Sang-hwa Lee in olympisch record naar goud op de 500 meter: 37,28. Voor het eerst geen goud voor Nederland. pic.twitter.com/uWdFsbDWAH
— NOS Sport (@NOSsport) February 11, 2014
Sang Hwa Lee won the gold medal in the Ladies 500 m Speed Skating competition. The Korean set an Olympic record with her second run which was 37.28 seconds and set an overall record of 74.70.
Russia’s Olga Fatkulina claimed the silver while Margot Boer of the Netherlands claimed the bronze.
Full Results for Ladies 500 m Speed Skating
| Rank | Country | Name | Total result | Difference |
| 1 | KOR | Sang Hwa LEE | 74.70 OR | 0.00 |
| 2 | RUS | Olga FATKULINA | 75.06 | +0.36 |
| 3 | NED | Margot BOER | 75.48 | +0.78 |
| 4 | CHN | Hong ZHANG | 75.58 | +0.88 |
| 5 | JPN | Nao KODAIRA | 75.61 | +0.91 |
| 6 | GER | Jenny WOLF | 75.67 | +0.97 |
| 7 | CHN | Beixing WANG | 75.68 | +0.98 |
| 8 | USA | Heather RICHARDSON | 75.75 | +1.05 |
| 9 | JPN | Maki TSUJI | 76.84 | +2.14 |
| 10 | CZE | Karolina ERBANOVA | 76.86 | +2.16 |
| 11 | NED | Laurine VAN RIESSEN | 76.99 | +2.29 |
| 12 | CAN | Christine NESBITT | 77.15 | +2.45 |
| 13 | USA | Brittany BOWE | 77.19 | +2.49 |
| 14 | JPN | Miyako SUMIYOSHI | 77.26 | +2.56 |
| 15 | USA | Lauren CHOLEWINSKI | 77.35 | +2.65 |
| 16 | NED | Lotte VAN BEEK | 77.40 | +2.70 |
| 17 | RUS | Yekaterina MALYSHEVA | 77.55 | +2.85 |
| 18 | RUS | Angelina GOLIKOVA | 77.68 | +2.98 |
| 19 | NED | Marrit LEENSTRA | 77.74 | +3.04 |
| 20 | KOR | Bo Ra LEE | 77.75 | +3.05 |
| 21 | GER | Denise ROTH | 77.78 | +3.08 |
| 22 | KAZ | Yekaterina AYDOVA | 77.85 | +3.15 |
| 23 | CHN | Shuai QI | 77.89 | +3.19 |
| 24 | KOR | Hyun Yung KIM | 78.23 | +3.53 |
| 25 | RUS | Yekaterina LOBYSHEVA | 78.24 | +3.54 |
| 26 | KOR | Seung Ju PARK | 78.31 | +3.61 |
| 27 | AUT | Vanessa BITTNER | 78.50 | +3.80 |
| 28 | CAN | Anastasia BUCSIS | 78.52 | +3.82 |
| 29 | USA | Sugar TODD | 78.53 | +3.83 |
| 30 | ITA | Yvonne DALDOSSI | 78.64 | +3.94 |
| 31 | CHN | Shuang ZHANG | 78.65 | +3.95 |
| 32 | CAN | Marsha HUDEY | 79.22 | +4.52 |
| 33 | CAN | Danielle WOTHERSPOON | 79.32 | +4.62 |
| 34 | GER | Gabriele HIRSCHBICHLER | 79.51 | +4.81 |
