| Women's 1500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Salt Lake Ice Center | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13 February 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:31.581 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Short-track 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 relay | women | |
| 5000 m relay | men | |
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. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: [2]
| World record |  Kim Moon-yung (KOR) | 2:21.844 | Montreal, Canada | 17 January 1999 |
| Olympic record | None | None | None | None |
The following new Olympic and World records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 February | Heat 1 |  Yang Yang (S) (CHN) | 2:26.943 | OR | |
| 13 February | Semifinal 2 |  Choi Eun-kyung (KOR) | 2:21.069 | OR | WR |
The first round was held on 20 February. There were five heats, with the top three finishers moving on to the semifinals. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 2:26.943 | Q OR |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus |  Canada | 2:26.968 | Q |
| 3 | Amy Peterson |  United States | 2:27.062 | Q |
| 4 | Jo Williams |  Great Britain | 2:27.845 | |
| 5 | Yvonne Kunze |  Germany | 2:29.779 | |
| 6 | Christy Ren |  Hong Kong | 2:49.666 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 2:26.980 | Q |
| 2 | Mara Zini |  Italy | 2:27.553 | Q |
| 3 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 2:27.649 | Q |
| 4 | Katalin Kristo |  Romania | 2:28.709 | |
| 5 | Nataliya Dmitriyeva |  Russia | 2:29.086 | |
| 6 | Eva Farkas |  Hungary | 2:42.172 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeniya Radanova |  Bulgaria | 2:32.821 | Q |
| 2 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 2:32.970 | Q |
| 3 | Kateřina Novotná |  Czech Republic | 2:35.438 | Q |
| 4 | Yuka Kamino |  Japan | 2:52.591 | |
| – | Erin Porter | United States | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 2:29.460 | Q |
| 2 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 2:29.578 | Q |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:29.652 | Q |
| 4 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | Bulgaria | 2:33.362 | |
| 5 | Marianna Nagy | Hungary | 2:39.615 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 2:29.202 | Q |
| 2 | Stéphanie Bouvier |  France | 2:30.075 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Danilov |  Israel | 2:32.458 | Q |
| 4 | Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova |  Belarus | 2:36.058 | |
| 5 | Sarah Lindsay | Great Britain | 3:01.223 | |
| 6 | Katia Zini | Italy | 3:19.248 |
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. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 2:31.120 | QA |
| 2 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:31.194 | QA |
| 3 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 2:31.570 | QB |
| 4 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 2:32.884 | QB |
| 5 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 2:35.085 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 2:21.069 | QA WR |
| 2 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 2:21.690 | QA |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:21.758 | QB |
| 4 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 2:21.924 | QB |
| 5 | Amy Peterson | United States | 2:26.118 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 2:32.315 | QA |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 2:32.411 | QA |
| 3 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 2:32.759 | QB |
| 4 | Mara Zini | Italy | 2:32.899 | QB |
| 5 | Olga Danilov | Israel | 2:36.114 |
The six qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while six others raced in Final B. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 2:31.581 | |
 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 2:31.610 | |
 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:31.723 | |
| 4 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 2:31.791 | |
| 5 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 3:05.002 | |
| – | Yang Yang (S) | China | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:31.203 | |
| 7 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 2:31.479 | |
| 8 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 2:32.442 | |
| 9 | Mara Zini | Italy | 2:32.513 | |
| 10 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 2:32.666 | |
| 11 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 2:32.673 |
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