The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on February 14, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]
| Women's 1500 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink | |||||||||
| Dates | February 14 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:10.95 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Khalida Vorobyeva (URS) |
2:07.18 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 10 April 1978 |
| Olympic record |  Galina Stepanskaya (URS) |
2:16.58 | Innsbruck, Austria | 5 February 1976 |
The following new Olympic and world records were set during this competition.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 February | Pair 1 | Beth Heiden |  United States |
2:13.10 | OR | |
| 14 February | Pair 3 | Ria Visser |  Netherlands |
2:12.35 | OR | |
| 14 February | Pair 5 | Annie Borckink | Netherlands |
2:10.95 | OR |
Results edit
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
5 | o | Annie Borckink | Netherlands |
2:10.95 | – | OR |
 |
3 | i | Ria Visser | Netherlands |
2:12.35 | +1.40 | |
 |
8 | i | Sabine Becker |  East Germany |
2:12.38 | +1.43 | |
| 4 | 4 | i | Bjørg Eva Jensen |  Norway |
2:12.59 | +1.64 | |
| 5 | 6 | o | Sylvia Filipsson |  Sweden |
2:12.84 | +1.89 | |
| 6 | 11 | i | Andrea Mitscherlich | East Germany |
2:13.05 | +2.10 | |
| 7 | 1 | i | Beth Heiden | United States |
2:13.10 | +2.15 | |
| 8 | 3 | o | Nataliya Petrusyova | Soviet Union |
2:14.15 | +3.20 | |
| 9 | 2 | o | Sylvia Albrecht | East Germany |
2:14.27 | +3.32 | |
| 10 | 1 | o | Sylvia Burka |  Canada |
2:14.65 | +3.70 | |
| 11 | 10 | o | Brenda Webster | Canada |
2:14.73 | +3.78 | |
| 12 | 11 | o | Mary Docter | United States |
2:14.74 | +3.79 | |
| 13 | 4 | o | Sarah Docter | United States |
2:15.11 | +4.16 | |
| 14 | 7 | i | Lisbeth Korsmo | Norway |
2:15.63 | +4.68 | |
| 15 | 8 | o | Sijtje van der Lende | Netherlands |
2:16.05 | +5.10 | |
| 16 | 12 | i | Kathy Vogt | Canada |
2:16.09 | +5.14 | |
| 17 | 2 | i | Erwina Ryś |  Poland |
2:16.29 | +5.34 | |
| 18 | 5 | i | Tatyana Averina | Soviet Union |
2:16.32 | +5.37 | |
| 6 | i | Vira Bryndzei | Soviet Union |
2:16.32 | +5.37 | ||
| 20 | 9 | o | Annette Karlsson | Sweden |
2:17.31 | +6.36 | |
| 21 | 7 | o | Anneli Repola |  Finland |
2:17.81 | +6.86 | |
| 22 | 10 | i | Sigrid Smuda |  West Germany |
2:18.86 | +7.91 | |
| 23 | 9 | i | Yuko Yaegashi-Ota |  Japan |
2:19.41 | +8.46 | |
| 24 | 16 | i | Miyoshi Kato | Japan |
2:19.80 | +8.85 | |
| 25 | 15 | i | Kim Yeong-hui |  South Korea |
2:20.23 | +9.28 | |
| 26 | 12 | o | Lee Seong-ae | South Korea |
2:20.67 | +9.72 | |
| 27 | 13 | o | Kong Meiyu |  China |
2:22.48 | +11.53 | |
| 28 | 13 | i | Mandy Horsepool |  Great Britain |
2:23.05 | +12.10 | |
| 29 | 15 | o | Chen Shuhua | China |
2:29.48 | +18.53 | |
| 30 | 14 | i | Shen Guoqin | China |
2:41.99 | +31.04 | |
| - | 14 | o | Kim Ferran | Great Britain |
DQ |
References edit
- ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "1500m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.