The women's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 1, arranged in the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, in Obihiro, Japan, were held on the weekend of 14–16 November 2014.

Race one was won by Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea, while Nao Kodaira of Japan came second, and Olga Fatkulina of Russia came third. Vanessa Bittner of Austria won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two.

In race two, the top two were the same as in race one, Lee and Kodaira, while Bittner took the bronze with a new Austrian record on both senior and junior level. Park Seung-hi of South Korea won Division B of race two.

Race 1 Race one took place on Friday, 14 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 11:54, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:22.

Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points Lee Sang-hwa 10 i 38.07 100 50 5 o 38.18 80 40 10 o 38.50 70 35 9 o 38.736 60 30 7 i 38.738 50 25 4 o 38.78 45 — 3 i 38.80 40 Li Qishi 3 o 38.83 36 8 o 38.90 32 10 4 i 39.00 28 11 6 o 39.02 24 12 1 o 39.03 21 13 Zhang Hong 8 i 39.05 18 14 6 i 39.12 16 15 5 i 39.16 14 16 9 i 39.25 12 17 1 i 39.34 10 18 2 o 39.36 8 19 7 o 39.60 6 20 2 i 39.77 5

Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 6 i 38.50 25 2 Park Seung-hi 2 i 39.330 19 3 Huawei Li 3 i 39.334 15 4 7 i 39.34 11 5 5 o 39.40 8 6 Jang Mi 7 o 39.41 6 7 Lee Bo-ra 4 i 39.64 4 8 5 i 39.69 2 9 3 o 39.79 1 10 Zhang Yue 6 o 39.99 — 11 4 i 40.05 12 1 i 40.31 13 2 o 40.39 14 1 o 40.70

Race 2 Race two took place on Sunday, 16 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:30, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:13.

Division A Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points GWC points Lee Sang-hwa 10 o 37.92 100 50 10 i 38.06 80 40 9 o 38.33 NR 70 35 8 o 38.447 60 30 2 o 38.449 50 25 9 i 38.49 45 — 5 i 38.62 40 7 i 38.82 36 3 i 38.84 32 10 4 o 38.85 28 11 4 i 38.87 24 12 8 i 38.93 21 13 2 i 38.95 18 14 3 o 39.05 16 15 6 o 39.09 14 16 Zhang Hong 5 o 39.19 12 17 Li Qishi 6 i 39.21 10 18 1 o 39.44 8 19 1 i 39.63 6 20 7 o 39.82 5 Notes: NR = national record.

Division B Rank Name Nat. Pair Lane Time WC points 1 Park Seung-hi 6 o 39.05 25 2 4 o 39.19 19 3 Jang Mi 5 i 39.29 15 4 Lee Bo-ra 3 o 39.32 11 5 6 i 39.35 8 6 2 o 39.51 6 7 Li Huawei 5 o 39.71 4 8 2 i 39.73 2 9 4 i 39.94 1 10 1 o 39.95 — 11 Zhang Yue 3 i 39.96 12 1 i 40.38

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