Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games

Podium
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date16 February 2014
Competitors36 from 13 nations
Winning time1:53.51
Medalists
 Jorien ter Mors  Netherlands
 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands
 Lotte van Beek  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
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1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10000 m men
Team pursuit men women

The women's 1500 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 16 February 2014.[1]

Qualification

A total of thirty-six speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 16 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup. A reserve list was also made.[2]

Records

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

World record  Cindy Klassen (CAN) 1:51.79 Salt Lake City, United States 20 November 2005
Olympic record  Anni Friesinger (GER) 1:54.02 Salt Lake City, United States 20 February 2002

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by Ireen Wüst at 1:55.38.[3]

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
16 February Pair 9 Jorien ter Mors Netherlands 1:53.51 OR, TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

The races were started at 18:00.[4]

Jorien ter Mors happy after winning gold
Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st 9 I Jorien ter Mors Netherlands 1:53.51 — OR, TR
2nd 15 I Ireen Wüst Netherlands 1:54.09 +0.58
3rd 18 O Lotte van Beek Netherlands 1:54.54 +1.03
4 13 I Marrit Leenstra Netherlands 1:56.40 +2.89
5 16 O Yuliya Skokova Russia 1:56.45 +2.94
6 16 I Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Poland 1:57.18 +3.67
7 14 I Heather Richardson United States 1:57.60 +4.09
8 17 O Yekaterina Lobysheva Russia 1:57.70 +4.19
9 5 O Olga Fatkulina Russia 1:57.88 +4.37
10 11 I Yekaterina Shikhova Russia 1:58.09 +4.58
11 11 O Luiza Złotkowska Poland 1:58.18 +4.67
12 15 O Ida Njåtun Norway 1:58.21 +4.70
13 12 O Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic 1:58.23 +4.72
14 17 I Brittany Bowe United States 1:58.31 +4.80
15 10 O Natalia Czerwonka Poland 1:58.46 +4.95
16 7 I Kali Christ Canada 1:58.63 +5.12
17 8 I Christine Nesbitt Canada 1:58.67 +5.16
18 8 O Jilleanne Rookard United States 1:59.15 +5.64
19 18 I Claudia Pechstein Germany 1:59.47 +5.96
20 2 I Jelena Peeters Belgium 1:59.73 +6.22
21 2 O Kim Bo-reum South Korea 1:59.78 +6.27
22 6 O Misaki Oshigiri Japan 2:00.03 +6.52
23 3 O Zhao Xin China 2:00.27 +6.76
24 14 O Monique Angermüller Germany 2:00.32 +6.81
25 13 O Maki Tabata Japan 2:00.64 +7.13
26 12 I Brittany Schussler Canada 2:00.65 +7.14
27 6 I Li Qishi China 2:00.89 +7.38
28 1 I Yekaterina Aydova Kazakhstan 2:00.93 +7.42
29 3 I Noh Seon-yeong South Korea 2:01.07 +7.56
30 7 O Gabriele Hirschbichler Germany 2:01.18 +7.67
31 9 O Ayaka Kikuchi Japan 2:01.29 +7.78
32 10 I Nana Takagi Japan 2:02.16 +8.65
33 5 I Hege Bøkko Norway 2:02.53 +9.02
34 1 O Vanessa Bittner Austria 2:02.84 +9.33
35 4 O Brianne Tutt Canada 2:03.69 +10.18
36 4 I Yang Shin-young South Korea 2:04.13 +10.62

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Ladies' 1500 m". SOOC. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013
  3. ↑ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Final Results
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