Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
The Women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:The following new Olympic and World records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
| 13 February | Heat 1 | 2:26.943 | OR | ||
| 13 February | Semifinal 2 | 2:21.069 | OR | WR |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on 20 February. There were five heats, with the top three finishers moving on to the semifinals.;Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang | 2:26.943 | Q | |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus | 2:26.968 | Q | |
| 3 | Amy Peterson | 2:27.062 | Q | |
| 4 | Jo Williams | 2:27.845 | ||
| 5 | Yvonne Kunze | 2:29.779 | ||
| 6 | Christy Ren | 2:49.666 |
;Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | 2:26.980 | Q | |
| 2 | Mara Zini | 2:27.553 | Q | |
| 3 | Christin Priebst | 2:27.649 | Q | |
| 4 | Katalin Kristo | 2:28.709 | ||
| 5 | Nataliya Dmitriyeva | 2:29.086 | ||
| 6 | Eva Farkas | 2:42.172 |
;Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Evgeniya Radanova | 2:32.821 | Q | |
| 2 | Nina Yevteyeva | 2:32.970 | Q | |
| 3 | Kateřina Novotná | 2:35.438 | Q | |
| 4 | Yuka Kamino | 2:52.591 | ||
| – | Erin Porter | DQ |
;Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | 2:29.460 | Q | |
| 2 | Yang Yang | 2:29.578 | Q | |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | 2:29.652 | Q | |
| 4 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | 2:33.362 | ||
| 5 | Marianna Nagy | 2:39.615 |
;Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chikage Tanaka | 2:29.202 | Q | |
| 2 | Stéphanie Bouvier | 2:30.075 | Q | |
| 3 | Olga Danilov | 2:32.458 | Q | |
| 4 | Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova | 2:36.058 | ||
| 5 | Sarah Lindsay | 3:01.223 | ||
| 6 | Katia Zini | 3:19.248 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 13 February. The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.;Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | 2:31.120 | QA | |
| 2 | Evgeniya Radanova | 2:31.194 | QA | |
| 3 | Stéphanie Bouvier | 2:31.570 | QB | |
| 4 | Christin Priebst | 2:32.884 | QB | |
| 5 | Kateřina Novotná | 2:35.085 |
;Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | 2:21.069 | QA | |
| 2 | Yang Yang | 2:21.690 | QA | |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | 2:21.758 | QB | |
| 4 | Chikage Tanaka | 2:21.924 | QB | |
| 5 | Amy Peterson | 2:26.118 |
;Semifinal 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang | 2:32.315 | QA | |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus | 2:32.411 | QA | |
| 3 | Nina Yevteyeva | 2:32.759 | QB | |
| 4 | Mara Zini | 2:32.899 | QB | |
| 5 | Olga Danilov | 2:36.114 |
Finals
The six qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while six others raced in Final B.;Final A
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| Ko Gi-hyun | 2:31.581 | |||
| Choi Eun-kyung | 2:31.610 | |||
| Evgeniya Radanova | 2:31.723 | |||
| 4 | Yang Yang | 2:31.791 | ||
| 5 | Alanna Kraus | 3:05.002 | ||
| – | Yang Yang | DQ |
;Final B
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 6 | Marie-Ève Drolet | 2:31.203 | ||
| 7 | Chikage Tanaka | 2:31.479 | ||
| 8 | Christin Priebst | 2:32.442 | ||
| 9 | Mara Zini | 2:32.513 | ||
| 10 | Nina Yevteyeva | 2:32.666 | ||
| 11 | Stéphanie Bouvier | 2:32.673 |