The women's 500 metres

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competition of the

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was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 11 February 2014. The reigning 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion

Yu Jing Yu Jing (; ; born 29 May 1985) is a Chinese long-track speed-skater who specializes in the sprint distances. She became the 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, World Sprint Champion in 2012, setting world records in both the spri ...

did not start due to reoccurrence of an old waist injury.

Qualification

A total of thirty-six speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 16 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the

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. A reserve list was also made.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. 500 meters (1 race) 500 meters x 2 (2 races) At the

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the track records were set by

Lee Sang-hwa Lee Sang-hwa (Korean: 이상화, Hanja: 李相花, ; born 25 February 1989) is a South Korean retired speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is a two-time Olympic champion in 500 metres (2010 and 2014) and the 2010 World Sp ...

at 37.65 (single race) and 75.347 (combination). The following records were set during this competition. OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

The races were held at 16:45 and 18:34.

became the third woman to win back-to-back golds, having previously won the distance at the 2010 Olympics, and the first Korean woman to do so. On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia

Olga Fatkulina Olga Aleksandrovna Fatkulina (russian: Ольга Александровна Фаткулина; born 23 January 1990) is a Russian long-track speed skater. She competed for Russia at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics in the women's 500 m and 1 ...

was disqualified for a doping violation. On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal. OR = Olympic record, TR = track record, DQ = disqualified

References

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