| Women's 1500 metres at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Richmond Olympic Oval | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56.89 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
The women's 1500 metres speed skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was held at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 21 February 2010. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  | 1:51.79 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 November 2005 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  | 1:54.02 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 February 2002 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition. Ireen Wüst did equal the track record of 1:56.89 set by Christine Nesbitt on 18 October 2009.
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