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Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNational Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date7 February
Competitors30 from 16 nations
Winning time1:53.28
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ireen Wüst  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Miho Takagi  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands
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2026 →

The women's 1500 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February, at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.[1] Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands won the distance. She set a new Olympic record and won her sixth Olympic gold medal, thereby becoming the first person to win individual gold medals at five different Olympics. Miho Takagi of Japan won silver, and Antoinette de Jong of the Netherlands bronze.

The defending champion was Wüst, who was also the 2010 champion, the 2014 silver medalist, and the 2018 champion. The world record holder, Takagi, was also competing. The bronze medalist, Marrit Leenstra, retired from competitions. Ragne Wiklund was the 2021 World Single Distances champion at the 1500 m distance. Brittany Bowe and Evgeniia Lalenkova were the silver and bronze medalist, respectively. Ayano Sato was leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup at the 1500 m distance with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Bowe and Takagi. Takagi skated the season best time, 1:49.99 in Salt Lake City on 5 December 2021.[2]

Qualification

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A total of 30 entry quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per NOC. The first 20 athletes qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the last ten earned quotas by having the best times among athletes not already qualified. A country could only earn the maximum three spots through the World Cup rankings.[3]

The qualification time for the event (1:59.50) was released on July 1, 2021, and was unchanged from 2018.[4] Skaters had the time period of July 1, 2021 – January 16, 2022 to achieve qualification times at valid International Skating Union (ISU) events.[4]

Records

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

World record  Miho Takagi (JPN) 1:49.83 Salt Lake City, United States 10 March 2019
Olympic record  Jorien ter Mors (NED) 1:53.51 Sochi, Russia 16 February 2014
Track record  Yin Qi (CHN) 2:00.43 10 April 2021

A new Olympic record was set in the competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
7 February Pair 12 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 1:53.28 OR, TR

Results

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The races were started at 16:30.[5]

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 12 I Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 1:53.28 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 15 O Miho Takagi  Japan 1:53.72 +0.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 11 I Antoinette de Jong  Netherlands 1:54.82 +1.54
4 13 I Ayano Sato  Japan 1:54.92 +1.64
5 9 I Marijke Groenewoud  Netherlands 1:54.97 +1.69
6 13 O Francesca Lollobrigida  Italy 1:55.20 +1.92
7 15 I Elizaveta Golubeva  ROC 1:55.30 +2.02
8 10 O Nana Takagi  Japan 1:55.34 +2.06
9 7 I Evgeniia Lalenkova  ROC 1:55.74 +2.46
10 14 I Brittany Bowe  United States 1:55.81 +2.53
11 10 I Han Mei  China 1:56.08 +2.80
12 14 O Ragne Wiklund  Norway 1:56.46 +3.18
13 12 O Ivanie Blondin  Canada 1:56.49 +3.21
14 11 O Nadezhda Morozova  Kazakhstan 1:56.85 +3.57
15 9 O Yin Qi  China 1:57.00 +3.72
16 4 O Ekaterina Sloeva  Belarus 1:58.41 +5.13
17 6 O Adake Ahenaer  China 1:58.59 +5.31
18 7 O Yekaterina Aidova  Kazakhstan 1:59.01 +5.73
19 8 O Natalia Czerwonka  Poland 1:59.03 +5.75
20 5 I Mia Kilburg  United States 1:59.11 +5.83
21 8 I Nikola Zdráhalová  Czech Republic 1:59.54 +6.26
22 4 I Elena Sokhryakova  ROC 1:59.58 +6.30
23 5 O Maryna Zuyeva  Belarus 1:59.82 +6.54
24 6 I Maddison Pearman  Canada 1:59.89 +6.61
25 3 O Michelle Uhrig  Germany 2:00.20 +6.92
26 1 O Huang Yu-ting  Chinese Taipei 2:00.78 +7.50
27 1 I Ellia Smeding  Great Britain 2:01.09 +7.81
28 3 I Sofie Karoline Haugen  Norway 2:01.57 +8.29
29 2 I Sandrine Tas  Belgium 2:03.39 +10.11
30 2 O Magdalena Czyszczoń  Poland 2:05.64 +12.36

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Season Bests2021-2022". Speedskatingresults.com.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Communication No. 2405 Qualifying competitions and qualifying times for Speed Skating events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ^ Final results