Speed skating at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres
at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Women's 500 metres ; at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Venue	Nagane Park Speed Skating Rink
Dates	2–3 February 2003
Competitors	14 from 4 nations
Medalists

The women's 500 metres at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on 2 and 3 February 2003 in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 2 February 2003	14:10	Race 1
Monday, 3 February 2003	10:00	Race 2

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)	37.22	Calgary, Canada	9 December 2001
Games Record	Xue Ruihong (CHN)	39.29	Chuncheon, South Korea	2 February 1999

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)	1:14.72	Salt Lake City, United States	9 March 2001
Games Record	Xue Ruihong (CHN)	1:20.13	Chuncheon, South Korea	3 February 1999

Rank	Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Notes
	Wang Manli (CHN)	39.20 GR	39.21	1:18.41	GR
	Yukari Watanabe (JPN)	39.23	39.57	1:18.80
	Sayuri Osuga (JPN)	39.67	39.52	1:19.19
4	Shihomi Shinya (JPN)	39.93	39.54	1:19.47
5	Tomomi Okazaki (JPN)	40.29	39.94	1:20.23
6	Zhao Xin (CHN)	39.76	40.69	1:20.45
7	Choi Seung-yong (KOR)	40.91	40.08	1:20.99
8	Xing Aihua (CHN)	41.18	40.60	1:21.78
9	Wang Beixing (CHN)	41.02	40.80	1:21.82
10	Cho Seon-yeon (KOR)	41.48	40.97	1:22.45
11	Lee Yong-ju (KOR)	41.74	41.93	1:23.67
12	Yoon Hee-joon (KOR)	42.35	42.02	1:24.37
13	Düürengiin Natsagnyam (MGL)	50.31	50.76	1:41.07
14	Narangereliin Odtsetseg (MGL)	50.82	50.52	1:41.34

Speed skating at the 2003 Asian Winter Games

500 m	men
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 m	men