2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres

2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
3000 m relay				women
5000 m relay		men

The women's 500 metre at the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place 12 March at the Sheffield Arena.^[1]

Results

Heats

Top two athletes from each heat and the next four fastest thirds qualified for heats.^[2]

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fan Kexin  China 44.948 Q 2 Yui Sakai  Japan 45.033 Q 3 Szandra Lajtos  Hungary 46.268 q 4 Yang Shin-young  South Korea 46.858 Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Katherine Reutter  United States 45.152 Q 2 Martina Valcepina  Italy 45.925 Q 3 Annita van Doorn  Netherlands 1:02.485 4 Bernadett Heidum  Hungary 1:30.943 Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marianne St-Gelais  Canada 45.425 Q 2 Park Seung-Hi  South Korea 45.448 Q 3 Lana Gehring  United States 1:19.514 4 Patrycja Maliszewska  Poland 1:21.624

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Jessica Hewitt  Canada 45.549 Q 2 Li Jianrou  China 45.579 Q 3 Jorien ter Mors  Netherlands 45.722 q 4 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova  Bulgaria 45.970 Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Liu Qiuhong  China 45.157 Q 2 Cho Ha-Ri  South Korea 45.573 Q 3 Kateřina Novotná  Czech Republic 45.779 q 4 Vera Antanenka  Belarus 47.183 Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Arianna Fontana  Italy 45.408 Q 2 Marie-Ève Drolet  Canada 45.527 Q 3 Bianca Walter  Germany 46.777 q 4 Olga Belyakova  Russia 47.213

Quarterfinals

Top two athletes from each heat qualified for semifinals.^[3]

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Liu Qiuhong  China 44.776 Q 2 Katherine Reutter  United States 44.858 Q 3 Martina Valcepina  Italy 44.893 4 Jessica Hewitt  Canada 45.091 Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Park Seung-Hi  South Korea 45.488 Q 2 Marie-Ève Drolet  Canada 45.589 Q 3 Kateřina Novotná  Czech Republic 46.101 4 Bianca Walter  Germany 46.686

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fan Kexin  China 44.765 Q 2 Marianne St-Gelais  Canada 45.057 Q 3 Yui Sakai  Japan 45.183 4 Cho Ha-Ri  South Korea 49.036 Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Arianna Fontana  Italy 45.347 Q 2 Li Jianrou  China 45.463 Q 3 Jorien ter Mors  Netherlands 45.612 4 Szandra Lajtos  Hungary 45.873

Semifinals

Top two athletes from each heat qualified for final.^[4]

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Liu Qiuhong  China 45.076 Q 2 Li Jianrou  China 45.174 Q 3 Katherine Reutter  United States 45.181 4 Marie-Ève Drolet  Canada 45.473

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fan Kexin  China 44.975 Q 2 Arianna Fontana  Italy 45.082 Q 3 Park Seung-Hi  South Korea 45.190 4 Marianne St-Gelais  Canada 1:13.133

Final

^[5]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Fan Kexin	China	44.620
	Arianna Fontana	Italy	44.687
	Liu Qiuhong	China	44.784
4	Li Jianrou	China	44.879

References

1. Schedule
2. Heats Results
3. Quarterfinals Results
4. Semifinals Results
5. Final Results