The women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.

The qualifying heats, semifinal and the final were held on 15 February.

The defending Olympic Champion is Zhou Yang of China, while the defending World Champion is Park Seung-hi of South Korea.

Qualification Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 36 athletes representing 19 nations qualified to compete.

Results The results are:

Heats Q – qualified for Quarterfinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Shim Suk-hee 2:24.765 Q 2 1 Marie-Ève Drolet 2:24.859 Q 3 1 Anna Seidel 2:25.700 Q 4 1 Martina Valcepina 2:27.212 5 1 Véronique Pierron 2:55.658 ADV – 1 Valeriya Reznik PEN 1 2 Arianna Fontana 2:29.645 Q 2 2 Olga Belyakova 2:29.880 Q 3 2 Ayuko Ito 2:30.354 Q 4 2 Inna Simonova 2:30.499 5 2 Tatiana Bodova 2:31.788 – 2 Elise Christie DNF 1 3 Cho Ha-ri 2:27.629 Q 2 3 Valérie Maltais 2:27.721 Q 3 3 Li Jianrou 2:27.758 Q 4 3 Alyson Dudek 2:27.899 5 3 Charlotte Gilmartin 2:27.935 6 3 Biba Sakurai 2:28.127 1 4 Jorien ter Mors 2:21.626 Q 2 4 Bernadett Heidum 2:21.826 Q 3 4 Agnė Sereikaitė 2:21.900 Q 4 4 Lucia Peretti 2:22.953 5 4 Deanna Lockett 2:25.140 6 4 Volha Talayeva 2:27.817 1 5 Zhou Yang 2:26.543 Q 2 5 Jessica Smith 2:26.703 Q 3 5 Yara van Kerkhof 2:26.809 Q 4 5 Marianne St-Gelais 2:27.071 5 5 Yui Sakai 2:27.198 6 5 Kateřina Novotná 2:27.232 1 6 Emily Scott 2:22.641 Q 2 6 Kim A-lang 2:22.864 Q 3 6 Veronika Windisch 2:23.042 Q 4 6 Liu Qiuhong 2:24.640 5 6 Zsófia Kónya 2:55.523 – 6 Tatiana Borodulina DNF

Semifinals QA – qualified for Finals A QB – qualified for Finals B ADV – advanced PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Zhou Yang 2:18.825 QA 2 1 Shim Suk-hee 2:18.966 QA 3 1 Marie-Ève Drolet 2:19.516 QB 4 1 Jessica Smith 2:20.259 QB 5 1 Yara van Kerkhof 2:20.291 6 1 Anna Seidel 2:20.405 1 2 Arianna Fontana 2:19.336 QA 2 2 Jorien ter Mors 2:19.382 QA 3 2 Bernadett Heidum 2:20.196 QB 4 2 Véronique Pierron 2:20.216 QB 5 2 Olga Belyakova 2:20.391 6 2 Agnė Sereikaitė 2:20.398 7 2 Ayuko Ito 2:56.961 1 3 Li Jianrou 2:22.866 QA 2 3 Kim A-lang 2:22.928 QA 3 3 Valérie Maltais 2:23.069 QB 4 3 Veronika Windisch 2:23.241 QB 5 3 Emily Scott 2:23.439 ADV – 3 Cho Ha-ri PEN

Finals

Final B (classification round) Rank Name Country Time Notes 6 Valérie Maltais 2:24.711 7 Jessica Smith 2:25.787 8 Marie-Ève Drolet 2:25.870 9 Bernadett Heidum 2:26.004 10 Véronique Pierron 2:26.066 11 Veronika Windisch 2:26.296

Final A (medal round)

Rank Name Country Time Notes Zhou Yang 2:19.140 Shim Suk-hee 2:19.239 Arianna Fontana 2:19.416 Jorien ter Mors 2:19.656 Emily Scott 2:39.436 – Li Jianrou DNF – Kim A-lang PEN

Final standings The final overall standings were:

Rank Name Country Zhou Yang Shim Suk-hee Arianna Fontana Jorien ter Mors Emily Scott Valérie Maltais Jessica Smith Marie-Ève Drolet Bernadett Heidum 10 Véronique Pierron 11 Veronika Windisch 12 Li Jianrou 13 Kim A-lang 14 Olga Belyakova 15 Yara van Kerkhof 16 Agnė Sereikaitė 17 Anna Seidel 18 Ayuko Ito 19 Cho Ha-ri 20 Lucia Peretti 21 Liu Qiuhong 22 Marianne St-Gelais 23 Martina Valcepina 24 Alyson Dudek 25 Inna Simonova 26 Deanna Lockett 27 Yui Sakai 28 Charlotte Gilmartin 29 Tatiana Bodova 30 Zsófia Kónya 31 Kateřina Novotná 32 Volha Talayeva 33 Biba Sakurai – Elise Christie – Tatiana Borodulina – Valeriya Reznik

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