Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Women's 1500 metres; at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Richmond Olympic Oval
Date	21 February 2010
Competitors	36 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:56.89
Medalists
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The women's 1500 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 21 February 2010.^[1]

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Cindy Klassen (CAN)	1:51.79	Salt Lake City, United States	20 November 2005	^[2]
Olympic record	Anni Friesinger (GER)	1:54.02	Salt Lake City, United States	20 February 2002

No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition. Ireen Wüst did equal the track record of 1:56.89 set by Christine Nesbitt on 18 October 2009.

Results edit

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Behind
	15	o	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1:56.89	0.00
	17	o	Kristina Groves	Canada	1:57.14	+0.25
	16	o	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	1:57.96	+1.07
4	14	o	Margot Boer	Netherlands	1:58.10	+1.21
5	13	i	Nao Kodaira	Japan	1:58.20	+1.31
6	18	i	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1:58.33	+1.44
7	8	i	Annette Gerritsen	Netherlands	1:58.46	+1.57
8	12	o	Yekaterina Shikhova	Russia	1:58.54	+1.65
9	11	o	Anni Friesinger-Postma	Germany	1:58.67	+1.78
10	15	i	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	1:58.85	+1.96
11	7	o	Yekaterina Lobysheva	Russia	1:59.01	+2.12
12	14	i	Alla Shabanova	Russia	1:59.35	+2.46
13	13	o	Monique Angermüller	Germany	1:59.46	+2.57
14	2	i	Hege Bøkko	Norway	1:59.52	+2.63
15	17	i	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś	Poland	1:59.53	+2.64
16	4	i	Heather Richardson	United States	1:59.56	+2.67
17	10	i	Laurine van Riessen	Netherlands	1:59.79	+2.90
18	18	o	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	2:00.08	+3.19
19	11	i	Maki Tabata	Japan	2:00.12	+3.23
20	5	o	Wang Fei	China	2:00.65	+3.76
21	12	i	Cindy Klassen	Canada	2:00.67	+3.78
22	10	o	Isabell Ost	Germany	2:01.69	+4.80
23	4	o	Miho Takagi	Japan	2:01.86	+4.97
24	9	i	Jilleanne Rookard	United States	2:01.95	+5.06
25	8	o	Karolína Erbanová	Czech Republic	2:02.01	+5.12
26	5	i	Sayuri Yoshii	Japan	2:02.26	+5.37
27	1	o	Chiara Simionato	Italy	2:02.38	+5.49
28	6	o	Anna Rokita	Austria	2:02.67	+5.78
29	6	i	Yekaterina Aydova	Kazakhstan	2:02.81	+5.92
30	7	i	Noh Seon-yeong	South Korea	2:02.84	+5.95
31	1	i	Catherine Raney-Norman	United States	2:03.02	+6.13
32	2	o	Yekaterina Abramova	Russia	2:03.19	+6.30
33	3	i	Lee Ju-yeon	South Korea	2:03.67	+6.78
34	9	o	Luiza Złotkowska	Poland	2:04.01	+7.12
35	16	i	Brittany Schussler	Canada	2:04.17	+7.28
36	3	o	Natalia Czerwonka	Poland	2:05.00	+8.11