Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
Women's 1500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Utah Olympic Oval, Kearns, Utah | |||||||||
Dates | February 20 | |||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:54.02 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Speed skating at the 2002 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 | |
The women's 1500 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.[1]
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[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
1:54.38 | Calgary, Canada | 4 March 2001 | [2] |
Olympic record | ![]() |
1:57.58 | Nagano, Japan | 16 February 1998 | [2] |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date[2] | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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20 February | Pair 9 | Varvara Barysheva | ![]() |
1:56.44 | OR | |
20 February | Pair 10 | Chris Witty | ![]() |
1:55.71 | OR | |
20 February | Pair 17 | Anni Friesinger | ![]() |
1:54.02 | OR | WR |
Results[edit]
Rank | Pair | Name | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
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17 | Anni Friesinger | ![]() |
1:54.02 | - | WR |
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19 | Sabine Völker | ![]() |
1:54.97 | +0.95 | |
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20 | Jennifer Rodriguez | ![]() |
1:55.32 | +1.30 | |
4 | 10 | Cindy Klassen | ![]() |
1:55.59 | +1.57 | |
5 | 18 | Chris Witty | ![]() |
1:55.71 | +1.69 | |
6 | 15 | Claudia Pechstein | ![]() |
1:55.93 | +1.91 | |
7 | 13 | Tonny de Jong | ![]() |
1:56.02 | +2.00 | |
8 | 19 | Amy Sannes | ![]() |
1:56.29 | +2.27 | |
9 | 9 | Maki Tabata | ![]() |
1:56.35 | +2.33 | |
10 | 9 | Varvara Barysheva | ![]() |
1:56.44 | +2.42 | |
11 | 18 | Annamarie Thomas | ![]() |
1:56.45 | +2.43 | |
12 | 9 | Emese Hunyady | ![]() |
1:56.51 | +2.49 | |
13 | 14 | Becky Sundstrom | ![]() |
1:57.33 | +3.31 | |
14 | 17 | Aki Tonoike | ![]() |
1:57.97 | +3.95 | |
15 | 15 | Song Li | ![]() |
1:58.31 | +4.29 | |
16 | 13 | Chiara Simionato | ![]() |
1:58.52 | +4.50 | |
17 | 14 | Tatyana Trapeznikova | ![]() |
1:59.00 | +4.98 | |
18 | 5 | Valentina Yakshina | ![]() |
1:59.28 | +5.26 | |
19 | 3 | Gao Yang | ![]() |
1:59.51 | +5.49 | |
20 | 10 | Kristina Groves | ![]() |
1:59.54 | +5.52 | |
21 | 11 | Marianne Timmer | ![]() |
1:59.60 | +5.58 | |
22 | 16 | Marion Wohlrab | ![]() |
1:59.67 | +5.65 | |
23 | 6 | Krisztina Egyed | ![]() |
1:59.86 | +5.84 | |
24 | 12 | Yayoi Nagaoka | ![]() |
1:59.93 | +5.91 | |
25 | 12 | Cindy Overland | ![]() |
2:00.02 | +6.00 | |
26 | 2 | Katarzyna Wójcicka | ![]() |
2:00.59 | +6.57 | |
27 | 4 | Nicola Mayr | ![]() |
2:00.73 | +6.71 | |
28 | 2 | Zhang Xiaolei | ![]() |
2:01.23 | +7.21 | |
29 | 8 | Yuri Obara | ![]() |
2:01.39 | +7.37 | |
29 | 11 | Choi Yun-suk | ![]() |
2:01.39 | +7.37 | |
31 | 7 | Andrea Jakab | ![]() |
2:02.23 | +8.21 | |
32 | 6 | Anzhelika Gavrilova | ![]() |
2:03.22 | +9.20 | |
33 | 8 | Baek Eun-bi | ![]() |
2:03.87 | +9.85 | |
34 | 1 | Svetlana Chepelnikova | ![]() |
2:04.06 | +10.04 | |
35 | 4 | Ilonda Luse | ![]() |
2:04.25 | +10.23 | |
36 | 3 | Daniela Oltean | ![]() |
2:04.48 | +10.46 | |
37 | 7 | Marina Pupina | ![]() |
2:05.13 | +11.11 | |
38 | 5 | Yelena Myagkikh | ![]() |
2:05.32 | +11.30 | |
- | 16 | Renate Groenewold | ![]() |
DNF | - |
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report – Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.