The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on February 27, at the Olympic Oval.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new World and Olympic records were set during the competition.
Date Athlete Country Time OR WR 27 February Andrea Ehrig 2:01.49 OR 27 February Karin Kania 2:00.82 OR 27 February Yvonne van Gennip 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.
The following are the results of the competitors: Rank Athlete Country Time Behind Notes Yvonne van Gennip 2:00.68 Karin Kania 2:00.82 Andrea Ehrig 2:01.49 4 Bonnie Blair 2:04.02 5 Yelena Lapuga 2:04.24 6 Seiko Hashimoto 2:04.38 7 Gunda Kleeman 2:04.68 Erwina Ryś-Ferens 2:04.68 9 Song Hwa-son 2:05.25 10 Leslie Bader 2:05.53 11 Natalie Grenier 2:06.80 12 Marieke Stam 2:07.00 13 Katie Class 2:07.30 14 Ariane Loignon 2:07.63 15 Yelena Tumanova 2:07.71 16 Anja Mischke 2:08.52 17 Zofia Tokarczyk 2:08.54 18 Jane Goldman 2:08.72 19 Natsue Seki 2:08.89 20 Edel Therese Høiseth 2:09.34 21 Chantal Côté 2:09.62 22 Han Chun-ok 2:09.66 23 Caroline Maheux 2:10.83 +10.15 24 Kim Young-ok 2:11.95 +11.27 25 Minna Nystedt 2:12.40 +11.72 26 Choi Hye-sook 2:12.96 +12.28 27 Stéphanie Dumont 2:13.01 +12.33 28 Bibija Kerla 2:21.69 +21.01
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