Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueL'anneau de vitesse
DatesFebruary 12
Competitors33 from 14 nations
Winning time2:05.87
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jacqueline Börner
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gunda Niemann-Kleemann
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Seiko Hashimoto
 Japan
← 1988
1994 →

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on February 12, at the L'anneau de vitesse.

Records

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

World record  Karin Enke (GDR) 1:59.30 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 22 March 1986
Olympic record  Yvonne van Gennip (NED) 2:00.68 Calgary, Canada 27 February 1988

Results

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 I Jacqueline Börner  Germany 2:05.87 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 I Gunda Niemann-Kleemann  Germany 2:05.92 +0.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 I Seiko Hashimoto  Japan 2:06.88 +1.01
4 11 I Nataliya Polozkova  Unified Team 2:07.12 +1.25
5 2 I Monique Garbrecht  Germany 2:07.24 +1.37
6 3 O Svetlana Bazhanova  Unified Team 2:07.81 +1.94
7 5 O Emese Hunyady  Austria 2:08.29 +2.42
8 16 I Heike Warnicke  Germany 2:08.52 +2.65
9 12 O Carla Zijlstra  Netherlands 2:08.54 +2.67
10 1 O Lyudmila Prokasheva  Unified Team 2:08.71 +2.84
11 10 O Mie Uehara  Japan 2:09.33 +3.46
12 4 I Else Ragni Yttredal  Norway 2:09.38 +3.51
13 12 I Jasmin Krohn  Sweden 2:09.62 +3.75
14 9 O Ewa Wasilewska  Poland 2:09.64 +3.77
15 8 O Mary Docter  United States 2:09.66 +3.78
16 4 O Lia van Schie  Netherlands 2:09.70 +3.83
17 2 O Mihaela Dascălu  Romania 2:09.87 +4.00
18 6 O Sandra Voetelink  Netherlands 2:10.31 +4.44
19 11 O Elena Belci-Dal Farra  Italy 2:10.75 +4.88
19 9 I Yumi Kaeriyama  Japan 2:10.75 +4.88
21 17 O Bonnie Blair  United States 2:10.89 +5.02
22 7 O Chong Chang-suk  North Korea 2:11.06 +5.19
23 10 I Zhang Qing  China 2:11.26 +5.39
24 8 I Liu Junhong  China 2:11.61 +5.74
25 13 O Yelena Lapuga  Unified Team 2:11.72 +5.85
26 7 I Angela Zuckerman  United States 2:13.21 +7.34
27 14 I Tara Laszlo  United States 2:13.35 +7.48
28 13 I Cerasela Hordobețiu  Romania 2:14.69 +8.82
29 16 O Kim Chun-wol  North Korea 2:14.87 +9.00
30 15 O Edel Therese Høiseth  Norway 2:14.93 +9.06
31 17 I Song Hwa-son  North Korea 2:15.87 +10.00
32 I Krisztina Egyed  Hungary 2:21.11 +15.24
- 5 I Yvonne van Gennip  Netherlands DNF

References

  1. ^ a b "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ^ "1500m Speed Skating Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "1500m Speed Skating Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.