Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
| Women's 500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
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| Venue | Utah Olympic Oval | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 13 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 74.75 | ||||||||||||
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Catriona Le May Doan |
 Canada
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Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt |
 Germany
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Sabine Völker |
Germany
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The Women's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.
World record holder Catriona Le May Doan retained her Olympic title by beating four-time World Sprint Champion Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
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