (CHN) | 43.371 | Sapporo, Japan | 21 February 2017 |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Zhang Chutong | China | 43.759 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Rina Shimada | Japan | 44.106 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Zeinep Kumarkan | Kazakhstan | 45.420 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Punpreeda Prempreecha | Thailand | 48.488 | |
| 5 | 1 | Suvarnika Radhakrishnan | India | 1:11.366 | |
| 1 | 1 | Fan Kexin | China | 43.744 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lee So-yeon | South Korea | 43.817 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yana Khan | Kazakhstan | 43.929 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Yuki Ishikawa | Japan | 44.860 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Varsha Puranik | India | 53.888 | |
| 1 | 3 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 43.321 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | Lam Ching Yan | Hong Kong | 45.868 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Alyssa Pok | Singapore | 46.728 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Chang Wan-ting | Chinese Taipei | 48.178 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ashley Chin | Malaysia | 53.100 | |
| 1 | 4 | Kim Gil-li | South Korea | 44.644 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Thanutchaya Chatthaisong | Thailand | 46.295 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Chung Hsiao-ying | Chinese Taipei | 46.411 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Battulgyn Gereltuyaa | Mongolia | 48.136 | |
| 5 | 4 | Nicole Law | Hong Kong | 49.678 | |
| 1 | 5 | Wang Xinran | China | 44.103 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Malika Yermek | Kazakhstan | 44.286 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Haruna Nagamori | Japan | 45.103 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Amelia Chua | Singapore | 49.332 | |
| 5 | 5 | Sravana Murthy | India | 51.383 | |

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 43.318 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Malika Yermek | Kazakhstan | 43.966 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yuki Ishikawa | Japan | 44.045 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Lam Ching Yan | Hong Kong | 44.458 | |
| 1 | 2 | Fan Kexin | China | 44.772 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rina Shimada | Japan | 44.873 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Thanutchaya Chatthaisong | Thailand | 45.043 | |
| 4 | 2 | Alyssa Pok | Singapore | 46.872 | |
| 1 | 3 | Zhang Chutong | China | 43.183 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | Lee So-yeon | South Korea | 43.288 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yana Khan | Kazakhstan | 43.383 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Chung Hsiao-ying | Chinese Taipei | 46.280 | |
| 1 | 4 | Wang Xinran | China | 44.394 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kim Gil-li | South Korea | 44.498 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Zeinep Kumarkan | Kazakhstan | 44.577 | |
| 4 | 4 | Haruna Nagamori | Japan | 45.899 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kim Gil-li | South Korea | 43.867 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Rina Shimada | Japan | 43.931 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Zhang Chutong | China | 43.940 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Wang Xinran | China | 1:09.423 | ADVA |
| | 1 | Yana Khan | Kazakhstan | PEN | |
| 1 | 2 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 42.885 | QA, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Lee So-yeon | South Korea | 43.874 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Malika Yermek | Kazakhstan | 43.994 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Fan Kexin | China | 44.058 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Yuki Ishikawa | Japan | 44.932 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 6 | Zhang Chutong | China | 44.084 | |
| 7 | Yuki Ishikawa | Japan | 44.875 | |
| 8 | Malika Yermek | Kazakhstan | PEN | |
| 9 | Fan Kexin | China | Did not start | Did not start |

#### Final A

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 43.016 |
| | Kim Gil-li | South Korea | 43.105 |
| | Lee So-yeon | South Korea | 43.203 |
| 4 | Wang Xinran | China | 43.274 |
| 5 | Rina Shimada | Japan | 44.223 |