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Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

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The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.[1]

Women's 500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueSalt Lake Ice Center
Dates16 February
Competitors29 from 17 nations
Winning time44.187
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yang Yang (A)  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evgeniya Radanova  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wang Chunlu  China
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]

World record   Evgeniya Radanova (BUL) 43.671 Calgary, Canada 19 October 2001
Olympic record   Isabelle Charest (CAN) 44.991 Nagano, Japan 19 February 1998

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Round Team Time OR WR
16 February Heat 3   Wang Chunlu (CHN) 44.723 OR
16 February Semifinal 1   Yang Yang (A) (CHN) 44.118 OR

Results edit

Heats edit

The first round was held on 16 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[2]

Heat 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Yang Yang (A)   China 45.042 Q
2 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova   Bulgaria 45.916 Q
3 Katalin Kristo   Romania 46.956
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Joo Min-jin   South Korea 45.547 Q
2 Yvonne Kunze   Germany 45.717 Q
3 Cordia Tsoi   Hong Kong 52.496
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Chunlu   China 44.723 Q OR
2 Isabelle Charest   Canada 44.964 Q
3 Nataliya Dmitriyeva   Russia 46.574
4 Kateřina Novotná   Czech Republic 47.122
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marta Capurso   Italy 46.313 Q
2 Olga Danilov   Israel 46.422 Q
3 Jo Williams   Great Britain 46.631
4 Marianna Nagy   Hungary 46.980
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Alanna Kraus   Canada 45.101 Q
2 Evgeniya Radanova   Bulgaria 45.195 Q
3 Susanne Rudolph   Germany 45.288
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Chikage Tanaka   Japan 45.193 Q
2 Amy Peterson   United States 45.448 Q
3 Nina Yevteyeva   Russia 46.180
4 Szandra Lajtos   Hungary 48.488
Heat 7
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Sarah Lindsay   Great Britain 45.461 Q
2 Mara Zini   Italy 45.556 Q
3 Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova   Belarus 47.273
4 Christy Ren   Hong Kong 55.423
Heat 8
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Choi Eun-kyung   South Korea 45.395 Q
2 Caroline Hallisey   United States 45.535 Q
3 Stéphanie Bouvier   France 45.723
4 Yuka Kamino   Japan 45.933

Quarterfinals edit

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[2] Canada's Isabelle Charest was advanced to the semifinals, with Japan's Chikage Tanaka disqualified.

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Wang Chunlu   China 44.739 Q
2 Caroline Hallisey   United States 44.826 Q
3 Marta Capurso   Italy 45.137
4 Olga Danilov   Israel 46.695
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Yang Yang (A)   China 44.810 Q
2 Joo Min-jin   South Korea 44.992 Q
3 Amy Peterson   United States 46.120
4 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova   Bulgaria 46.422
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Evgeniya Radanova   Bulgaria 44.780 Q
2 Alanna Kraus   Canada 44.863 Q
3 Sarah Lindsay   Great Britain 44.912
4 Yvonne Kunze   Germany 46.465
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Choi Eun-kyung   South Korea 44.846 Q
2 Mara Zini   Italy 44.876 Q
3 Isabelle Charest   Canada 45.011 ADV
– Chikage Tanaka   Japan DSQ

Semifinals edit

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.[2] In the first semifinal, a dead heat for second place, between Canada's Isabelle Charest and Caroline Hallisey of the United States, meant that both advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Yang Yang (A)   China 44.118 QA OR
2 Isabelle Charest   Canada 44.307 QA
2 Caroline Hallisey   United States 44.307 QA
4 Mara Zini   Italy 44.531 QB
5 Choi Eun-kyung   South Korea 44.647 QB
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Evgeniya Radanova   Bulgaria 44.686 QA
2 Wang Chunlu   China 44.734 QA
3 Alanna Kraus   Canada 44.776 QB
4 Joo Min-jin   South Korea 68.184 QB

Finals edit

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four other raced for 6th place in Final B.[2]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Yang Yang (A)   China 44.187
  Evgeniya Radanova   Bulgaria 44.252
  Wang Chunlu   China 44.272
4 Isabelle Charest   Canada 44.662
5 Caroline Hallisey   United States 44.679
Final B
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
6 Alanna Kraus   Canada 44.930
7 Choi Eun-kyung   South Korea 45.383
8 Mara Zini   Italy 45.494
9 Joo Min-jin   South Korea 46.893

References edit

  1. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.
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