Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
| Women's 1500 metres at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | M-Wave | |||||||||
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| Dates | February 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:57.58 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |||||
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| 500 m | men | women | |||
| 1000 m | men | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | women | |||
| 3000 m | women | ||||
| 5000 m | men | women | |||
| 10000 m | men | ||||
The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the M-Wave.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2][3]
| World record |  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 1:57.87 | Calgary, Canada | 29 November 1997 |
| Olympic record |  Yvonne van Gennip (NED) | 2:00.68 | Calgary, Canada | 27 February 1988 |
The following new world record was set during this competition.
| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 February | Marianne Timmer (NED) | 1:57.58 | OR | WR |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marianne Timmer | Netherlands | 1:57.58 | WR |
 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann |  Germany | 1:58.66 | |
 | Chris Witty |  United States | 1:58.97 | |
| 4 | Emese Hunyady |  Austria | 1:59.19 | |
| 5 | Anni Friesinger-Postma | Germany | 1:59.20 | |
| 6 | Annamarie Thomas | Netherlands | 1:59.29 | |
| 7 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany | 1:59.46 | |
| 8 | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States | 2:00.97 | |
| 9 | Svetlana Bazhanova |  Russia | 2:01.54 | |
| 10 | Nataliya Polozkova | Russia | 2:01.56 | |
| 11 | Lyudmila Prokasheva |  Kazakhstan | 2:01.65 | |
| 12 | Becky Sundstrom | United States | 2:01.81 | |
| 13 | Catriona Le May Doan | Canada | 2:02.19 | |
| 14 | Moira D'Andrea | United States | 2:02.47 | |
| 15 | Chiharu Nozaki |  Japan | 2:02.78 | |
| 16 | Aki Tonoike | Japan | 2:02.84 | |
| 17 | Anette Tønsberg |  Norway | 2:03.03 | |
| 18 | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands | 2:03.19 | |
| 19 | Tatyana Trapeznikova | Russia | 2:03.25 | |
| 20 | Varvara Barysheva | Russia | 2:03.34 | |
| 21 | Mie Uehara | Japan | 2:03.37 | |
| 22 | Barbara de Loor | Netherlands | 2:04.05 | |
| 23 | Shiho Kusunose | Japan | 2:04.38 | |
| 24 | Ingrid Liepa | Canada | 2:04.60 | |
| 25 | Baeg Eun-Bi |  South Korea | 2:05.23 | |
| 26 | Lee Gyeong-Nam | South Korea | 2:05.59 | |
| 27 | Krisztina Egyed |  Hungary | 2:05.79 | |
| 28 | Song Li |  China | 2:05.98 | |
| 29 | Isabelle Doucet | Canada | 2:06.45 | |
| 30 | Emese Dörfler-Antal | Austria | 2:07.57 | |
| 31 | Li Xuesong | China | 2:08.05 | |
| 32 | Ilonda Lūse |  Latvia | 2:08.71 | |
| 33 | Svitlana Konstantynova |  Ukraine | 2:08.76 | |
| 34 | Mihaela Dascălu |  Romania | 2:08.77 | |
| - | Cindy Overland | Canada | DNS |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3". Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.