The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 20 February at La halle de glace Olympique.
Results Heats The first round was held on 18 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim So-hui 50.99 Q 2 Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren 60.29 Q – Zhang Yanmei DQ
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Cathy Turner 47.69 Q 2 Chun Lee-kyung 48.18 Q 3 Sylvie Daigle 48.50
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Wang Xiulan 47.49 Q 2 Annie Perreault 48.41 Q 3 Felicity Campbell 50.11 4 Debbie Palmer 52.24
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Li Yan 48.33 Q 2 Nathalie Lambert 48.41 Q 3 Nataliya Isakova 48.49 4 Tamara Kaszala 52.38
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nobuko Yamada 48.79 Q 2 Bea Pintens 48.98 Q 3 Cristina Sciolla 52.53
Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Hwang Ok-sil 48.70 Q 2 Karine Rubini 49.25 Q 3 Amy Peterson 51.05 4 Simone Velzeboer 55.43
Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marinella Canclini 47.00 Q 2 Marina Pylayeva 47.48 Q – Karen Gardiner-Kah DQ
Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Monique Velzeboer 48.09 Q 2 Yuliya Vlasova 48.29 Q 3 Kim Chun-hwa 49.10
Quarterfinals The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Cathy Turner 48.51 Q 2 Nathalie Lambert 51.04 Q 3 Nobuko Yamada 57.69 4 Karine Rubini 68.41
Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Li Yan 48.33 Q 2 Yuliya Vlasova 48.63 Q 3 Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren 67.23 4 Marinella Canclini 87.18
Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Wang Xiulan 47.56 Q 2 Hwang Ok-sil 47.95 Q 3 Chun Lee-kyung 48.25 4 Bea Pintens 48.49
Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marina Pylayeva 47.95 Q 2 Monique Velzeboer 53.46 Q 3 Kim So-hui 54.90 – Annie Perreault DQ
Semifinals The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.
Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Hwang Ok-sil 47.74 QA 2 Li Yan 48.33 QA 3 Nathalie Lambert 61.90 QB 4 Marina Pylayeva 67.56 QB
Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Cathy Turner 47.41 QA 2 Monique Velzeboer 47.52 QA 3 Wang Xiulan 48.04 QB 4 Yuliya Vlasova 68.90 QB
Finals The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.
Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Cathy Turner 47.04 Li Yan 47.08 Hwang Ok-sil 47.23 4 Monique Velzeboer 47.28
Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 5 Marina Pylayeva 48.42 6 Nathalie Lambert 48.50 7 Yuliya Vlasova 48.70 8 Wang Xiulan 94.12
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