The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on February 14, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.
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 Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 14 February Pair 1 Beth Heiden 2:13.10 OR 14 February Pair 3 Ria Visser 2:12.35 OR 14 February Pair 5 Annie Borckink 2:10.95 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes 5 o Annie Borckink 2:10.95 3 i Ria Visser 2:12.35 8 i Sabine Becker 2:12.38 4 4 i Bjørg Eva Jensen 2:12.59 5 6 o Sylvia Filipsson 2:12.84 6 11 i Andrea Mitscherlich 2:13.05 7 1 i Beth Heiden 2:13.10 8 3 o Nataliya Petrusyova 2:14.15 9 2 o Sylvia Albrecht 2:14.27 10 1 o Sylvia Burka 2:14.65 11 10 o Brenda Webster 2:14.73 12 11 o Mary Docter 2:14.74 13 4 o Sarah Docter 2:15.11 14 7 i Lisbeth Korsmo 2:15.63 15 8 o Sijtje van der Lende 2:16.05 16 12 i Kathy Vogt 2:16.09 17 2 i Erwina Ryś 2:16.29 18 5 i Tatyana Averina 2:16.32 6 i Vira Bryndzei 2:16.32 20 9 o Annette Karlsson 2:17.31 21 7 o Anneli Repola 2:17.81 22 10 i Sigrid Smuda 2:18.86 23 9 i Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 2:19.41 24 16 i Miyoshi Kato 2:19.80 25 15 i Kim Yeong-hui 2:20.23 26 12 o Lee Seong-ae 2:20.67 27 13 o Kong Meiyu 2:22.48 +11.53 28 13 i Mandy Horsepool 2:23.05 +12.10 29 15 o Chen Shuhua 2:29.48 +18.53 30 14 i Shen Guoqin 2:41.99 +31.04 - 14 o Kim Ferran DQ
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