List of world speed skating records over 500 meters women

This list contains all the world records in speed skating over 500 meters for women recognized by the International Skating Union .

World records for women over 500 meters

No.	sportswoman	time	date	place	particularities	Duration
1	Zofja Nehringówa	1.02.0	February 15, 1931	Gate Polonii	HI, Bo, En	0 years and 328 days
2	Liselotte Landbeck	0 58.7	January 9, 1932	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	0 years and 71 days
3	Synnøve Lie	0 56.0	March 20, 1932	Berstjernet Gran	HI, Bo, En	0 years and 306 days
4th	Liselotte Landbeck	0 51.5	January 20, 1933	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	0 years and 358 days
5	Liselotte Landbeck	0 51.3	January 13, 1934	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	0 years and 30 days
6th	Synnøve Lie	0 50.3	February 12, 1934	Frogner Stadium	HI, Bo, En	1 year and 15 days
7th	Laila Schou Nilsen	0 49.3	February 27, 1935	Frogner Stadium	HI, Bo, En	1 year and 338 days
8th	Laila Schou Nilsen	0 46.4	January 30, 1937	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	17 years and 346 days
9	Tamara Rylova	0 45.6	January 11, 1955	Medeo	H III, Bo, En	7 years and 16 days
10	Inga Voronina	0 44.9	January 27, 1962	Medeo	H III, Bo, En	6 years and 7 days
11	Tatyana Sidorova	0 44.7	4th February 1968	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	1 year and 1 day
12	Ruth Schleiermacher	0 44.6	4th February 1969	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	0 years and 339 days
13	Tatyana Sidorova	0 43.29	January 9, 1970	Medeo	H III, Bo, En	0 years and 8 days
14th	Tatyana Sidorova	0 43.22	17th January 1970	Medeo	H III, Bo, En	1 year and 34 days
15th	Anne Henning	0 42.91	20th February 1971	Inzell ice rink	H II, Bo, Ek	0 years and 1 day
16	Anne Henning	0 42.75	February 21, 1971	Inzell ice rink	H II, Bo, Ek	0 years and 320 days
17th	Anne Henning	0 42.5	7th January 1972	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	1 year and 12 days
18th	Sheila Young	0 41.8	19th January 1973	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	2 years and 51 days
19th	Tatiana Awerina	0 41.70	March 11, 1975	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 10 days
20th	Lyubov Sadchikova	0 41.69	March 21, 1975	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 8 days
21st	Tatiana Awerina	0 41.06	March 29, 1975	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 308 days
22nd	Sheila Young	0 40.91	January 31, 1976	Ice stadium Davos	H III, Bo, En	0 years and 42 days
23	Sheila Young	0 40.68	March 13, 1976	Inzell ice rink	H II, Bo, Ek	5 years and 14 days
24	Christa Rothenburger	0 40.28	March 27, 1981	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 1 day
25th	Christa Rothenburger	0 40.18	March 28, 1981	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	1 year and 362 days
26th	Christa Rothenburger	0 39.69	March 25, 1983	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	2 years and 361 days
27	Karin Enke	0 39.52	March 21, 1986	Medeo	H III, Bo, Ek	0 years and 363 days
28	Bonnie Blair	0 39.43	March 19, 1987	Thialf	HI, Bh, Ek	0 years and 262 days
29	Christa Rothenburger	0 39.39	December 6, 1987	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 78 days
30th	Christa Rothenburger	0 39.12	February 22, 1988	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 0 days
31	Bonnie Blair	0 39.10	February 22, 1988	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	6 years and 32 days
32	Bonnie Blair	0 38.99	March 26, 1994	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 313 days
33	Bonnie Blair	0 38.69	February 2, 1995	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	2 years and 293 days
Introduction of the folding ice skate
34	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.90	November 22, 1997	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 1 day
35	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.90	November 23, 1997	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 35 days
36	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.71	December 28, 1997	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 1 day
37	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.55	December 29, 1997	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	3 years and 8 days
38	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.40	January 6, 2001	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 62 days
39	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.29	March 9, 2001	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 274 days
40	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.29	December 8, 2001	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 1 day
41	Catriona LeMay Doan	0 37.22	December 9, 2001	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	5 years and 91 days
42	Jenny Wolf	0 37.04	March 10, 2007	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 251 days
43	Jenny Wolf	0 37.02	November 16, 2007	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	2 years and 25 days
44	Jenny Wolf	0 37.00	December 11, 2009	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	2 years and 49 days
45	Jing Yu	0 36.94	January 29, 2012	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 357 days
46	Sang-Hwa Lee	0 36.80	20th January 2013	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 293 days
47	Sang-Hwa Lee	0 36.74	November 9, 2013	Olympic oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 6 days
48	Sang-Hwa Lee	0 36.57	15th November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	0 years and 1 day
Reigning speed skating world record holder over 500 meters
49	Sang-Hwa Lee	0 36.36	November 16, 2013	Utah Olympic Oval	H III, Bh, Ek	6 years and 289 days

• As of February 3, 2014
• In the 1990s years came clap skate internationally for the first time used. The folding system, which enables faster running, heralded the change at the latest since the 1998 Winter Olympics .

The abbreviations in "special features" mean

• H = altitude of the railway; HI = up to 500 meters, H II = over 500 meters, H III = over 1000 meters
• B = track layout; Bf = open air (open), Bh = indoor track, Bm = mix (semi-open, covered track)
• E = ice; Ek = artificial (cooling system), En = natural ice (without technical cooling system)

See also

• List of speed skating world records

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world records over 500m at www.speedskatingstats.com
2. ↑ World records on speedskatingnews.info