The women's 1500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Choi Min-jeong of South Korea, the defending champion, won the event. Arianna Fontana of Italy won the silver medal, and Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands bronze.

The silver medalist, Li Jinyu, did not compete. The bronze medalist, Kim Boutin, qualified. Schulting was the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating champion at all distances, including 1500 m. Courtney Sarault and Xandra Velzeboer were the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Many top athletes did not participate in the championship, however. Lee Yu-bin was leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup at the 1500 m distance with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Schulting and Sarault.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, with the top 36 athletes (maximum of three per country qualifying quotas. If a NOC declined a quota spot, it was distributed to the next available athlete, only if the maximum quota of 56 athletes per gender was not surpassed.

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

The following records were set during the competition. Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref 16 February Semifinal 3 Choi Min-jeong 2:16.831 OR

Results Quarterfinals Rank Heat Name Country TimeQuarterfinals results Notes 1 1 Choi Min-jeong 2:20.846 Q 2 1 Petra Jászapáti 2:22.115 Q 3 1 Zhang Yuting 2:22.161 Q 4 1 Rianne de Vries 2:22.244 ADV 5 1 Arianna Sighel 2:22.318 6 1 Gwendoline Daudet 2:23.607 1 2 Kim A-lang 2:32.879 Q 2 2 Arianna Fontana 2:32.946 Q 3 2 Corinne Stoddard 2:33.329 Q 4 2 Kamila Stormowska 2:33.603 5 2 Julie Letai 2:36.214 ADV 2 Anna Seidel PEN 1 3 Kristen Santos 2:21.027 Q 2 3 Xandra Velzeboer 2:21.148 Q 3 3 Sumire Kikuchi 2:23.359 Q 4 3 Danaé Blais No time 3 Zsófia Kónya PEN 3 Olga Tikhonova PEN 1 4 Courtney Sarault 2:20.365 Q 2 4 Anna Vostrikova 2:21.113 Q 3 4 Han Yutong 2:21.191 Q 4 4 Michaela Hrůzová 2:21.278 q 5 4 Valentina Aščić 2:21.456 6 4 Tifany Huot-Marchand 2:23.784 1 5 Kim Boutin 2:17.739 Q 2 5 Lee Yu-bin 2:17.851 Q 3 5 Cynthia Mascitto 2:20.268 Q 4 5 Yuki Kikuchi 2:22.192 5 5 Shione Kaminaga 2:22.261 6 5 Uliana Dubrova 2:26.832 1 6 Suzanne Schulting 2:18.810 Q 2 6 Hanne Desmet 2:18.931 Q 3 6 Sofia Prosvirnova 2:19.432 Q 4 6 Zhang Chutong 2:19.839 q 5 5 Natalia Maliszewska 2:25.850 6 6 Ekaterina Efremenkova No time

Semifinals Rank Heat Name Country TimeSemifinals results Notes 1 1 Lee Yu-bin 2:22.157 QA 2 1 Arianna Fontana 2:22.196 QA 3 1 Kim Boutin 2:22.371 QB 4 1 Kim A-lang 2:22.420 QB 5 1 Sofia Prosvirnova 2:22.546 6 1 Corinne Stoddard 2:22.632 7 1 Zhang Chutong 2:26.717 1 2 Suzanne Schulting 2:18.942 QA 2 2 Hanne Desmet 2:19.001 QA 3 2 Cynthia Mascitto 2:20.272 QB 4 2 Michaela Hrůzová 2:21.386 QB 5 2 Kristen Santos 2:31.067 ADVB 6 2 Sumire Kikuchi No time ADVB 2 Petra Jászapáti PEN 1 3 Choi Min-jeong 2:16.831 QA, OR 2 3 Han Yutong 2:17.112 QA 3 3 Xandra Velzeboer 2:18.303 QA 4 3 Courtney Sarault 2:18.316 QB 5 3 Rianne de Vries 2:18.712 6 3 Zhang Yuting 2:18.741 7 3 Anna Vostrikova 2:20.705 8 3 Julie Letai 2:23.315

Finals Final B Rank Name Country Time Notes 8 Sumire Kikuchi 2:37.915 9 Kristen Santos 2:45.492 10 Kim Boutin 2:45.568 11 Courtney Sarault 2:45.606 12 Cynthia Mascitto 2:45.697 13 Kim A-lang 2:45.707 14 Michaela Hrůzová 2:46.664

Final A Rank Name Country TimeFinals results Notes Choi Min-jeong 2:17.789 Arianna Fontana 2:17.862 Suzanne Schulting 2:17.865 4 Hanne Desmet 2:18.711 5 Xandra Velzeboer 2:18.781 6 Lee Yu-bin 2:18.825 7 Han Yutong 2:19.060

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