The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on February 5, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world and olympic record were set during the competition.
Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR 5 February Pair 1 Lisbeth Korsmo 2:18.99 OR 5 February Pair 4 Tatyana Averina 2:17.96 OR 5 February Pair 7 Galina Stepanskaya 2:16.58 OR
Results
Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes 7 o Galina Stepanskaya 2:16.58 9 i Sheila Young 2:17.06 4 o Tatyana Averina 2:17.96 4 1 i Lisbeth Korsmo 2:18.99 5 9 o Karin Kessow 2:19.05 6 12 o Leah Poulos 2:19.11 7 1 o Ines Bautzmann 2:19.63 8 8 o Erwina Ryś 2:19.69 9 3 i Sylvia Burka 2:19.74 10 12 i Andrea Mitscherlich 2:20.05 11 8 i Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 2:21.85 12 2 i Annie Borckink 2:22.06 13 6 i Sijtje van der Lende 2:22.10 14 5 o Sylvia Filipsson 2:22.42 15 11 o Nina Statkevich 2:22.59 16 13 o Christa Jaarsma 2:23.98 17 4 i Cindy Seikkula 2:24.06 18 11 i Ewa Malewicka 2:24.26 19 3 o Janina Korowicka 2:24.30 20 5 i Tuula Vilkas 2:24.55 21 6 o Liz Appleby 2:24.89 22 2 i Chieko Ito 2:25.27 23 13 i Kathy Vogt 2:25.49 24 10 o Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 2:25.74 25 7 i Lee Nam-Sun 2:26.24 26 10 i Linda Rombouts 2:32.96 +16.38
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