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Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 14 February, at the M-Wave.[1][2]

Women's 500 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
DatesFebruary 13–14
Competitors38 from 14 nations
Winning time1:16.60
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catriona Le May Doan
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Susan Auch
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tomomi Okazaki
 Japan
← 1994
2002 →

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 37.55 Calgary, Canada 28 December 1997
Olympic record   Bonnie Blair (USA) 39.10 Calgary, Canada 22 February 1988

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Athlete Time OR WR
13 February   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.39 OR
14 February   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.21 OR

Results edit

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Rank Name Country Race 1 Race 2 Total Notes
  Catriona Le May Doan   Canada 38.39 38.21 1:16.60 OR
  Susan Auch   Canada 38.42 38.51 1:16.93
  Tomomi Okazaki   Japan 38.55 38.55 1:17.10
4 Franziska Schenk   Germany 38.88 38.57 1:17.45
5 Kyoko Shimazaki   Japan 38.75 38.93 1:17.68
6 Marianne Timmer   Netherlands 39.12 39.03 1:18.15
7 Sabine Völker   Germany 39.19 39.00 1:18.19
8 Monique Garbrecht   Germany 39.11 39.34 1:18.45
9 Svetlana Zhurova   Russia 39.11 39.38 1:18.49
10 Chris Witty   United States 39.09 39.44 1:18.53
11 Eriko Sanmiya   Japan 39.25 39.31 1:18.56
12 Shiho Kusunose   Japan 39.56 39.24 1:18.80
13 Linda Johnson-Blair   Canada 39.24 39.57 1:18.81
14 Xue Ruihong   China 39.49 39.53 1:19.02
15 Anke Baier-Loef   Germany 39.73 39.75 1:19.48
16 Anzhelika Kotyuga   Belarus 39.76 39.85 1:19.61
17 Sandra Zwolle   Netherlands 39.98 39.88 1:19.86
17 Becky Sundstrom   United States 40.20 39.66 1:19.86
19 Moira D'Andrea   United States 39.83 40.09 1:19.92
20 Edel Therese Høiseth   Norway 40.02 39.99 1:20.01
21 Oksana Ravilova   Russia 39.99 40.04 1:20.03
22 Wang Manli   China 40.01 40.06 1:20.07
23 Yang Chunyuan   China 39.92 40.24 1:20.16
24 Choi Seung-yong   South Korea 40.17 40.62 1:20.79
25 Marieke Wijsman   Netherlands 40.22 40.57 1:20.79
26 Amy Sannes   United States 40.41 40.49 1:20.90
27 Lesia Bilozub   Ukraine 40.42 40.52 1:20.94
28 Tatyana Danshina   Russia 40.53 40.59 1:21.12
29 Cheon Hui-ju   South Korea 40.67 40.95 1:21.62
30 Gang Mi-yeong   South Korea 40.96 41.29 1:22.25
31 Lyudmila Kostyukevich   Belarus 41.00 41.43 1:22.43
32 Krisztina Egyed   Hungary 41.20 41.41 1:22.61
33 Kim Ju-hyeon   South Korea 41.36 41.43 1:22.79
34 Michelle Morton   Canada 42.95 39.84 1:22.79
35 Kim Jong-hui   North Korea 42.17 41.57 1:23.74
36 Jin Hua   China 64.07 40.32 1:44.39
37 Andrea Nuyt   Netherlands 39.62 78.32 1:57.94
- Emese Hunyady   Austria DQ - -

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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