Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres


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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world record was set during this competition.
DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
16 FebruaryPair 12Marianne Timmer1:57.58ORWR

Results

RankPairNameCountryTimeBehindNotes
12Marianne Timmer1:57.58-
16Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann1:58.66+1.08
15Chris Witty1:58.97+1.39
416Emese Hunyady1:59.19+1.61
514Anni Friesinger1:59.20+1.62
615Annamarie Thomas1:59.29+1.71
717Claudia Pechstein1:59.46+1.88
817Jennifer Rodriguez2:00.97+3.39
911Svetlana Bazhanova2:01.54+3.96
1012Nataliya Polozkova2:01.56+3.98
116Lyudmila Prokasheva2:01.65+4.07
127Becky Sundstrom2:01.81+4.23
1316Catriona LeMay Doan2:02.19+4.61-
144Moira D'Andrea2:02.47+4.89
1510Chiharu Nozaki2:02.78+5.20
168Aki Tonoike2:02.84+5.26
177Anette Tønsberg2:03.03+5.45
1811Tonny de Jong2:03.19+5.61
1910Tatyana Trapeznikova2:03.25+5.67
208Varvara Barysheva2:03.34+5.76
2113Mie Uehara2:03.37+5.79
229Barbara de Loor2:04.05+6.47
239Shiho Kusunose2:04.38+6.80
2414Ingrid Liepa2:04.60+7.02
253Baeg Eun-bi2:05.23+7.65
264Lee Gyeong-nam2:05.59+8.01
273Krisztina Egyed2:05.79+8.21
285Song Li2:05.98+8.40
2913Isabelle Doucet2:06.45+8.87
301Emese Dörfler-Antal2:07.57+9.99
316Li Xuesong2:08.05+10.47
322Ilonda Lūse2:08.71+11.13
335Svitlana Konstantynova2:08.76+11.18
345Mihaela Dascălu2:08.77+11.19