The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 10 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set.
Date Athlete Time OR WR 10 February 41.02 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes 5 i Christa Rothenburger 41.02 6 i Karin Enke 41.28 3 o Natalya Shive 41.50 4 4 o Irina Kuleshova 41.70 5 2 o Skadi Walter 42.16 6 1 i Natalya Petrusyova 42.19 7 4 i Monika Pflug 42.40 8 8 o Bonnie Blair 42.53 9 7 i Erwina Ryś-Ferens 42.71 10 16 i Katie Class 42.97 11 10 i Silvia Brunner 42.99 7 o Seiko Hashimoto 42.99 13 10 o Connie Paraskevin 43.05 14 14 i Zofia Tokarczyk 43.13 15 16 o Lilianna Morawiec 43.43 16 13 o Hiromi Ozawa 43.46 17 5 o Marzia Peretti 43.63 18 6 o Annette Carlén 43.65 19 9 i Emese Hunyady 43.70 20 2 i Sylvie Daigle 43.74 3 i Sigrid Smuda 43.74 22 9 o Shoko Fusano 43.75 11 i Lee Yeon-ju 43.75 24 15 o Edel Therese Høiseth 43.96 25 8 i Cao Guifeng 44.11 26 15 i Shen Guoqin 44.21 27 12 o Thea Limbach 44.31 28 17 i Miao Min 44.49 29 14 o Choi Seung-youn 44.79 30 11 o Ria Visser 45.05 31 12 i Dubravka Vukušić 51.99 +10.97 32 13 i Bibija Kerla 58.23 +17,21 33 1 o Alie Boorsma 62.05 +21,03
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