Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 14 February, at the M-Wave.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| 13 February | | 38.39 | OR | |
| 14 February | | 38.21 | OR | |
Results
| Rank | Name | Country | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Notes |
| Catriona Le May Doan | | 38.39 | 38.21 | 1:16.60 | |
| Susan Auch | | 38.42 | 38.51 | 1:16.93 | - |
| Tomomi Okazaki | | 38.55 | 38.55 | 1:17.10 | - |
| 4 | Franziska Schenk | | 38.88 | 38.57 | 1:17.45 | - |
| 5 | Kyoko Shimazaki | | 38.75 | 38.93 | 1:17.68 | - |
| 6 | Marianne Timmer | | 39.12 | 39.03 | 1:18.15 | - |
| 7 | Sabine Völker | | 39.19 | 39.00 | 1:18.19 | - |
| 8 | Monique Garbrecht | | 39.11 | 39.34 | 1:18.45 | - |
| 9 | Svetlana Zhurova | | 39.11 | 39.38 | 1:18.49 | - |
| 10 | Chris Witty | | 39.09 | 39.44 | 1:18.53 | - |
| 11 | Eriko Sanmiya | | 39.25 | 39.31 | 1:18.56 | - |
| 12 | Shiho Kusunose | | 39.56 | 39.24 | 1:18.80 | - |
| 13 | Linda Johnson-Blair | | 39.24 | 39.57 | 1:18.81 | - |
| 14 | Xue Ruihong | | 39.49 | 39.53 | 1:19.02 | - |
| 15 | Anke Baier-Loef | | 39.73 | 39.75 | 1:19.48 | - |
| 16 | Anzhelika Kotyuga | | 39.76 | 39.85 | 1:19.61 | - |
| 17 | Sandra Zwolle | | 39.98 | 39.88 | 1:19.86 | - |
| 17 | Becky Sundstrom | | 40.20 | 39.66 | 1:19.86 | - |
| 19 | Moira D'Andrea | | 39.83 | 40.09 | 1:19.92 | - |
| 20 | Edel Therese Høiseth | | 40.02 | 39.99 | 1:20.01 | - |
| 21 | Oksana Ravilova | | 39.99 | 40.04 | 1:20.03 | - |
| 22 | Wang Manli | | 40.01 | 40.06 | 1:20.07 | - |
| 23 | Yang Chunyuan | | 39.92 | 40.24 | 1:20.16 | - |
| 24 | Choi Seung-yong | | 40.17 | 40.62 | 1:20.79 | - |
| 25 | Marieke Wijsman | | 40.22 | 40.57 | 1:20.79 | - |
| 26 | Amy Sannes | | 40.41 | 40.49 | 1:20.90 | - |
| 27 | Lesia Bilozub | | 40.42 | 40.52 | 1:20.94 | - |
| 28 | Tatyana Danshina | | 40.53 | 40.59 | 1:21.12 | - |
| 29 | Cheon Hui-ju | | 40.67 | 40.95 | 1:21.62 | - |
| 30 | Gang Mi-yeong | | 40.96 | 41.29 | 1:22.25 | - |
| 31 | Lyudmila Kostyukevich | | 41.00 | 41.43 | 1:22.43 | - |
| 32 | Krisztina Egyed | | 41.20 | 41.41 | 1:22.61 | - |
| 33 | Kim Ju-hyeon | | 41.36 | 41.43 | 1:22.79 | - |
| 34 | Michelle Morton | | 42.95 | 39.84 | 1:22.79 | - |
| 35 | Kim Jong-hui | | 42.17 | 41.57 | 1:23.74 | - |
| 36 | Jin Hua | | 64.07 | 40.32 | 1:44.39 | - |
| 37 | Andrea Nuyt | | 39.62 | 78.32 | 1:57.94 | - |
| - | Emese Hunyady | | DQ | - | - | - |
