2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Venue Thialf, Heerenveen
Date15 February 2015
Competitors23 from 12 nations
Winning time1:54.27
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The Women's 1500 metres race of the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held on 15 February 2015. [1]

Results

The race was started at 13:58. [2]

RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeDiff
Gold medal icon.svg10i Brittany Bowe Flag of the United States.svg  USA 1:54.27
Silver medal icon.svg11o Ireen Wüst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 1:54.76+0.49
Bronze medal icon.svg12o Heather Richardson Flag of the United States.svg  USA 1:55.60+1.33
49o Martina Sáblíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 1:55.65+1.38
511i Marrit Leenstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 1:55.90+1.63
69i Marije Joling Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 1:56.85+2.58
712i Ida Njåtun Flag of Norway.svg  NOR 1:57.79+3.52
88o Kali Christ Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN 1:57.82+3.55
97o Luiza Złotkowska Flag of Poland.svg  POL 1:58.22+3.95
108i Yuliya Skokova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 1:58.25+3.98
1110o Olga Graf Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 1:58.57+4.30
125i Ayaka Kikuchi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN 1:59.12+4.85
135o Zhao Xin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 1:59.12+4.85
146o Gabriele Hirschbichler Flag of Germany.svg  GER 1:59.49+5.22
157i Nana Takagi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN 1:59.68+5.41
163o Margarita Ryzhova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 1:59.93+5.66
173i Noh Seon-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR 2:00.18+5.91
184i Isabell Ost Flag of Germany.svg  GER 2:00.91+6.64
192i Maki Tabata Flag of Japan.svg  JPN 2:01.02+6.75
206i Katarzyna Woźniak Flag of Poland.svg  POL 2:01.31+7.04
214o Tatyana Mikhailova Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR 2:01.61+7.34
221i Liu Jing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 2:02.60+8.33
232o Josie Spence Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN 2:03.11+8.84

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