Background

The 2022 champion, Erin Jackson, and the silver medalist, Miho Takagi, qualified for the event. The bronze medalist, Angelina Golikova, was barred from international competitions after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before the Olympics, Femke Kok was leading the 500m standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. She was also the 500m 2025 world champion.

Summary

Takagi in pair 4 became the early leader with 37.27. This time was only improved by Leerdam in pair 12. At that point, Serena Pergher was standing in the bronze medal position. This provisional podium was kept until pair 15, the last one, in which Kok skated with a new Olympic record, moving Pergher off the podium. The defending champion, Jackson, also skating in pair 15, was fifth.

Qualification

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.

World record	Femke Kok  (NED)	36.09	Salt Lake City, United States	16 November 2025
Olympic record	Nao Kodaira  (JPN)	36.94	Gangneung, South Korea	18 February 2018
Track record	Serena Pergher  (ITA)	38.16		30 November 2025

The following records were set during the competition:

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record
15 February	Pair 15	Femke Kok	Netherlands	36.49	OR , TR

Results

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	15	O	Femke Kok	Netherlands	36.49		OR
	12	I	Jutta Leerdam	Netherlands	37.15	+0.66
	4	O	Miho Takagi	Japan	37.27	+0.78
4	10	O	Serena Pergher	Italy	37.30	+0.81
5	15	I	Erin Jackson	United States	37.32	+0.83
6	13	O	Kaja Ziomek-Nogal	Poland	37.39	+0.90
7	9	O	Béatrice Lamarche	Canada	37.53	+1.04
8	12	O	Sophie Warmuth	Germany	37.75	+1.26
9	7	O	Rio Yamada	Japan	37.78	+1.29
10	13	I	Lee Na-hyun	South Korea	37.86	+1.37
11	8	O	Andżelika Wójcik	Poland	37.914	+1.42
11	11	O	Chen Ying-chu	Chinese Taipei	37.914	+1.42
13	14	O	Yukino Yoshida	Japan	37.98	+1.49
14	10	I	Kim Min-sun	South Korea	38.010	+1.52
15	14	I	Anna Boersma	Netherlands	38.013	+1.52
16	8	I	Tian Ruining	China	38.14	+1.65
17	11	I	Martyna Baran	Poland	38.15	+1.66
18	9	I	Kristina Silaeva	Kazakhstan	38.33	+1.84
19	5	I	Brooklyn McDougall	Canada	38.36	+1.87
20	6	I	Julie Nistad Samsonsen	Norway	38.37	+1.88
21	7	I	Carolina Hiller	Canada	38.38	+1.89
22	4	I	Wang Jingziqian	China	38.57	+2.08
23	5	O	Fran Vanhoutte	Belgium	38.63	+2.14
24	3	I	Maybritt Vigl	Italy	38.66	+2.17
25	1	I	Ellia Smeding	Great Britain	38.93	+2.44
26	2	I	Nikola Zdráhalová	Czech Republic	39.00	+2.51
27	6	O	Anna Ostlender	Germany	39.02	+2.53
28	2	O	Sarah Warren	United States	39.19	+2.70
29	3	O	Arina Ilyachshenko	Kazakhstan	39.38	+2.89

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