Fastest speed skating 500 m (female)

Fastest speed skating 500 m (female)
Who
Femke Kok
What
36.09 second(s)
Where
United States (Salt Lake City)
When
16 November 2025

The fastest speed skating 500 m (female) is 36.09 seconds, by Femke Kok (Netherlands) in Salt Lake City, USA, on 16 November 2025.

Femke Kok took down the longest-standing speed skating world record over an Olympic distance exactly 12 years after Sang-Hwa Lee’s previous best of 36.36 seconds – also set at the Utah Olympic Oval.