The Women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Uğur Erdener, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Jan Dijkema, President of the International Skating Union.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new records were established during the competition.
Results Heats Q – qualified for the semifinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes1 1 Arianna Fontana 2:28.494 Q2 1 Jorien ter Mors 2:28.587 Q3 1 Sumire Kikuchi 2:29.665 Q4 1 Kim Iong-a 2:29.875 5 1 Shim Suk-hee 2:39.984 1 Sára Bácskai PEN 1 2 Han Yutong 2:31.158 Q 2 2 Marianne St-Gelais 2:31.274 Q 3 2 Martina Valcepina 2:31.370 Q 4 2 Kathryn Thomson 2:32.891 5 2 Anna Seidel 2:56.976 ADV 2 Jessica Kooreman PEN1 3 Suzanne Schulting 2:27.730 Q2 3 Deanna Lockett 2:28.996 Q3 3 Charlotte Gilmartin 2:29.005 Q4 3 Michaela Sejpalová 2:30.012 5 3 Cheyenne Goh 2:36.971 3 Ekaterina Efremenkova PEN1 4 Kim A-lang 2:20.891 Q2 4 Kim Boutin 2:21.149 Q3 4 Véronique Pierron 2:22.119 Q4 4 Magdalena Warakomska 2:23.693 4 Anastassiya Krestova PEN 4 Yuki Kikuchi PEN1 5 Elise Christie 2:29.316 Q2 5 Zhou Yang 2:29.587 Q3 5 Valérie Maltais 2:29.877 Q4 5 Tifany Huot-Marchand 2:29.996 5 5 Bianca Walter 2:30.819 6 5 Maame Biney 2:31.819 1 6 Choi Min-jeong 2:24.595 Q2 6 Petra Jászapáti 2:25.022 Q3 6 Li Jinyu 2:25.034 Q4 6 Sofia Prosvirnova 2:25.553 5 6 Lana Gehring 2:27.336 6 6 Shione Kaminaga 2:28.719
Semifinals QA – qualified for Final A QB – qualified for Final B ADV – advanced PEN – penalty
Rank Semifinal Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Kim A-lang 2:22.691 QA 2 1 Kim Boutin 2:22.799 QA 3 1 Han Yutong 2:22.826 QB 4 1 Martina Valcepina 2:24.171 QB 5 1 Veronique Pierron 2:28.023 6 1 Anna Seidel 3:00.658 1 Marianne St-Gelais PEN 1 2 Jorien ter Mors 2:34.385 QA 2 2 Arianna Fontana 2:34.489 QA 3 2 Sumire Kikuchi 2:34.526 QB 4 2 Suzanne Schulting 2:34.632 QB 5 2 Charlotte Gilmartin 3:00.691 6 2 Deanna Lockett 3:01.928 1 3 Choi Min-jeong 2:22.295 QA 2 3 Petra Jászapáti 2:23.210 QA 3 3 Zhou Yang 2:23.485 QB 4 3 Li Jinyu 2:33.005 ADV 3 Valérie Maltais PEN 3 Elise Christie PEN
Final B Rank Name Country Time Notes 8 Zhou Yang 2:35.241 9 Han Yutong 2:36.548 10 Suzanne Schulting 2:37.163 11 Sumire Kikuchi 2:54.450 12 Martina Valcepina PEN
Final A The final was held at 21:09.
Rank Name Country Time Notes Choi Min-jeong 2:24.948 Li Jinyu 2:25.703 Kim Boutin 2:25.834 4 Kim A-lang 2:25.941 5 Jorien ter Mors 2:25.955 6 Petra Jászapáti 2:26.138 7 Arianna Fontana 2:27.475
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