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Women's 1500 metres at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	M-Wave
Dates	February 16, 1998
Competitors	35 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:57.58 WR
Medalists
Marianne Timmer  Netherlands Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann  Germany Chris Witty  United States
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Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the M-Wave.

Records

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

World record	Catriona LeMay Doan (CAN)	1:57.87	Calgary, Canada	29 November 1997
Olympic record	Yvonne van Gennip (NED)	2:00.68	Calgary, Canada	27 February 1988

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
16 February	Pair 12	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1:57.58	OR	WR

Results

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	12	I	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	1:57.58	-	WR
	18	I	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	1:58.66	+1.08
	15	O	Chris Witty	United States	1:58.97	+1.39
4	16	I	Emese Hunyady	Austria	1:59.19	+1.61
5	14	O	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:59.20	+1.62
6	15	I	Annamarie Thomas	Netherlands	1:59.29	+1.71
7	17	O	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	1:59.46	+1.88
8	17	I	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	2:00.97	+3.39
9	11	I	Svetlana Bazhanova	Russia	2:01.54	+3.96
10	12	O	Nataliya Polozkova	Russia	2:01.56	+3.98
11	6	I	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Kazakhstan	2:01.65	+4.07
12	7	I	Becky Sundstrom	United States	2:01.81	+4.23
13	16	O	Catriona LeMay Doan	Canada	2:02.19	+4.61
14	4	I	Moira D'Andrea	United States	2:02.47	+4.89
15	10	O	Chiharu Nozaki	Japan	2:02.78	+5.20
16	8	O	Aki Tonoike	Japan	2:02.84	+5.26
17	7	O	Anette Tønsberg	Norway	2:03.03	+5.45
18	11	I	Tonny de Jong	Netherlands	2:03.19	+5.61
19	10	I	Tatyana Trapeznikova	Russia	2:03.25	+5.67
20	8	I	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	2:03.34	+5.76
21	13	I	Mie Uehara	Japan	2:03.37	+5.79
22	9	O	Barbara de Loor	Netherlands	2:04.05	+6.47
23	9	I	Shiho Kusunose	Japan	2:04.38	+6.80
24	14	I	Ingrid Liepa	Canada	2:04.60	+7.02
25	3	O	Baeg Eun-bi	South Korea	2:05.23	+7.65
26	4	O	Lee Gyeong-nam	South Korea	2:05.59	+8.01
27	3	I	Krisztina Egyed	Hungary	2:05.79	+8.21
28	5	I	Song Li	China	2:05.98	+8.40
29	13	O	Isabelle Doucet	Canada	2:06.45	+8.87
30	1	I	Emese Dörfler-Antal	Austria	2:07.57	+9.99
31	6	O	Li Xuesong	China	2:08.05	+10.47
32	2	I	Ilonda Lūse	Latvia	2:08.71	+11.13
33	2	O	Svitlana Konstantynova	Ukraine	2:08.76	+11.18
34	5	O	Mihaela Dascălu	Romania	2:08.77	+11.19

References

1. ^ "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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