Overview
- Xandra Velzeboer won the final in 41.609 seconds after posting an Olympic-record 41.853 in the quarterfinals and a world-record 41.399 in the semifinals.
- Italy’s Arianna Fontana took silver in 42.294, lifting her career total to 13 Olympic medals across six Games.
- Canada’s Courtney Sarault secured the bronze medal in the women’s 500m.
- The Netherlands completed a short-track double as Jens van ’t Wout won the men’s 1,000m, with China’s Sun Long second and South Korea’s Rim Jong-un third.
- Velzeboer adds the individual crown to her 2022 Olympic relay gold and multiple 500m world titles, delivering the first world record of these Games.