Evolution of the world record 500 meters Girls
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Natalya Petrusyova | URS | 0:44.12 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 15 Mar 1976 | |
| 2 | Kim Kostron | USA | 0:43.87 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 19 Feb 1977 | |
| 3 | Sylvia Brunner | SUI | 0:43.53 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 27 Jan 1978 | |
| 4 | Sylvia Brunner | SUI | 0:43.27 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 28 Jan 1978 | |
| 5 | Beth Heiden | USA | 0:43.23 | Grenoble | FRA | outdoor - artificial | 24 Feb 1979 | |
| 6 | Irina Kovrova | URS | 0:43.02 | Sverdlovsk | URS | outdoor - natural | 26 Mar 1979 | |
| 7 | Skadi Walter | GDR | 0:42.22 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 16 Jan 1982 | |
| 8 | Skadi Walter | GDR | 0:42.21 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 17 Jan 1982 | |
| 9 | Skadi Walter | GDR | 0:41.72 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 23 Jan 1982 | |
| 10 | Skadi Walter | GDR | 0:40.98 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 26 Mar 1982 | |
| 11 | Sylke Luding | GDR | 0:40.95 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 20 Mar 1987 | |
| 12 | Sylke Luding | GDR | 0:40.89 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 21 Mar 1987 | |
| 13 | Kyoko Shimazaki | JPN | 0:40.47 | Berlin | GDR | indoor - artificial | 11 Jan 1990 | |
| 14 | Kyoko Shimazaki | JPN | 0:40.13 | Asama | JPN | outdoor - artificial | 12 Jan 1990 | |
| 15 | Tomomi Shimizu | JPN | 0:39.85 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 3 Jan 1997 | |
| 16 | Choi Seung-yong | KOR | 0:39.72 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 28 Nov 1998 |
| 17 | Choi Seung-yong | KOR | 0:39.55 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 29 Nov 1998 |
| 18 | Sayuri Osuga | JPN | 0:39.38 | * | Nagano | JPN | indoor - artificial | 31 Oct 1999 |
| 19 | Sayuri Osuga | JPN | 0:39.36 | * | Berlin | GER | indoor - artificial | 28 Nov 1999 |
| 20 | Sayuri Osuga | JPN | 0:39.33 | * | Innsbruck | AUT | outdoor - artificial | 12 Dec 1999 |
| 21 | Sayuri Osuga | JPN | 0:38.58 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 29 Jan 2000 |
| 22 | Shannon Rempel | CAN | 0:38.53 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Mar 2003 |
| 23 | Sayuri Yoshii | JPN | 0:38.45 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 12 Dec 2003 |
| 24 | Sayuri Yoshii | JPN | 0:38.09 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 13 Mar 2004 |
| 25 | Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | 0:38.06 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 18 Nov 2005 |
| 26 | Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | 0:37.90 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 20 Nov 2005 |
| 27 | Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | 0:37.81 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 2007 |
| 28 | Kim Min-seon | KOR | 0:37.70 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Sep 2017 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
