Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg
Venue Capital Indoor Stadium,
Beijing
Date16 February
Competitors36 from 17 nations
Winning time2:17.789
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Choi Min-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Arianna Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Suzanne Schulting Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2018
2026  

The women's 1500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. [1] Choi Min-jeong of South Korea, the defending champion, won the event. Arianna Fontana of Italy won the silver medal, and Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands bronze.

The silver medalist, Li Jinyu, did not compete. The bronze medalist, Kim Boutin, qualified. Schulting was the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating champion at all distances, including 1500 m. Courtney Sarault and Xandra Velzeboer were the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Many top athletes did not participate in the championship, however. Lee Yu-bin was leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup at the 1500 m distance with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Schulting and Sarault.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, with the top 36 athletes (maximum of three per country qualifying quotas. If a NOC declined a quota spot, it was distributed to the next available athlete, only if the maximum quota of 56 athletes per gender was not surpassed. [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of South Korea.svg  Choi Min-jeong  (KOR)2:14.354 Salt Lake City, United States 12 November 2016
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Yang  (CHN)2:16.993 Vancouver, Canada 20 February 2010

The following records were set during the competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecordRef
16 FebruarySemifinal 3 Choi Min-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:16.831 OR [3]

Results

Quarterfinals

RankHeatNameCountryTime [4] Notes
11 Choi Min-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:20.846Q
21 Petra Jászapáti Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:22.115Q
31 Zhang Yuting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:22.161Q
41 Rianne de Vries Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:22.244ADV
51 Arianna Sighel Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:22.318
61 Gwendoline Daudet Flag of France.svg  France 2:23.607
12 Kim A-lang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:32.879Q
22 Arianna Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:32.946Q
32 Corinne Stoddard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:33.329Q
42 Kamila Stormowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:33.603
52 Julie Letai Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:36.214ADV
2 Anna Seidel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany PEN
13 Kristen Santos Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:21.027Q
23 Xandra Velzeboer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:21.148Q
33 Sumire Kikuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:23.359Q
43 Danaé Blais Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada No time
3 Zsófia Kónya Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary PEN
3 Olga Tikhonova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan PEN
14 Courtney Sarault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:20.365Q
24 Anna Vostrikova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 2:21.113Q
34 Han Yutong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:21.191Q
44 Michaela Hrůzová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:21.278q
54 Valentina Aščić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:21.456
64 Tifany Huot-Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 2:23.784
15 Kim Boutin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:17.739Q
25 Lee Yu-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:17.851Q
35 Cynthia Mascitto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:20.268Q
45 Yuki Kikuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:22.192
55 Shione Kaminaga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:22.261
65 Uliana Dubrova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:26.832
16 Suzanne Schulting Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:18.810Q
26 Hanne Desmet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:18.931Q
34 Sofia Prosvirnova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 2:19.432Q
46 Zhang Chutong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:19.839q
55 Natalia Maliszewska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:25.850
66 Ekaterina Efremenkova Olympic flag.svg  ROC No time

Semifinals

RankHeatNameCountryTime [3] Notes
11 Lee Yu-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:22.157QA
21 Arianna Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:22.196QA
31 Kim Boutin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:22.371QB
41 Kim A-lang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:22.420QB
51 Sofia Prosvirnova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 2:22.546
61 Corinne Stoddard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:22.632
71 Zhang Chutong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:26.717
12 Suzanne Schulting Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:18.942QA
22 Hanne Desmet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:19.001QA
32 Cynthia Mascitto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:20.272QB
42 Michaela Hrůzová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:21.386QB
52 Kristen Santos Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:31.067ADVB
62 Sumire Kikuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan No timeADVB
2 Petra Jászapáti Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary PEN
13 Choi Min-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:16.831QA, OR
23 Han Yutong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:17.112QA
33 Xandra Velzeboer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:18.303QA
43 Courtney Sarault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:18.316QB
53 Rianne de Vries Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:18.712
63 Zhang Yuting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:18.741
73 Anna Vostrikova Olympic flag.svg  ROC 2:20.705
83 Julie Letai Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:23.315

Finals

Final B

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
8 Sumire Kikuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:37.915
9 Kristen Santos Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:45.492
10 Kim Boutin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:45.568
11 Courtney Sarault Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:45.606
12 Cynthia Mascitto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:45.697
13 Kim A-lang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:45.707
14 Michaela Hrůzová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:46.664

Final A

RankNameCountryTime [5] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Choi Min-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:17.789
Silver medal icon.svg Arianna Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:17.862
Bronze medal icon.svg Suzanne Schulting Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:17.865
4 Hanne Desmet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:18.711
5 Xandra Velzeboer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:18.781
6 Lee Yu-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:18.825
7 Han Yutong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:19.060

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  3. 1 2 Semifinals results
  4. Quarterfinals results
  5. Finals results