Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]

Women's 1500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueUtah Olympic Oval, Kearns, Utah
DatesFebruary 20
Competitors39 from 17 nations
Winning time1:54.02 WR
Medalists
Anni Friesinger
 Germany
Sabine Völker
 Germany
Jennifer Rodriguez
 United States
Speed skating at the
2002 Winter Olympics
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen

Anni Friesinger came to terms with the pressure of being the favorite by skating a world record and winning the gold medal. Sabine Völker and Jennifer Rodriguez repeated their successes from the 1000 m.

Records

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

World record Anni Friesinger (GER)1:54.38Calgary, Canada4 March 2001[2]
Olympic record Marianne Timmer (NED)1:57.58Nagano, Japan16 February 1998[2]

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

Date[2]RoundAthleteCountryTimeORWR
20 FebruaryPair 9Varvara Barysheva Russia1:56.44OR
20 FebruaryPair 10Chris Witty United States1:55.71OR
20 FebruaryPair 17Anni Friesinger Germany1:54.02ORWR

Results
RankPairNameCountryTimeBehindNotes
17Anni Friesinger Germany1:54.02-WR
19Sabine Völker Germany1:54.97+0.95
20Jennifer Rodriguez United States1:55.32+1.30
410Cindy Klassen Canada1:55.59+1.57
518Chris Witty United States1:55.71+1.69
615Claudia Pechstein Germany1:55.93+1.91
713Tonny de Jong Netherlands1:56.02+2.00
819Amy Sannes United States1:56.29+2.27
99Maki Tabata Japan1:56.35+2.33
109Varvara Barysheva Russia1:56.44+2.42
1118Annamarie Thomas Netherlands1:56.45+2.43
129Emese Hunyady Austria1:56.51+2.49
1314Becky Sundstrom United States1:57.33+3.31
1417Aki Tonoike Japan1:57.97+3.95
1515Song Li China1:58.31+4.29
1613Chiara Simionato Italy1:58.52+4.50
1714Tatyana Trapeznikova Russia1:59.00+4.98
185Valentina Yakshina Russia1:59.28+5.26
193Gao Yang China1:59.51+5.49
2010Kristina Groves Canada1:59.54+5.52
2111Marianne Timmer Netherlands1:59.60+5.58
2216Marion Wohlrab Germany1:59.67+5.65
236Krisztina Egyed Hungary1:59.86+5.84
2412Yayoi Nagaoka Japan1:59.93+5.91
2512Cindy Overland Canada2:00.02+6.00
262Katarzyna Wójcicka Poland2:00.59+6.57
274Nicola Mayr Italy2:00.73+6.71
282Zhang Xiaolei China2:01.23+7.21
298Yuri Obara Japan2:01.39+7.37
2911Choi Yun-suk South Korea2:01.39+7.37
317Andrea Jakab Romania2:02.23+8.21
326Anzhelika Gavrilova Kazakhstan2:03.22+9.20
338Baek Eun-bi South Korea2:03.87+9.85
341Svetlana Chepelnikova Belarus2:04.06+10.04
354Ilonda Luse Latvia2:04.25+10.23
363Daniela Oltean Romania2:04.48+10.46
377Marina Pupina Kazakhstan2:05.13+11.11
385Yelena Myagkikh Ukraine2:05.32+11.30
-16Renate Groenewold NetherlandsDNF-

References
  1. "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report – Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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