Ontwikkeling wereldrecord 500 meter vrouwen
| # | naam | tijd | plaats | baan | datum | |||
| 1 | Zofia Nehringowa | POL | 1.02,0 | Warschau | POL | openlucht - natuur | 15-02-1931 | |
| 2 | Liselotte Landbeck | AUT | 0.58,7 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 09-01-1932 | |
| 3 | Synnøve Lie | NOR | 0.56,0 | Brandbu | NOR | openlucht - natuur | 20-03-1932 | |
| 4 | Liselotte Landbeck | AUT | 0.51,5 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 20-01-1933 | |
| 5 | Liselotte Landbeck | AUT | 0.51,3 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 13-01-1934 | |
| 6 | Synnøve Lie | NOR | 0.50,3 | Oslo | NOR | openlucht - natuur | 12-02-1934 | |
| 7 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 0.49,3 | Oslo | NOR | openlucht - natuur | 27-02-1935 | |
| 8 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 0.46,4 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 30-01-1937 | |
| 9 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 0.45,6 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - natuur | 11-01-1955 | |
| 10 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 0.44,9 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - natuur | 27-01-1962 | |
| 11 | Tatjana Sidorova | URS | 0.44,7 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 03-02-1968 | |
| 12 | Ruth Schleiermacher | GDR | 0.44,6 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 04-02-1969 | |
| 13 | Tatjana Sidorova | URS | 0.43,29 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - natuur | 09-01-1970 | |
| 14 | Tatjana Sidorova | URS | 0.43,22 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - natuur | 17-01-1970 | |
| 15 | Anne Henning | USA | 0.42,91 | Inzell | FRG | openlucht - kunst | 20-02-1971 | |
| 16 | Anne Henning | USA | 0.42,75 | Inzell | FRG | openlucht - kunst | 21-02-1971 | |
| 17 | Anne Henning | USA | 0.42,5 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 07-01-1972 | |
| 18 | Sheila Young | USA | 0.41,8 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 19-01-1973 | |
| 19 | Tatjana Averina | URS | 0.41,70 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - kunst | 11-03-1975 | |
| 20 | Ljoebov Sadtsjikova | URS | 0.41,69 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - kunst | 21-03-1975 | |
| 21 | Tatjana Averina | URS | 0.41,06 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - kunst | 29-03-1975 | |
| 22 | Sheila Young | USA | 0.40,91 | Davos | SUI | openlucht - natuur | 31-01-1976 | |
| 23 | Sheila Young | USA | 0.40,68 | Inzell | FRG | openlucht - kunst | 13-03-1976 | |
| 24 | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | 0.40,28 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - kunst | 27-03-1981 | |
| 25 | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | 0.40,18 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - kunst | 28-03-1981 | |
| 26 | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | 0.39,69 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - kunst | 25-03-1983 | |
| 27 | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | 0.39,52 | Medeo | URS | openlucht - kunst | 21-03-1986 | |
| 28 | Bonnie Blair | USA | 0.39,43 | Heerenveen | NED | overdekt - kunst | 19-03-1987 | |
| 29 | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | 0.39,39 | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 06-12-1987 | |
| 30 | Bonnie Blair | USA | 0.39,10 | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 22-02-1988 | |
| 31 | Bonnie Blair | USA | 0.38,99 | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 26-03-1994 | |
| 32 | Bonnie Blair | USA | 0.38,69 | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 02-02-1995 | |
| 33 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 0.37,90 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 22-11-1997 |
| 34 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 0.37,90 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 23-11-1997 |
| 35 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 0.37,71 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 28-12-1997 |
| 36 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 0.37,55 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 29-12-1997 |
| 37 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 0.37,40 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 06-01-2001 |
| 38 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 0.37,29 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | overdekt - kunst | 09-03-2001 |
| 39 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 0.37,22 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 09-12-2001 |
| 40 | Jenny Wolf | GER | 0.37,04 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | overdekt - kunst | 10-03-2007 |
| 41 | Jenny Wolf | GER | 0.37,02 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 16-11-2007 |
| 42 | Jenny Wolf | GER | 0.37,00 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | overdekt - kunst | 11-12-2009 |
| 43 | Jing Yu | CHN | 0.36,94 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 29-01-2012 |
| 44 | Sang-hwa Lee | KOR | 0.36,80 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 20-01-2013 |
| 45 | Sang-hwa Lee | KOR | 0.36,74 | * | Calgary | CAN | overdekt - kunst | 09-11-2013 |
| 46 | Sang-hwa Lee | KOR | 0.36,57 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | overdekt - kunst | 15-11-2013 |
| 47 | Sang-hwa Lee | KOR | 0.36,36 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | overdekt - kunst | 16-11-2013 |
| * | = record geschaatst op klapschaatsen | |||||||
