Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

The women's 500 meter speed skating

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympic Games Speed Skating results.-500 m:Monday February 14, 1994 — 40 competitors from 16 countries-1,000 m:Friday February 18, 1994 — 43 competitors from 17 countries-1,500 m:...

at the 1994 Winter Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...

was held at Vikingskipet on 19 February 1994.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Bonnie Blair Bonnie Blair Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, and in her Olympic career won five gold medals and one bronze medal.-Career:Blair...	United States United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics The United States competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.- Medalists :-Alpine skiing:Chad Fleischer* Men's Super-G: Did not finish** Men's Combined: Did not start slalom*Megan Gerety...	39.25
2	Susan Auch Susan Auch Susan Auch is a speed skater who competed in several Winter Olympics games, winning the bronze in the 3000 m. relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and the silver in the 500 m. events at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway and the 1998 games at Nagano, Japan...	Canada Canada at the 1994 Winter Olympics Canada competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.-Medalists:-Alpine skiing:Rob Crossan* Men's Giant Slalom: 2:56.10 - 20th place** Men's Slalom: Did not finish 2nd run...	39.61
3	Franziska Schenk Franziska Schenk Franziska Schenk is a former German Speed skater. She was a specialist in the sprint distances . At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer she won a bronze on the 500m in Vikingskipet at Hamar...	Germany Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics. 112 athletes, 79 men and 33 women participated in 11 sports. Germany came third in the medal rankings with 9 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals...	39.70
4	Xue Ruihong	China China at the 1994 Winter Olympics The People's Republic of China competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.-Medalists:-Biathlon:Song Aiqin* Women's 7.5 kilometres Sprint: 27:33.5 - 23rd place...	39.71
5	You Sun-Hee	South Korea South Korea at the 1994 Winter Olympics South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.-Medalists:-Alpine skiing:Men-Cross-country skiing:Men-Figure skating:MenWomen-Short track speed skating:Men...	39.92
6	Monique Garbrecht Monique Garbrecht Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt . Is a former German ice speed skater. By the pass of her 15 year career she became Sprint World champion. Five times in , and in addition she won four gold medals in the World Single Distance Championships two on the 500 and two on the 1000 m...	Germany Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics. 112 athletes, 79 men and 33 women participated in 11 sports. Germany came third in the medal rankings with 9 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals...	39.95
7	Svetlana Boyarkina Svetlana Zhurova Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova is a speed skater from Russia.Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989, took part in four Olympics, but did not win her first Olympic medal until her fourth Olympics, winning Olympic gold in Turin in 2006, two years after mothering a child. She also became...	Russia Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics Russia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the first time the nation had competed at the Winter Olympic Games since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991...	40.17
8	Edel Therese Høiseth Edel Therese Høiseth Edel Therese Høiseth is a former speed skater from Norway, who specialised in the shorter distances; the 500 m and 1,000 m....	Norway Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics Norway was the host nation for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. It was the second time that Norway had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, after the 1952 Games in Oslo. In 1994, Norway finished second in the medal ranking to Russia, with strong results in the skiing events.During the games,...	40.20

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