Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metres
Games:	1980 Winter
Venue:	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
Dates:	February 14
Competitors:	31
Nations:	14
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	2:10.95
Gold:	Annie Borckink
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Ria Visser
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Sabine Becker
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on February 14, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^{[3] [4]}

The following new Olympic and world records were set during this competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
14 February	Pair 1			2:13.10	OR
14 February	Pair 3			2:12.35	OR
14 February	Pair 5			2:10.95	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	5	o			2:10.95
	3	i			2:12.35
	8	i			2:12.38
4	4	i			2:12.59
5	6	o			2:12.84
6	11	i			2:13.05
7	1	i			2:13.10
8	3	o			2:14.15
9	2	o			2:14.27
10	1	o			2:14.65
11	10	o			2:14.73
12	11	o			2:14.74
13	4	o			2:15.11
14	7	i			2:15.63
15	8	o			2:16.05
16	12	i			2:16.09
17	2	i			2:16.29
18	5	i			2:16.32
	6	i			2:16.32
20	9	o			2:17.31
21	7	o			2:17.81
22	10	i			2:18.86
23	9	i			2:19.41
24	16	i			2:19.80
25	15	i			2:20.23
26	12	o			2:20.67
27	13	o			2:22.48	+11.53
28	13	i			2:23.05	+12.10
29	15	o			2:29.48	+18.53
30	14	i			2:41.99	+31.04
-	14	o			DQ

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. January 29, 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120414/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: 1500m Ladies World Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 2, 2016.
4. Web site: 1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. November 2, 2016.