Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
| Women's 1500 metres at the XV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 Pictogram for speed skating | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Oval | |||||||||
| Dates | February 27 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:00.68 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on February 27, at the Olympic Oval.[1][2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]
| World record |  Karin Kania (GDR) |
1:59.30 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 22 March 1986 |
| Olympic record |  Karin Kania (GDR) |
2:03.42 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 9 February 1984 |
The following new World and Olympic records were set during the competition.
| Date | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
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| 27 February | Andrea Ehrig | East Germany |
2:01.49 | OR | |
| 27 February | Karin Kania | East Germany |
2:00.82 | OR | |
| 27 February | Yvonne van Gennip |  Netherlands |
2:00.68 | OR |
Results
Constanze Moser-Scandolo was about to start for the East German team when she had to pull out due to injury; she won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in the following year.[5]
The following are the results of the competitors:[1]
References
- ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "1500m Speed Skating Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- ^ "1500m Speed Skating Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- ^ Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 393f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
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