Women's 500 m - Speed Skating
Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics

Women's 500 m - Speed Skating - Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics

Event Format: Skaters raced in pairs on separate tracks (the inner and outer lanes) on a 400 m oval rink. Skaters switched lanes after the first half of the race in order to skate an equal distance. The 500 m distance was skated twice on the same day and the olympic gold medal winner was the athlete with the best total time for the two races

Event facts: Women's 500 m competition was held at the Kita Nagaike, Nagano and 38 athletes participated in the event.