The Women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

The following new Olympic and World records were set during this competition.

Date Round Team Time OR WR 13 February Heat 1 2:26.943 OR 13 February Semifinal 2 2:21.069 OR WR

Results

Heats The first round was held on 13 February. There were five heats, with the top three finishers moving on to the semifinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (S) 2:26.943 Q 2 Alanna Kraus 2:26.968 Q 3 Amy Peterson 2:27.062 Q 4 Jo Williams 2:27.845 5 Yvonne Kunze 2:29.779 6 Christy Ren 2:49.666

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ko Gi-hyun 2:26.980 Q 2 Mara Zini 2:27.553 Q 3 Christin Priebst 2:27.649 Q 4 Katalin Kristo 2:28.709 5 Nataliya Dmitriyeva 2:29.086 6 Eva Farkas 2:42.172

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Evgeniya Radanova 2:32.821 Q 2 Nina Yevteyeva 2:32.970 Q 3 Kateřina Novotná 2:35.438 Q 4 Yuka Kamino 2:52.591 – Erin Porter DQ

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Choi Eun-kyung 2:29.460 Q 2 Yang Yang (A) 2:29.578 Q 3 Marie-Ève Drolet 2:29.652 Q 4 Marina Georgieva-Nikolova 2:33.362 5 Marianna Nagy 2:39.615

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chikage Tanaka 2:29.202 Q 2 Stéphanie Bouvier 2:30.075 Q 3 Olga Danilov 2:32.458 Q 4 Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova 2:36.058 5 Sarah Lindsay 3:01.223 6 Katia Zini 3:19.248

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 13 February. The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ko Gi-hyun 2:31.120 QA 2 Evgeniya Radanova 2:31.194 QA 3 Stéphanie Bouvier 2:31.570 QB 4 Christin Priebst 2:32.884 QB 5 Kateřina Novotná 2:35.085

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Choi Eun-kyung 2:21.069 QA 2 Yang Yang (A) 2:21.690 QA 3 Marie-Ève Drolet 2:21.758 QB 4 Chikage Tanaka 2:21.924 QB 5 Amy Peterson 2:26.118

Semifinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (S) 2:32.315 QA 2 Alanna Kraus 2:32.411 QA 3 Nina Yevteyeva 2:32.759 QB 4 Mara Zini 2:32.899 QB 5 Olga Danilov 2:36.114

Finals The six qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while six others raced in Final B.

Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Ko Gi-hyun 2:31.581 Choi Eun-kyung 2:31.610 Evgeniya Radanova 2:31.723 4 Yang Yang (A) 2:31.791 5 Alanna Kraus 3:05.002 – Yang Yang (S) DQ

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 6 Marie-Ève Drolet 2:31.203 7 Chikage Tanaka 2:31.479 8 Christin Priebst 2:32.442 9 Mara Zini 2:32.513 10 Nina Yevteyeva 2:32.666 11 Stéphanie Bouvier 2:32.673

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