The Women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.[1]
| Women's 1500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Salt Lake Ice Center | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:31.581 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]
| World record |  Kim Moon-yung (KOR) |
2:21.844 | Montreal, Canada | 17 January 1999 |
| Olympic record | None | None | None | None |
The following new Olympic and World records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 February | Heat 1 |  Yang Yang (S) (CHN) |
2:26.943 | OR | |
| 13 February | Semifinal 2 |  Choi Eun-kyung (KOR) |
2:21.069 | OR | WR |
Results edit
Heats edit
The first round was held on 20 February. There were five heats, with the top three finishers moving on to the semifinals.[2]
- Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China |
2:26.943 | Q OR |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus |  Canada |
2:26.968 | Q |
| 3 | Amy Peterson |  United States |
2:27.062 | Q |
| 4 | Jo Williams |  Great Britain |
2:27.845 | |
| 5 | Yvonne Kunze |  Germany |
2:29.779 | |
| 6 | Christy Ren |  Hong Kong |
2:49.666 |
- Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea |
2:26.980 | Q |
| 2 | Mara Zini |  Italy |
2:27.553 | Q |
| 3 | Christin Priebst | Germany |
2:27.649 | Q |
| 4 | Katalin Kristo |  Romania |
2:28.709 | |
| 5 | Nataliya Dmitriyeva |  Russia |
2:29.086 | |
| 6 | Eva Farkas |  Hungary |
2:42.172 |
- Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeniya Radanova |  Bulgaria |
2:32.821 | Q |
| 2 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia |
2:32.970 | Q |
| 3 | Kateřina Novotná |  Czech Republic |
2:35.438 | Q |
| 4 | Yuka Kamino |  Japan |
2:52.591 | |
| – | Erin Porter | United States |
DQ |
- Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea |
2:29.460 | Q |
| 2 | Yang Yang (A) | China |
2:29.578 | Q |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada |
2:29.652 | Q |
| 4 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | Bulgaria |
2:33.362 | |
| 5 | Marianna Nagy | Hungary |
2:39.615 |
- Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan |
2:29.202 | Q |
| 2 | Stéphanie Bouvier |  France |
2:30.075 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Danilov |  Israel |
2:32.458 | Q |
| 4 | Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova |  Belarus |
2:36.058 | |
| 5 | Sarah Lindsay | Great Britain |
3:01.223 | |
| 6 | Katia Zini | Italy |
3:19.248 |
Semifinals edit
The semifinals were held on 13 February. The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.[2]
- Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea |
2:31.120 | QA |
| 2 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria |
2:31.194 | QA |
| 3 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France |
2:31.570 | QB |
| 4 | Christin Priebst | Germany |
2:32.884 | QB |
| 5 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic |
2:35.085 |
- Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea |
2:21.069 | QA WR |
| 2 | Yang Yang (A) | China |
2:21.690 | QA |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada |
2:21.758 | QB |
| 4 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan |
2:21.924 | QB |
| 5 | Amy Peterson | United States |
2:26.118 |
- Semifinal 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China |
2:32.315 | QA |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus | Canada |
2:32.411 | QA |
| 3 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia |
2:32.759 | QB |
| 4 | Mara Zini | Italy |
2:32.899 | QB |
| 5 | Olga Danilov | Israel |
2:36.114 |
Finals edit
The six qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while six others raced in Final B.[2]
- Final A
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea |
2:31.581 | |
 |
Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea |
2:31.610 | |
 |
Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria |
2:31.723 | |
| 4 | Yang Yang (A) | China |
2:31.791 | |
| 5 | Alanna Kraus | Canada |
3:05.002 | |
| – | Yang Yang (S) | China |
DQ |
- Final B
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada |
2:31.203 | |
| 7 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan |
2:31.479 | |
| 8 | Christin Priebst | Germany |
2:32.442 | |
| 9 | Mara Zini | Italy |
2:32.513 | |
| 10 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia |
2:32.666 | |
| 11 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France |
2:32.673 |
References edit
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.