Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Women's 1500 metres at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Zetra Ice Rink
Dates	February 9
Competitors	32 from 15 nations
Winning time	2:03.42
Medalists
Karin Enke   East Germany   Andrea Schöne   East Germany   Natalya Petrusyova   Soviet Union

Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on February 9, at the Zetra Ice Rink.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2][3]

World record	Nataliya Petrusyova (URS)	2:04.04	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union	25 March 1983
Olympic record	Annie Borckink (NED)	2:10.95	Lake Placid, United States	14 February 1980

The following new world record was set.

Date	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
9 February	Karin Enke (GDR)	2:03.42	OR	WR

Results

^[1]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Behind	Notes
	5	o	Karin Enke	East Germany	2:03.42	–	WR
	1	o	Andrea Schöne	East Germany	2:05.29	+1.87
	3	i	Natalya Petrusyova	Soviet Union	2:05.78	+2.36
4	2	o	Gabi Schönbrunn	East Germany	2:07.69	+4.27
5	15	i	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	Poland	2:08.08	+4.66
6	4	o	Valentina Lalenkova	Soviet Union	2:08.17	+4.75
7	2	i	Nataliya Kurova	Soviet Union	2:08.41	+4.99
8	4	i	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Norway	2:09.53	+6.11
9	9	i	Thea Limbach	Netherlands	2:10.35	+6.93
10	9	o	Sigrid Smuda	West Germany	2:10.55	+7.13
11	3	o	Yvonne van Gennip	Netherlands	2:10.61	+7.19
12	5	i	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	Sweden	2:10.80	+7.38
13	1	i	Ria Visser	Netherlands	2:11.06	+7.64
14	8	i	Mary Docter	United States	2:12.14	+8.72
15	7	i	Seiko Hashimoto	Japan	2:12.56	+9.14
16	11	i	Silvia Brunner	Switzerland	2:12.62	+9.20
17	7	o	Jane Goldman	United States	2:12.94	+9.52
18	6	o	Nancy Swider-Peltz	United States	2:13.74	+10.32
19	12	o	Pak Gum-Hyon	North Korea	2:14.23	+10.81
20	11	o	Han Chun-Ok	North Korea	2:14.25	+10.83
21	8	i	Natalie Grenier	Canada	2:14.72	+11.30
22	6	i	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	2:15.50	+12.08
23	15	o	Wang Guifang	China	2:16.19	+12.77
24	13	i	Wang Xiuli	China	2:16.68	+13.26
25	14	o	Kim Chang-Hae	North Korea	2:17.37	+13.95
26	13	o	Choi Seung-Youn	South Korea	2:17.80	+14.38
27	10	i	Lee Kyung-Ja	South Korea	2:17.96	+14.54
28	12	i	Lee Yeon-Ju	South Korea	2:18.34	+14.92
29	14	i	Kong Meiyu	China	2:19.56	+16.14
30	16	i	Lilianna Morawiec	Poland	2:39.37	+35.95
31	10	o	Dubravka Vukušić	Yugoslavia	2:42.12	+38.70
32	16	o	Bibija Kerla	Yugoslavia	2:46.32	+42.90

References

1. "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
2. "1500m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
3. "1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 31, 2016.

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