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

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on February 12, at the L'anneau de vitesse.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	1	I	2:05.87	-
	6	I	2:05.92	+0.05
	3	I	2:06.88	+1.01
4	11	I	2:07.12	+1.25
5	2	I	2:07.24	+1.37
6	3	O	2:07.81	+1.94
7	5	O	2:08.29	+2.42
8	16	I	2:08.52	+2.65
9	12	O	2:08.54	+2.67
10	1	O	2:08.71	+2.84
11	10	O	2:09.33	+3.46
12	4	I	2:09.38	+3.51
13	12	I	2:09.62	+3.75
14	9	O	2:09.64	+3.77
15	8	O	2:09.66	+3.78
16	4	O	2:09.70	+3.83
17	2	O	2:09.87	+4.00
18	6	O	2:10.31	+4.44
19	11	O	2:10.75	+4.88
19	9	I	2:10.75	+4.88
21	17	O	2:10.89	+5.02
22	7	O	2:11.06	+5.19
23	10	I	2:11.26	+5.39
24	8	I	2:11.61	+5.74
25	13	O	2:11.72	+5.85
26	7	I	2:13.21	+7.34
27	14	I	2:13.35	+7.48
28	13	I	2:14.69	+8.82
29	16	O	2:14.87	+9.00
30	15	O	2:14.93	+9.06
31	17	I	2:15.87	+10.00
32	15	I	2:21.11	+15.24
-	5	I	DNF

Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: 1500m Speed Skating Ladies World Record Progression. International Skating Union. October 31, 2016.
Web site: 1500m Speed Skating Ladies Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. October 31, 2016.