The women's 1500 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 20 February 2026 at the Forum di Milano in Milan. Kim Gil-li from South Korea won the event, getting her first individual Olympic gold. Her teammate, the defending champion Choi Min-jeong won the silver medal, and Corinne Stoddard of the United States won bronze, her first Olympic medal.
Background The defending champion, Choi Min-jeong, qualified for the event, as did the silver medalist Arianna Fontana and the bronze medalist Suzanne Schulting. Before the Olympics, Kim Gil-li was leading the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour 1500 m standings, and Courtney Sarault led the overall standings. Choi Min-jeong was also the 1500 m 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. A total of 36 athletes from 15 nations qualified for the event.
Records Prior to this competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Quarterfinals 20 February 2026, 20:15 PM RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes11Kim Gil-li2:32.080Q21Kim Boutin2:32.209Q31Zhang Chutong2:32.321Q41Natalia Maliszewska2:34.13151Valentina Aščić2:58.1331Michelle VelzeboerDNF12Courtney Sarault2:29.331Q22Yang Jinru2:29.524Q32Maja Somodi2:29.673Q42Kamryn Lute2:30.34752Yana Khan3:08.4142Gong LiPEN13Tineke den Dulk2:28.037Q23Choi Min-jeong2:29.010Q33Arianna Sighel2:29.922Q43Diána Laura Végi2:30.078q53Ami Hirai2:30.1943Cloé OllivierPEN14Corinne Stoddard2:27.961Q24Haruna Nagamori2:28.606Q34Aurélie Lévêque2:30.023Q44Olga Tikhonova2:30.16954Mirei Nakashima2:53.95964Gabriela Topolska3:02.87515Xandra Velzeboer2:27.522Q25Elisa Confortola2:27.605Q35Suzanne Schulting2:27.705Q45Danaé Blais2:28.266q55Katarina Burić2:31.8745Petra VaňkováDNF16Hanne Desmet2:24.365Q26Arianna Fontana2:25.024Q36Noh Do-hee2:25.152Q46Joey Lam Ching Yan2:29.027q6Kristen Santos-GriswoldPEN6Kamila SellierPEN
Semifinals 20 February 2026, 21:00 PM RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes11Kim Gil-li2:29.385QA21Arianna Fontana2:29.512QA31Zhang Chutong2:29.578QB41Danaé Blais2:30.937QB51Kim Boutin2:33.73461Hanne Desmet3:10.53271Noh Do-heeNo time12Yang Jingru2:33.458QA22Joey Lam Ching Yan2:37.290QA32Xandra Velzeboer2:41.237QB42Courtney Sarault2:48.617QB52Aurélie Lévêque2:54.17362Elisa Confortola2:55.438ADVB72Suzanne Schulting3:08.98713Choi Min-jeong2:20.984 QA23Corinne Stoddard2:21.042 QA33Arianna Sighel2:21.120qA43Maja Somodi2:21.225QB53Haruna Nagamori2:21.390QB63Diána Laura Végi2:24.688 73Tineke den Dulk2:26.300
Finals
Final B 20 February 2026, 21:56 PM RankNameCountryTimeNotes 8Xandra Velzeboer 2:35.554 9Courtney Sarault 2:35.616 10Elisa Confortola 2:35.836 11Zhang Chutong 2:37.181 12Maja Somodi 2:37.291 13Haruna Nagamori 2:37.450 14Danaé Blais 2:42.822
Final A 20 February 2026, 22:03 PM RankNameCountryTimeNotes Kim Gil-li 2:32.076 Choi Min-jeong 2:32.450 Corinne Stoddard 2:32.578 4Yang Jingru 2:32.713 5Arianna Fontana 2:32.783 6Arianna Sighel 2:33.052 7Joey Lam Ching Yan 2:35.755
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