Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueUtah Olympic Oval, Kearns, Utah
DatesFebruary 20
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.[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  Anni Friesinger (GER) 1:54.38 Calgary, Canada 4 March 2001 [2]
Olympic record  Marianne Timmer (NED) 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
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[edit]

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[edit]

  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. ^ 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.
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