| Women's 1500 metres at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Pacific Coliseum | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 20 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:16.993 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Short track speed skating at the 2010 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 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 20 February at the Pacific Coliseum.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lee Eun-byul |  South Korea | 2:24.318 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Tania Vicent |  Canada | 2:24.742 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Sun Linlin |  China | 2:24.777 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Hiroko Sadakane |  Japan | 2:24.901 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Allison Baver |  United States | 2:45.053 | |
| 6 | 1 | Nina Yevteyeva |  Russia | 2:25.414 | |
| 7 | 1 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova |  Bulgaria | 2:25.604 | |
| 1 | 2 | Erika Huszar |  Hungary | 2:24.192 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Evgenia Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:24.376 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 2:35.492 | ADV |
| 4 | 2 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 2:37.060 | ADV |
| 5 | 2 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 2:47.998 | |
| – | 2 | Wang Meng | China | DSQ | |
| 1 | 3 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 2:20.859 | QA, OR |
| 2 | 3 | Zhou Yang | China | 2:21.049 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | Arianna Fontana |  Italy | 2:21.522 | QB |
| 4 | 3 | Tatiana Borodulina |  Australia | 2:21.617 | QB |
| 5 | 3 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 2:23.722 | |
| – | 3 | Kateřina Novotná |  Czech Republic | DSQ |
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 9 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:42.801 | |
| 10 | Sun Linlin | China | 2:42.960 | |
| 11 | Tatiana Borodulina | Australia | 2:43.051 | |
| 12 | Hiroko Sadakane | Japan | 2:43.135 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Zhou Yang | China | 2:16.993 | OR |
 | Lee Eun-byul | South Korea | 2:17.849 | |
 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 2:17.927 | |
| 4 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 2:18.396 | |
| 5 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 2:18.831 | |
| 6 | Erika Huszár | Hungary | 2:19.251 | |
| 7 | Evgenia Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:19.411 | |
| 8 | Tania Vicent | Canada | 2:23.035 |
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