The women's 500 metres in

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at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 10–13 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi,

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. The qualifying heats was held on 10 February with the

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, the

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and the

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were held on 13 February. The defending

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and

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is Wang Meng of China. Meng qualified to compete at the Games but broke her ankle in a collision with a teammate while practicing for the games in January 2014.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 15 nations qualified to compete.

Results

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Preliminaries

Heats

: Q – qualified for Quarterfinals : ADV — advanced : PEN — penalty : YC — yellow card

Quarterfinal

: Q – qualified for the semifinals : ADV – advanced : PEN – penalty : YC – yellow card

Semifinals

: QA – qualified for Final A : QB – qualified for Final B : ADV – advanced : PEN – penalty : YC – yellow card

Finals

Final B (classification round)

Final A (medal round)

Final standings

The final overall standings were:

References

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