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.[1][2]

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
Marianne Timmer
 Netherlands
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
Chris Witty
 United States

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record Catriona LeMay Doan (CAN)1:57.87Calgary, Canada29 November 1997
Olympic record Yvonne van Gennip (NED)2:00.68Calgary, Canada27 February 1988

The following new world record was set during this competition.

DatePairAthleteCountryTimeORWR
16 FebruaryPair 12Marianne Timmer Netherlands1:57.58ORWR

Results

[1]

RankPairNameCountryTimeBehindNotes
12Marianne Timmer Netherlands1:57.58-WR
16Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany1:58.66+1.08
15Chris Witty United States1:58.97+1.39
416Emese Hunyady Austria1:59.19+1.61
514Anni Friesinger Germany1:59.20+1.62
615Annamarie Thomas Netherlands1:59.29+1.71
717Claudia Pechstein Germany1:59.46+1.88
817Jennifer Rodriguez United States2:00.97+3.39
911Svetlana Bazhanova Russia2:01.54+3.96
1012Nataliya Polozkova Russia2:01.56+3.98
116Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan2:01.65+4.07
127Becky Sundstrom United States2:01.81+4.23
1316Catriona LeMay Doan Canada2:02.19+4.61
144Moira D'Andrea United States2:02.47+4.89
1510Chiharu Nozaki Japan2:02.78+5.20
168Aki Tonoike Japan2:02.84+5.26
177Anette Tønsberg Norway2:03.03+5.45
1811Tonny de Jong Netherlands2:03.19+5.61
1910Tatyana Trapeznikova Russia2:03.25+5.67
208Varvara Barysheva Russia2:03.34+5.76
2113Mie Uehara Japan2:03.37+5.79
229Barbara de Loor Netherlands2:04.05+6.47
239Shiho Kusunose Japan2:04.38+6.80
2414Ingrid Liepa Canada2:04.60+7.02
253Baeg Eun-bi South Korea2:05.23+7.65
264Lee Gyeong-nam South Korea2:05.59+8.01
273Krisztina Egyed Hungary2:05.79+8.21
285Song Li China2:05.98+8.40
2913Isabelle Doucet Canada2:06.45+8.87
301Emese Dörfler-Antal Austria2:07.57+9.99
316Li Xuesong China2:08.05+10.47
322Ilonda Lūse Latvia2:08.71+11.13
335Svitlana Konstantynova Ukraine2:08.76+11.18
345Mihaela Dascălu Romania2:08.77+11.19

References

  1. "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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