| Girls' 1500 metres at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Eisschnellaufbahn | ||||||||||||
| Date | January 16, 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:08.17 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | boys' | girls' |
| 1500 m | boys' | girls' |
| 3000 m | boys' | girls' |
| Mass start | boys | girls |
The girls' 1500 metres speed skating competition of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at Eisschnellaufbahn on 16 January 2012.
The races were held at 10:30. [1]
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | i | Jang Mi |  South Korea | 2:08.17 | |
 | 8 | i | Sanneke de Neeling |  Netherlands | 2:09.54 | +1.37 |
 | 7 | o | Sumire Kikuchi |  Japan | 2:11.33 | +3.16 |
| 4 | 6 | i | Fu Yuan |  China | 2:11.94 | +3.77 |
| 5 | 1 | o | Elizaveta Kazelina |  Russia | 2:12.90 | +4.73 |
| 6 | 6 | o | Marina Salnikova | Russia | 2:14.53 | +6.36 |
| 7 | 8 | o | Rio Harada | Japan | 2:15.15 | +6.98 |
| 8 | 5 | o | Leia Behlau |  Germany | 2:15.75 | +7.58 |
| 9 | 3 | o | Shi Xiaoxuan | China | 2:15.98 | +7.81 |
| 10 | 2 | i | Aleksandra Kapruziak |  Poland | 2:17.29 | +9.12 |
| 11 | 4 | o | Yelizaveta Prokhorenko |  Kazakhstan | 2:18.23 | +10.06 |
| 12 | 4 | i | Martine Lilløy Bruun |  Norway | 2:19.79 | +11.62 |
| 13 | 3 | i | Inga Anne Vasaasen | Norway | 2:19.95 | +11.78 |
| 14 | 1 | i | Kaja Ziomek | Poland | 2:23.23 | +15.06 |
| 15 | 2 | o | Alina Dănescu |  Romania | 2:23.40 | +15.23 |
| 16 | 7 | i | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 2:25.78 | +17.61 |
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The boys' 1500 metres speed skating competition of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at Eisschnellaufbahn on 16 January 2012.
The boys' 3000 metres speed skating competition of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at Eisschnellaufbahn on 18 January 2012.
The boys' mass start speed skating competition of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at Eisschnellaufbahn on 20 January 2012.
The girls' 3000 metres speed skating competition of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at Eisschnellaufbahn on 18 January 2012.
The girls' mass start speed skating competition of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at Eisschnellaufbahn on 20 January 2012.
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