Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' 500 metres

The girls' 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was held on 20 January at the Lausanne Skating Arena.[1][2]

Girls' 500 metres at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Lausanne Skating Arena
Dates	20 January
Competitors	29 from 25 nations
Winning time	43.483
Medalists
Seo Whi-min  South Korea Michelle Velzeboer  Netherlands Florence Brunelle  Canada

Results

Heats

Q – qualified for the quarterfinals[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Petra Rusnáková	Slovakia	45.331	Q
2	1	Cloé Ollivier	France	46.046	Q
3	1	Markéta Fajkusová	Czech Republic	46.259
1	2	Jenell Berhorst	United States	47.836	Q
2	2	Chang Hui	Chinese Taipei	47.898	Q
3	2	Maja Ivandić	Croatia	48.166
4	2	Hanna Sokołowska	Poland	DNF
1	3	Florence Brunelle	Canada	45.408	Q
2	3	Haruna Nagamori	Japan	45.501	Q
3	3	Maria Dobosz	Poland	45.787
4	3	Petra Jašić	Serbia	48.566
1	4	Elisa Confortola	Italy	45.683	Q
2	4	Anna Ruysschaert	Luxembourg	46.801	Q
3	4	Tetiana Zarvanska	Ukraine	47.578
4	4	Alexia Turunen	Switzerland	50.293
1	5	Michelle Velzeboer	Netherlands	45.048	Q
2	5	Iuliia Beresneva	Russia	45.819	Q
3	5	Betty Moeske	Germany	46.134
4	5	Alyssa Pok	Singapore	48.044
1	6	Zhang Chutong	China	44.412	Q
2	6	Hailey Choi	United States	45.013	Q
3	6	Anna Jansone	Latvia	45.873
1	7	Kim Chan-seo	South Korea	45.972	Q
2	7	Olivia Weedon	Great Britain	47.790	Q
3	7	Dione Tan	Malaysia	48.317
4	7	Mariya Gorbunova	Kazakhstan	DNF
1	8	Seo Whi-min	South Korea	44.235	Q
2	8	Barbara Somogyi	Hungary	46.013	Q
3	8	Diede van Oorschot	Netherlands	46.130

Quarterfinals

Q – qualified for the semifinals[4]

PEN – penalty

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Michelle Velzeboer	Netherlands	44.414	Q
2	1	Elisa Confortola	Italy	44.452	Q
3	1	Anna Ruysschaert	Luxembourg	47.241
4	1	Iuliia Beresneva	Russia	DNF
1	2	Seo Whi-min	South Korea	43.894	Q
2	2	Hailey Choi	United States	44.956	Q
3	2	Jenell Berhorst	United States	46.243
4	2	Chang Hui	Chinese Taipei	46.837
1	3	Florence Brunelle	Canada	44.389	Q
2	3	Petra Rusnáková	Slovakia	44.500	Q
3	3	Barbara Somogyi	Hungary	45.203
4	3	Cloé Ollivier	France	45.624
1	4	Zhang Chutong	China	44.232	Q
2	4	Kim Chan-seo	South Korea	45.528	Q
3	4	Olivia Weedon	Great Britain	48.037
	4	Haruna Nagamori	Japan	PEN

Semifinals

QA – qualified for Final A[5]

QB – qualified for Final B

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Seo Whi-min	South Korea	43.513	QA
2	1	Michelle Velzeboer	Netherlands	43.777	QA
3	1	Elisa Confortola	Italy	44.734	QB
4	1	Hailey Choi	United States	44.849	QB
1	2	Zhang Chutong	China	43.970	QA
2	2	Florence Brunelle	Canada	44.053	QA
3	2	Kim Chan-seo	South Korea	44.135	QB
4	2	Petra Rusnáková	Slovakia	44.258	QB

Final B

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
4	Kim Chan-seo	South Korea
5	Elisa Confortola	Italy	+0.291
6	Petra Rusnáková	Slovakia	+0.530
7	Hailey Choi	United States	+0.858

Final A

The final A was held at 15:12.[6][7]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	Seo Whi-min	South Korea	43.483
	Michelle Velzeboer	Netherlands	45.235
	Florence Brunelle	Canada	45.314
	Zhang Chutong	China	PEN

References

1. "Short Track Speed Skating – Competition Schedule" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
2. "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Heats – Start List" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
3. "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Heats – Results" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
4. "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Quarterfinals – Results" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
5. "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Semifinals – Results" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
6. "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Finals – Results" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
7. "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Event Classification" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.