Olympic Speedskating Results 2014: Women's 500M Medal Winners and Times

Sang Hwa Lee defended her Vancouver gold medal in the women's 500-meter in style, setting a new Olympic speedskating record in the event on Tuesday.

Fox Sports News on Twitter shared the results:

Lee came through with a combined time of 74.70 seconds in her two runs, edging out Russia's Olga Fatkulina (75.06). Meanwhile, Margot Boer of the Netherlands continued the country's dominance in speedskating events, winning the bronze with a time of 75.48.    

The Dutch now have eight medals—including three golds—and all have come in speedskating events.

Heather Richardson was the top competitor for the United States, finishing eighth with a time of 75.75 seconds. Brittany Bowe finished 13th for the United States, while Lauren Cholewinski came in at 15th and Sugar Todd rounded up the United States skaters in 29th.

Here are the full results:

Place	Country	Skater	Time
GOLD	KOR	Sang Hwa Lee	74.70
SILVER	RUS	Olga Fatkulina	75.06
BRONZE	NED	Margot Boer	75.48
4	CHN	Hong Zhang	75.58
5	JPN	Nao Kodaira	75.61
6	GER	Jenny Wolf	75.67
7	CHN	Wang Beixing	75.68
8	USA	Heather Richardson	75.75
9	JPN	Maki Tsuji	76.84
10	CZE	Karolina Erbanova	76.86
11	NED	Laurine van Riessen	76.99
12	CAN	Christine Nesbitt	77.15
13	USA	Brittany Bowe	77.19
14	JPN	Miyako Sumiyoshi	77.26
15	USA	Lauren Cholewinski	77.35
16	NED	Lotte Van Beek	77.40
17	RUS	Yekaterina Malysheva	77.55
18	RUS	Angelina Golikova	77.68
19	NED	Marrit Leenstra	77.74
20	KOR	Lee Bo Ra	77.75
21	GER	Denise Roth	77.78
22	KAZ	Yekaterina Aydova	77.85
23	CHN	Qi Shuai	77.89
24	KOR	Kim Hyun-Yung	78.23
25	RUS	Yekaterina Lobysheva	78.24
26	KOR	Park Seung-Ju	78.31
27	AUT	Vanessa Bittner	78.50
28	CAN	Anastasia Bucsis	78.52
29	USA	Sugar Todd	78.53
30	ITA	Yvonne Daldossi	78.64
31	CHN	Zhao Shuang	78.65
32	CAN	Marsha Hudey	79.22
33	CAN	Danielle Wotherspoon	79.32
34	GER	Gabriele Hirschbichler	79.51
N/A	GER	Judith Hesse	DQ

But the day belonged to Lee. Her performance was simply stunning, and she evoked memories of a particularly dynamic Summer Olympics athlete, per Ice Network on Twitter:

Meanwhile, former Olympian Wilf O’Reilly had nothing but effusive praise for the champion, as he told the BBC:

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Lee Sang Hwa was superb out there. She was so far ahead from the start and just needed to stay on her feet, which she did. It is South Korea's first medal at the Games and she pulled through. She has been so strong this year and nobody can beat her.

It was a fabulous performance by Olga Fatkulina, too. She stayed low after the start and worked hard towards the line.

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It's hardly surprising that Lee won this race. As Brian Stubits of CBS noted, she had won seven races in a row and was already the world-record holder in the event coming into the Sochi Games. But it was a bit surprising that she set an Olympic record in Sochi, since the ice had generally been regarded as a bit slow, per Stubits.

Matt Dunham/Associated Press

Of course, the home fans were ecstatic with Fatkulina's performance, as she blazed to a silver medal. The 24-year-old couldn't catch up with Lee, but over the past two Olympics, nobody has. She'll certainly be pleased with her performance.

The skating will now turn to the men's 1,000-meter on Wednesday and the women's 1,000-meter on Thursday. All eyes will be on Shani Davis in the men's event, as he attempts to become the first man to ever win the gold in three straight Olympics.

Richardson is the United States' best chance to medal in the women's 1,000-meter.