Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February, at the Hamar Olympic Hall.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	3	O	2:02.19	-
	9	O	2:02.69	+0.50
	1	I	2:03.41	+1.22
4	2	O	2:03.44	+1.25
5	9	I	2:03.70	+1.51
6	1	O	2:03.99	+1.80
7	5	I	2:04.00	+1.81
8	5	O	2:04.02	+1.83
9	4	I	2:04.98	+2.79
10	12	I	2:05.18	+2.99
11	7	I	2:05.97	+3.78
12	2	I	2:05.99	+3.80
13	3	I	2:06.20	+4.01
14	4	I	2:06.40	+4.21
15	6	I	2:06.54	+4.35
16	14	O	2:06.79	+4.60
17	11	O	2:07.19	+5.00
18	10	I	2:07.44	+5.25
19	7	O	2:07.72	+5.53
20	15	O	2:08.02	+5.83
21	13	O	2:08.43	+6.24
22	8	O	2:08.49	+6.30
23	11	I	2:08.50	+6.31
24	13	I	2:08.53	+6.34
25	12	O	2:08.65	+6.46
26	15	I	2:09.53	+7.34
27	6	O	2:09.68	+7.49
28	8	I	2:09.97	+7.78
29	10	O	2:11.02	+8.83
30	14	I	2:12.14	+9.95

Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee . 1994 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202195105/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF . December 2, 2010 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: 1500m Ladies World Record Progression. International Skating Union. October 30, 2016.
Web site: 1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. October 30, 2016.