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Women's 1500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueUtah Olympic Oval, Kearns, Utah
DatesFebruary 20, 2002
Competitors39 from 17 nations
Winning time1:54.02 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anni Friesinger
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sabine Völker
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jennifer Rodriguez
 United States
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The women's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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) 1:54.38 Calgary, Canada 4 March 2001
Olympic record  Marianne Timmer (NED) 1:57.58 Nagano, Japan 16 February 1998

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

Date Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
20 February Pair 9 Varvara Barysheva  Russia 1:56.44 OR
20 February Pair 10 Chris Witty  United States 1:55.71 OR
20 February Pair 17 Anni Friesinger  Germany 1:54.02 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Name Country Time Behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 17 Anni Friesinger  Germany 1:54.02 - WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 19 Sabine Völker  Germany 1:54.97 +0.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 20 Jennifer Rodriguez  United States 1:55.32 +1.30
4 10 Cindy Klassen  Canada 1:55.59 +1.57
5 18 Chris Witty  United States 1:55.71 +1.69
6 15 Claudia Pechstein  Germany 1:55.93 +1.91
7 13 Tonny de Jong  Netherlands 1:56.02 +2.00
8 19 Amy Sannes  United States 1:56.29 +2.27
9 9 Maki Tabata  Japan 1:56.35 +2.33
10 9 Varvara Barysheva  Russia 1:56.44 +2.42
11 18 Annamarie Thomas  Netherlands 1:56.45 +2.43
12 9 Emese Hunyady  Austria 1:56.51 +2.49
13 14 Becky Sundstrom  United States 1:57.33 +3.31
14 17 Aki Tonoike  Japan 1:57.97 +3.95
15 15 Song Li  China 1:58.31 +4.29
16 13 Chiara Simionato  Italy 1:58.52 +4.50
17 14 Tatyana Trapeznikova  Russia 1:59.00 +4.98
18 5 Valentina Yakshina  Russia 1:59.28 +5.26
19 3 Gao Yang  China 1:59.51 +5.49
20 10 Kristina Groves  Canada 1:59.54 +5.52
21 11 Marianne Timmer  Netherlands 1:59.60 +5.58
22 16 Marion Wohlrab  Germany 1:59.67 +5.65
23 6 Krisztina Egyed  Hungary 1:59.86 +5.84
24 12 Yayoi Nagaoka  Japan 1:59.93 +5.91
25 12 Cindy Overland  Canada 2:00.02 +6.00
26 2 Katarzyna Wójcicka  Poland 2:00.59 +6.57
27 4 Nicola Mayr  Italy 2:00.73 +6.71
28 2 Zhang Xiaolei  China 2:01.23 +7.21
29 8 Yuri Obara  Japan 2:01.39 +7.37
29 11 Choi Yun-suk  South Korea 2:01.39 +7.37
31 7 Andrea Jakab  Romania 2:02.23 +8.21
32 6 Anzhelika Gavrilova  Kazakhstan 2:03.22 +9.20
33 8 Baek Eun-bi  South Korea 2:03.87 +9.85
34 1 Svetlana Chepelnikova  Belarus 2:04.06 +10.04
35 4 Ilonda Luse  Latvia 2:04.25 +10.23
36 3 Daniela Oltean  Romania 2:04.48 +10.46
37 7 Marina Pupina  Kazakhstan 2:05.13 +11.11
38 5 Yelena Myagkikh  Ukraine 2:05.32 +11.30
- 16 Renate Groenewold  Netherlands DNF -

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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