Women's 1500 metres
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
DatesFebruary 16
Competitors35 from 15 nations
Winning time1:57.58 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marianne Timmer
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Witty
 United States

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the M-Wave.[1][2]

Records

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, Canada29 November 1997
Olympic record Yvonne van Gennip (NED)2:00.68 Calgary, Canada27 February 1988

The following new world record was set during this competition.

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
16 FebruaryPair 12Marianne Timmer Netherlands1:57.58ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeBehindNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)12IMarianne Timmer Netherlands1:57.58-WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)18IGunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany1:58.66+1.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)15OChris Witty United States1:58.97+1.39
416IEmese Hunyady Austria1:59.19+1.61
514OAnni Friesinger Germany1:59.20+1.62
615IAnnamarie Thomas Netherlands1:59.29+1.71
717OClaudia Pechstein Germany1:59.46+1.88
817IJennifer Rodriguez United States2:00.97+3.39
911ISvetlana Bazhanova Russia2:01.54+3.96
1012ONataliya Polozkova Russia2:01.56+3.98
116ILyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan2:01.65+4.07
127IBecky Sundstrom United States2:01.81+4.23
1316OCatriona LeMay Doan Canada2:02.19+4.61
144IMoira D'Andrea United States2:02.47+4.89
1510OChiharu Nozaki Japan2:02.78+5.20
168OAki Tonoike Japan2:02.84+5.26
177OAnette Tønsberg Norway2:03.03+5.45
1811ITonny de Jong Netherlands2:03.19+5.61
1910ITatyana Trapeznikova Russia2:03.25+5.67
208IVarvara Barysheva Russia2:03.34+5.76
2113IMie Uehara Japan2:03.37+5.79
229OBarbara de Loor Netherlands2:04.05+6.47
239IShiho Kusunose Japan2:04.38+6.80
2414IIngrid Liepa Canada2:04.60+7.02
253OBaeg Eun-bi South Korea2:05.23+7.65
264OLee Gyeong-nam South Korea2:05.59+8.01
273IKrisztina Egyed Hungary2:05.79+8.21
285ISong Li China2:05.98+8.40
2913OIsabelle Doucet Canada2:06.45+8.87
301IEmese Dörfler-Antal Austria2:07.57+9.99
316OLi Xuesong China2:08.05+10.47
322IIlonda Lūse Latvia2:08.71+11.13
332OSvitlana Konstantynova Ukraine2:08.76+11.18
345OMihaela Dascălu Romania2:08.77+11.19

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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