Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres

Women's 500 metres; at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates	February 15
Competitors	31 from 15 nations
Winning time	41.78
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 m	men

The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2]^[3]

World record	Sheila Young (USA)	40.68	Inzell, West Germany	13 March 1976
Olympic record	Sheila Young (USA)	42.76	Innsbruck, Austria	6 February 1976

The following new Olympic record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
15 February	Karin Enke (GDR)	41.78	OR

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Karin Enke	East Germany	41.78	OR
	Leah Poulos-Mueller	United States	42.26
	Nataliya Petrusyova	Soviet Union	42.42
4	Ann-Sofie Järnström	Sweden	42.47
5	Makiko Nagaya	Japan	42.70
6	Cornelia Jacob	East Germany	42.98
7	Beth Heiden	United States	43.18
8	Tetiana Tarasova	Soviet Union	43.26
9	Sylvia Burka	Canada	43.43
10	Irina Kuleshova-Kovrova	Soviet Union	43.50
11	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	43.52
12	Christa Rothenburger	East Germany	43.60
13	Silvia Brunner	Switzerland	43.72
14	Lee Nam-Sun	23x15px South Korea	43.85
15	Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman	Netherlands	44.02
16	Sylvia Filipsson	Sweden	44.05
17	Sigrid Smuda	West Germany	44.11
18	Kathy Vogt	Canada	44.15
19	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	44.16
20	Anneli Repola	Finland	44.33
21	Cao Guifeng	China	44.43
22	Annie Borckink	Netherlands	44.47
23	Sarah Docter	United States	44.48
24	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	Sweden	44.52
25	Monika Pflug	West Germany	44.59
26	Sijtje van der Lende	Netherlands	44.74
27	Shen Guoqin	China	45.03
28	Brigitte Flierl	West Germany	45.28
29	Wang Limei	China	45.57
30	Kim Ferran	Great Britain	47.25
-	Marzia Peretti	Italy	DNF