Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates	February 14, 1980
Competitors	31 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:10.95
Medalists
Annie Borckink   Netherlands Ria Visser   Netherlands Sabine Becker   East Germany
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The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on February 14, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

World record	Khalida Vorobyeva  (URS)	2:07.18	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	10 April 1978
Olympic record	Galina Stepanskaya  (URS)	2:16.58	Innsbruck, Austria	5 February 1976

The following new Olympic and world records were set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
14 February	Pair 1	Beth Heiden	United States	2:13.10	OR
14 February	Pair 3	Ria Visser	Netherlands	2:12.35	OR
14 February	Pair 5	Annie Borckink	Netherlands	2:10.95	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	5	o	Annie Borckink	Netherlands	2:10.95	–	OR
	3	i	Ria Visser	Netherlands	2:12.35	+1.40
	8	i	Sabine Becker	East Germany	2:12.38	+1.43
4	4	i	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Norway	2:12.59	+1.64
5	6	o	Sylvia Filipsson	Sweden	2:12.84	+1.89
6	11	i	Andrea Mitscherlich	East Germany	2:13.05	+2.10
7	1	i	Beth Heiden	United States	2:13.10	+2.15
8	3	o	Nataliya Petrusyova	Soviet Union	2:14.15	+3.20
9	2	o	Sylvia Albrecht	East Germany	2:14.27	+3.32
10	1	o	Sylvia Burka	Canada	2:14.65	+3.70
11	10	o	Brenda Webster	Canada	2:14.73	+3.78
12	11	o	Mary Docter	United States	2:14.74	+3.79
13	4	o	Sarah Docter	United States	2:15.11	+4.16
14	7	i	Lisbeth Korsmo	Norway	2:15.63	+4.68
15	8	o	Sijtje van der Lende	Netherlands	2:16.05	+5.10
16	12	i	Kathy Vogt	Canada	2:16.09	+5.14
17	2	i	Erwina Ryś	Poland	2:16.29	+5.34
18	5	i	Tatyana Averina	Soviet Union	2:16.32	+5.37
	6	i	Vira Bryndzei	Soviet Union	2:16.32	+5.37
20	9	o	Annette Karlsson	Sweden	2:17.31	+6.36
21	7	o	Anneli Repola	Finland	2:17.81	+6.86
22	10	i	Sigrid Smuda	West Germany	2:18.86	+7.91
23	9	i	Yuko Yaegashi-Ota	Japan	2:19.41	+8.46
24	16	i	Miyoshi Kato	Japan	2:19.80	+8.85
25	15	i	Kim Yeong-hui	South Korea	2:20.23	+9.28
26	12	o	Lee Seong-ae	South Korea	2:20.67	+9.72
27	13	o	Kong Meiyu	China	2:22.48	+11.53
28	13	i	Mandy Horsepool	Great Britain	2:23.05	+12.10
29	15	o	Chen Shuhua	China	2:29.48	+18.53
30	14	i	Shen Guoqin	China	2:41.99	+31.04
-	14	o	Kim Ferran	Great Britain	DQ

References

1. "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. "1500m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
4. "1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.