Inline speed skating at the 2001 World Games – Women's 500 m sprint

Inline speed skating – women's 500 m sprint
at the 2001 World Games
Inline speed skating – women's 500 m sprint ; at the 2001 World Games
Venue	Akita Prefectural Skating Rink, Akita, Japan
Date	24 August 2001
Competitors	15 from 7 nations
Medalists
	Pan Li-ling
	Pan Yi-chin
	Berenice Moreno
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The women's 500 m sprint competition in inline speed skating at the 2001 World Games took place on 24 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Skating Rink in Akita, Japan.^[1]

Competition format

A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. Best two athletes from each heat advances to the next round.

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pan Li-ling	Chinese Taipei	47.08	Q
2	Alexandra Vivas	Colombia	47.22	Q
3	Ashley Horgan	United States	47.34

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pan Yi-chin	Chinese Taipei	47.20	Q
2	Liu Ling	Chinese Taipei	47.35	Q
3	Silvia Niño	Colombia	47.41
4	Megumi Sonoda	Japan	48.61

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Valentina Belloni	Italy	47.12	Q
2	Melanie Knopf	Germany	47.22	Q
3	Hou Hsin-yu	Chinese Taipei	47.36
4	Masami Matsushita	Japan	51.89

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Berenice Moreno	Colombia	47.61	Q
2	Sarina Hayden	United States	47.71	Q
3	Rebecca Wooding	New Zealand	47.98
4	Shannell Wooding	New Zealand	48.25

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pan Li-ling	Chinese Taipei	46.08	Q
2	Berenice Moreno	Colombia	46.88	Q
3	Alexandra Vivas	Colombia	47.28
4	Sarina Hayden	United States	47.42

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Valentina Belloni	Italy	47.24	Q
2	Pan Yi-chin	Chinese Taipei	47.31	Q
3	Melanie Knopf	Germany	47.38
4	Liu Ling	Chinese Taipei	47.58

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Pan Li-ling	Chinese Taipei	46.74
	Pan Yi-chin	Chinese Taipei	46.84
	Berenice Moreno	Colombia	46.85
4	Valentina Belloni	Italy	46.94