The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the M-Wave.[1][2]
| Women's 1500 metres at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | M-Wave | |||||||||
| Dates | February 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:57.58 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Catriona LeMay 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 | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 February | Pair 12 | Marianne Timmer | Netherlands |
1:57.58 | OR | WR |
Results edit
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
12 | I | Marianne Timmer | Netherlands |
1:57.58 | - | WR |
 |
18 | I | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann |  Germany |
1:58.66 | +1.08 | |
 |
15 | O | Chris Witty |  United States |
1:58.97 | +1.39 | |
| 4 | 16 | I | Emese Hunyady |  Austria |
1:59.19 | +1.61 | |
| 5 | 14 | O | Anni Friesinger | Germany |
1:59.20 | +1.62 | |
| 6 | 15 | I | Annamarie Thomas | Netherlands |
1:59.29 | +1.71 | |
| 7 | 17 | O | Claudia Pechstein | Germany |
1:59.46 | +1.88 | |
| 8 | 17 | I | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States |
2:00.97 | +3.39 | |
| 9 | 11 | I | Svetlana Bazhanova |  Russia |
2:01.54 | +3.96 | |
| 10 | 12 | O | Nataliya Polozkova | Russia |
2:01.56 | +3.98 | |
| 11 | 6 | I | Lyudmila Prokasheva |  Kazakhstan |
2:01.65 | +4.07 | |
| 12 | 7 | I | Becky Sundstrom | United States |
2:01.81 | +4.23 | |
| 13 | 16 | O | Catriona LeMay Doan |  Canada |
2:02.19 | +4.61 | |
| 14 | 4 | I | Moira D'Andrea | United States |
2:02.47 | +4.89 | |
| 15 | 10 | O | Chiharu Nozaki |  Japan |
2:02.78 | +5.20 | |
| 16 | 8 | O | Aki Tonoike | Japan |
2:02.84 | +5.26 | |
| 17 | 7 | O | Anette Tønsberg |  Norway |
2:03.03 | +5.45 | |
| 18 | 11 | I | Tonny de Jong | Netherlands |
2:03.19 | +5.61 | |
| 19 | 10 | I | Tatyana Trapeznikova | Russia |
2:03.25 | +5.67 | |
| 20 | 8 | I | Varvara Barysheva | Russia |
2:03.34 | +5.76 | |
| 21 | 13 | I | Mie Uehara | Japan |
2:03.37 | +5.79 | |
| 22 | 9 | O | Barbara de Loor | Netherlands |
2:04.05 | +6.47 | |
| 23 | 9 | I | Shiho Kusunose | Japan |
2:04.38 | +6.80 | |
| 24 | 14 | I | Ingrid Liepa | Canada |
2:04.60 | +7.02 | |
| 25 | 3 | O | Baeg Eun-bi |  South Korea |
2:05.23 | +7.65 | |
| 26 | 4 | O | Lee Gyeong-nam | South Korea |
2:05.59 | +8.01 | |
| 27 | 3 | I | Krisztina Egyed |  Hungary |
2:05.79 | +8.21 | |
| 28 | 5 | I | Song Li |  China |
2:05.98 | +8.40 | |
| 29 | 13 | O | Isabelle Doucet | Canada |
2:06.45 | +8.87 | |
| 30 | 1 | I | Emese Dörfler-Antal | Austria |
2:07.57 | +9.99 | |
| 31 | 6 | O | Li Xuesong | China |
2:08.05 | +10.47 | |
| 32 | 2 | I | Ilonda Lūse |  Latvia |
2:08.71 | +11.13 | |
| 33 | 2 | O | Svitlana Konstantynova |  Ukraine |
2:08.76 | +11.18 | |
| 34 | 5 | O | Mihaela Dascălu |  Romania |
2:08.77 | +11.19 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "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.