title: 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres
text: # 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres
  
  The women's 500 metres race of the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 25 March.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Pair | Lane | Race 1 | Rank | Pair | Lane | Race 2 | Rank | Total | Time behind |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 11 | i | 38.03 | 1 | 12 | o | 37.66 | 1 | 75.69 | |
  | | Yu Jing | China | 12 | o | 38.32 | 6 | 9 | i | 37.80 | 2 | 76.12 | +0.43 |
  | | Thijsje Oenema | Netherlands | 10 | o | 38.16 | 2 | 12 | i | 38.12 | 3 | 76.28 | +0.59 |
  | 4 | Heather Richardson | United States | 7 | o | 38.27 | 3 | 11 | i | 38.22 | 4 | 76.49 | +0.80 |
  | 5 | Christine Nesbitt | Canada | 7 | i | 38.28 | 4 | 11 | o | 38.42 | 7 | 76.70 | +1.01 |
  | 6 | Jenny Wolf | Germany | 11 | o | 38.54 | 10 | 7 | i | 38.24 | 5 | 76.78 | +1.09 |
  | 7 | Wang Beixing | China | 9 | i | 38.44 | 7 | 10 | o | 38.36 | 6 | 76.80 | +1.11 |
  | 8 | Karolína Erbanová | Czech Republic | 4 | o | 38.30 | 5 | 10 | i | 38.59 | 10 | 76.89 | +1.20 |
  | 9 | Margot Boer | Netherlands | 12 | i | 38.47 | 8 | 9 | o | 38.60 | 11 | 77.07 | +1.38 |
  | 10 | Maki Tsuji | Japan | 9 | o | 38.49 | 9 | 8 | i | 38.62 | 12 | 77.11 | +1.42 |
  | 11 | Judith Hesse | Germany | 5 | i | 38.76 | 12 | 7 | o | 38.51 | 8 | 77.27 | +1.58 |
  | 12 | Miyako Sumiyoshi | Japan | 8 | i | 38.65 | 11 | 8 | o | 38.77 | 14 | 77.42 | +1.73 |
  | 13 | Laurine van Riessen | Netherlands | 8 | o | 38.89 | 15 | 4 | i | 38.55 | 9 | 77.44 | +1.75 |
  | 14 | Yekaterina Aydova | Kazakhstan | 3 | o | 38.86 | 14 | 5 | i | 38.67 | 13 | 77.53 | +1.84 |
  | 15 | Anastasia Bucsis | Canada | 6 | o | 38.76 | 12 | 6 | i | 38.92 | 16 | 77.68 | +1.99 |
  | 16 | Brittany Bowe | United States | 3 | i | 39.03 | 18 | 5 | o | 38.85 | 15 | 77.88 | +2.19 |
  | 17 | Olga Fatkulina | Russia | 5 | o | 38.91 | 16 | 3 | i | 39.00 | 19 | 77.91 | +2.22 |
  | 18 | Nao Kodaira | Japan | 10 | i | 38.98 | 17 | 6 | o | 38.94 | 17 | 77.92 | +2.23 |
  | 19 | Zhang Hong | China | 6 | i | 39.04 | 19 | 4 | o | 38.97 | 18 | 78.01 | +2.32 |
  | 20 | Svetlana Radkevich | Belarus | 2 | o | 39.36 | 22 | 2 | i | 39.02 | 20 | 78.38 | +2.69 |
  | 21 | Shannon Rempel | Canada | 2 | i | 39.25 | 20 | 3 | o | 39.40 | 21 | 78.65 | +2.96 |
  | 22 | Svetlana Kaykan | Russia | 4 | i | 39.32 | 21 | 2 | o | 39.43 | 22 | 78.75 | +3.06 |
  | 23 | Kim Hyun-yung | South Korea | 1 | o | 39.41 | 23 | 1 | i | 39.47 | 23 | 78.88 | +3.19 |
  | 24 | Lauren Cholewinski | United States | 1 | i | 39.88 | 24 | 1 | o | 39.72 | 24 | 79.60 | +3.91 |
  