Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
Women's 1500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Utah Olympic Oval, Kearns, Utah | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 20 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:54.02 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | |
The women's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]
Anni Friesinger came to terms with the pressure of being the favorite by skating a world record and winning the gold medal. Sabine Völker and Jennifer Rodriguez repeated their successes from the 1000 m.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 1:54.38 | Calgary, Canada | 4 March 2001 | |
Olympic record | 1:57.58 | Nagano, Japan | 16 February 1998 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date[2] | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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20 February | Pair 9 | Varvara Barysheva | 1:56.44 | OR | ||
20 February | Pair 10 | Chris Witty | 1:55.71 | OR | ||
20 February | Pair 17 | Anni Friesinger | 1:54.02 | OR | WR |
Results
References
- ↑ "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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