Heats

There were six heats of four or five skaters each, with the top three finishers advancing to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:41.384	Q
2		2:41.411	Q
3		2:41.561	Q
4		2:42.256
5		2:41.380

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:41.384	Q
2		2:27.666	Q
3		2:28.910	Q
4		2:30.977
5		2:33.564

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:37.754	Q
2		2:37.862	Q
3		2:37.865
4		2:38.442
5		2:40.171

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:27.155	Q
2		2:27.460	Q
3		2:27.757
4		2:28.001
5		2:36.233

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:29.731	Q
2		2:31.053	Q
3		2:31.367	Q
4		2:31.705
5		2:36.233

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:35.410	Q
2		2:35.920	Q
3		2:38.460	Q
4		2:48.009
5		2:50.017

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.
Tatiana Borodulina

Tatiana Borodulina

Tatiana Borodulina is a Russian short-track speed skater, who formerly represented Australia.-Career:Borodulina competed for Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy...

 finished fifth in her semifinal, but was advanced due to interference from Stéphanie Bouvier

Stéphanie Bouvier

Stéphanie Bouvier is a short track speed-skater. She represented France at the 2006 Winter Olympics and is set to represent France at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...

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Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:31.747	QA
2		2:32.504	QA
3		2:32.527	QB
4		2:44.05 7	QB
5		2:45.897	ADV
-		DQ

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:22.776	QA
2		2:22.946	QA
3		2:23.048	QB
4		2:23.141	QB
5		2:23.490
6		2:26.370

Semifinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:26.915	QA
2		2:27.095	QA
3		2:27.145	QB
4		2:27.291	QB
5		2:27.395
6		2:29.173

Finals

The largest short-track race of the Games, with seven women entered, saw two of the skaters disqualified. The most notable of these was Byun Chun-Sa

Byun Chun-Sa

Byun Chun-Sa is a South Korean short track speed skater who won gold in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...

, who originally finished third. She was adjudged to have interefered with Wang Meng. Wang, who was originally fourth, moved into the bronze medal position after Byun's disqualification.

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
		2:23.494
		2:24.069
		2:24.469
4		2:25.405
5		2:26.495
-		DQ
-		DQ

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		2:29.314
2		2:29.540
3		2:29.978
4		2:30.054
5		2:30.164
6		2:32.097