Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the M-Wave.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The following new world record was set during this competition.

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Behind
	12	I	1:57.58	-
	18	I	1:58.66	+1.08
	15	O	1:58.97	+1.39
4	16	I	1:59.19	+1.61
5	14	O	1:59.20	+1.62
6	15	I	1:59.29	+1.71
7	17	O	1:59.46	+1.88
8	17	I	2:00.97	+3.39
9	11	I	2:01.54	+3.96
10	12	O	2:01.56	+3.98
11	6	I	2:01.65	+4.07
12	7	I	2:01.81	+4.23
13	16	O	2:02.19	+4.61
14	4	I	2:02.47	+4.89
15	10	O	2:02.78	+5.20
16	8	O	2:02.84	+5.26
17	7	O	2:03.03	+5.45
18	11	I	2:03.19	+5.61
19	10	I	2:03.25	+5.67
20	8	I	2:03.34	+5.76
21	13	I	2:03.37	+5.79
22	9	O	2:04.05	+6.47
23	9	I	2:04.38	+6.80
24	14	I	2:04.60	+7.02
25	3	O	2:05.23	+7.65
26	4	O	2:05.59	+8.01
27	3	I	2:05.79	+8.21
28	5	I	2:05.98	+8.40
29	13	O	2:06.45	+8.87
30	1	I	2:07.57	+9.99
31	6	O	2:08.05	+10.47
32	2	I	2:08.71	+11.13
33	2	O	2:08.76	+11.18
34	5	O	2:08.77	+11.19

Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . January 29, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224625/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.
Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. January 29, 2014.