Short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
Venue	La halle de glace Olympique
Dates	18–22 February 1992
Competitors	27 from 14 nations
Winning time	47.04
Medalists
Cathy Turner  United States Li Yan  China Hwang Ok-sil  North Korea

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	South Korea	50.99	Q
2	Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren	Netherlands	60.29	Q
–	Zhang Yanmei	China	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cathy Turner	United States	47.69	Q
2	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	48.18	Q
3	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	48.50

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wang Xiulan	China	47.49	Q
2	Annie Perreault	Canada	48.41	Q
3	Felicity Campbell	Australia	50.11
4	Debbie Palmer	Great Britain	52.24

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Yan	China	48.33	Q
2	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	48.41	Q
3	Nataliya Isakova	Unified Team	48.49
4	Tamara Kaszala	Hungary	52.38

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nobuko Yamada	Japan	48.79	Q
2	Bea Pintens	Belgium	48.98	Q
3	Cristina Sciolla	Italy	52.53

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hwang Ok-sil	North Korea	48.70	Q
2	Karine Rubini	France	49.25	Q
3	Amy Peterson	United States	51.05
4	Simone Velzeboer	Netherlands	55.43

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marinella Canclini	Italy	47.00	Q OR
2	Marina Pylayeva	Unified Team	47.48	Q
–	Karen Gardiner-Kah	Australia	DQ

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Monique Velzeboer	Netherlands	48.09	Q
2	Yuliya Vlasova	Unified Team	48.29	Q
3	Kim Chun-hwa	North Korea	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	United States	48.51	Q
2	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	51.04	Q
3	Nobuko Yamada	Japan	57.69
4	Karine Rubini	France	68.41

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Yan	China	48.33	Q
2	Yuliya Vlasova	Unified Team	48.63	Q
3	Joëlle van Koetsveld van Ankeren	Netherlands	67.23
4	Marinella Canclini	Italy	87.18

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wang Xiulan	China	47.56	Q
2	Hwang Ok-sil	North Korea	47.95	Q
3	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	48.25
4	Bea Pintens	Belgium	48.49

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marina Pylayeva	Unified Team	47.95	Q
2	Monique Velzeboer	Netherlands	53.46	Q
3	Kim So-hui	South Korea	54.90
–	Annie Perreault	Canada	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	North Korea	47.74	QA
2	Li Yan	China	48.33	QA
3	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	61.90	QB
4	Marina Pylayeva	Unified Team	67.56	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cathy Turner	United States	47.41	QA
2	Monique Velzeboer	Netherlands	47.52	QA
3	Wang Xiulan	China	48.04	QB
4	Yuliya Vlasova	Unified Team	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	United States	47.04
	Li Yan	China	47.08
	Hwang Ok-sil	North Korea	47.23
4	Monique Velzeboer	Netherlands	47.28

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
5	Marina Pylayeva	Unified Team	48.42
6	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	48.50
7	Yuliya Vlasova	Unified Team	48.70
8	Wang Xiulan	China	94.12