Speed Skating — 500 metres, Women

Times held 18
Total participants 314
Total countries 35

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1932 500 metres, Women Olympic (non-medal) 10 2
1960 500 metres, Women Olympic 23 10
1964 500 metres, Women Olympic 28 13
1968 500 metres, Women Olympic 28 11
1972 500 metres, Women Olympic 29 12
1976 500 metres, Women Olympic 27 13
1980 500 metres, Women Olympic 31 15
1984 500 metres, Women Olympic 33 16
1988 500 metres, Women Olympic 30 15
1992 500 metres, Women Olympic 34 12
1994 500 metres, Women Olympic 34 12
1998 500 metres, Women Olympic 38 14
2002 500 metres, Women Olympic 31 12
2006 500 metres, Women Olympic 30 10
2010 500 metres, Women Olympic 36 14
2014 500 metres, Women Olympic 35 12
2018 500 metres, Women Olympic 31 18
2022 500 metres, Women Olympic 30 17

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Helga HaaseGER Nataliya DonchenkoURS Jeanne AshworthUSA
1964 Lidiya SkoblikovaURS Irina YegorovaURS Tatyana SidorovaURS
1968 Lyudmila TitovaURS Jenny Fish
Dianne Holum
Mary Meyers
USA
USA
USA
1972 Anne HenningUSA Vera KrasnovaURS Lyudmila TitovaURS
1976 Sheila YoungUSA Cathy PriestnerCAN Tatyana AverinaURS
1980 Karin EnkeGDR Leah Poulos-MuellerUSA Nataliya PetrusyovaURS
1984 Christa RothenburgerGDR Karin EnkeGDR Nataliya GlebovaURS
1988 Bonnie BlairUSA Christa RothenburgerGDR Karin KaniaGDR
1992 Bonnie BlairUSA Ye QiaoboCHN Christa LudingGER
1994 Bonnie BlairUSA Susan AuchCAN Franziska SchenkGER
1998 Catriona Le May DoanCAN Susan AuchCAN Tomomi OkazakiJPN
2002 Catriona Le May DoanCAN Monique Garbrecht-EnfeldtGER Sabine VölkerGER
2006 Svetlana ZhurovaRUS Wang ManliCHN Ren HuiCHN
2010 Lee Sang-HwaKOR Jenny WolfGER Wang BeixingCHN
2014 Lee Sang-HwaKOR Olga FatkulinaRUS Margot BoerNED
2018 Nao KodairaJPN Lee Sang-HwaKOR Karolína ErbanováCZE
2022 Erin JacksonUSA Miho TakagiJPN Angelina GolikovaROC

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 6 4 1 11
Soviet Union URS 2 3 5 10
Canada CAN 2 3 0 5
East Germany GDR 2 2 1 5
Republic of Korea KOR 2 1 0 3
Germany GER 1 2 3 6
Japan JPN 1 1 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
People's Republic of China CHN 0 2 2 4
Czechia CZE 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bonnie Blair USA 3 0 0 3
Lee Sang-Hwa KOR 2 1 0 3
Catriona Le May Doan CAN 2 0 0 2
Karin Enke-Kania GDR 1 1 1 3
Christa Rothenburger-Luding GDR
GER
1 1 1 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 2022 Winter Olympics María Victoria Rodríguez 30 See all
Australia AUS 2010 Winter Olympics Sophie Muir 29 See all
Austria AUT 2018 Winter Olympics Vanessa Herzog 4 See all
2022 Winter Olympics Vanessa Herzog 4
Belarus BLR 2002 Winter Olympics Anzhalika Katsiuha 5 See all
Belgium BEL 1976 Winter Olympics Linda Rombouts 27 See all
Canada CAN 1998 Winter Olympics Catriona Le May Doan 1 Gold See all
2002 Winter Olympics Catriona Le May Doan 1 Gold
Chinese Taipei TPE 2018 Winter Olympics Huang Yu-Ting 22 See all
Czechia CZE 2018 Winter Olympics Karolína Erbanová 3 Bronze See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1964 Winter Olympics Jarmila Šťastná 27 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2010 Winter Olympics Ko Hyon-Suk 9 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Winter Olympics Karin Enke 1 Gold See all
1984 Winter Olympics Christa Rothenburger 1 Gold
Finland FIN 1968 Winter Olympics Kaija Mustonen =6 See all
France FRA 1960 Winter Olympics Françoise Lucas 13 See all
Germany GER 1960 Winter Olympics Helga Haase 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1980 Winter Olympics Kim Ferran 30 See all
Hungary HUN 1984 Winter Olympics Emese Hunyady 19 See all
Italy ITA 2006 Winter Olympics Chiara Simionato 10 See all
Japan JPN 2018 Winter Olympics Nao Kodaira 1 Gold See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2010 Winter Olympics Yekaterina Aydova 18 See all
Netherlands NED 2014 Winter Olympics Margot Boer 3 Bronze See all
Norway NOR 1968 Winter Olympics Sigrid Sundby =6 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1992 Winter Olympics Ye Qiaobo 2 Silver See all
2006 Winter Olympics Wang Manli 2 Silver
Poland POL 1960 Winter Olympics Elwira Seroczyńska =6 See all
ROC ROC 2022 Winter Olympics Angelina Golikova 3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2010 Winter Olympics Lee Sang-Hwa 1 Gold See all
2014 Winter Olympics Lee Sang-Hwa 1 Gold
Romania ROU 1992 Winter Olympics Mihaela Dascălu 21 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2006 Winter Olympics Svetlana Zhurova 1 Gold See all
Soviet Union URS 1964 Winter Olympics Lidiya Skoblikova 1 Gold See all
1968 Winter Olympics Lyudmila Titova 1 Gold
Sweden SWE 1980 Winter Olympics Ann-Sofie Järnström 4 See all
Switzerland SUI 1984 Winter Olympics Silvia Brunner =11 See all
Ukraine UKR 1998 Winter Olympics Lesia Bilozub 27 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Winter Olympics Nataliya Polozkova 15 See all
United States USA 1972 Winter Olympics Anne Henning 1 Gold See all
1976 Winter Olympics Sheila Young 1 Gold
1988 Winter Olympics Bonnie Blair 1 Gold
1992 Winter Olympics Bonnie Blair 1 Gold
1994 Winter Olympics Bonnie Blair 1 Gold
2022 Winter Olympics Erin Jackson 1 Gold
West Germany FRG 1972 Winter Olympics Monika Pflug 5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1988 Winter Olympics Bibija Kerla 30 See all