Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on February 14, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.[1][2]

Women's 1500 metres
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueJames B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink
DatesFebruary 14
Competitors31 from 14 nations
Winning time2:10.95
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Annie Borckink
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ria Visser
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sabine Becker
 East Germany
← 1976
1984 →

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3][4]

World record   Khalida Vorobyeva (URS) 2:07.18 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 10 April 1978
Olympic record   Galina Stepanskaya (URS) 2:16.58 Innsbruck, Austria 5 February 1976

The following new Olympic and world records were set during this competition.

Date Pair Athlete Country Time OR WR
14 February Pair 1 Beth Heiden   United States 2:13.10 OR
14 February Pair 3 Ria Visser   Netherlands 2:12.35 OR
14 February Pair 5 Annie Borckink   Netherlands 2:10.95 OR

Results

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Rank Pair Lane Athlete Country Time Behind Notes
  5 o Annie Borckink   Netherlands 2:10.95 OR
  3 i Ria Visser   Netherlands 2:12.35 +1.40
  8 i Sabine Becker   East Germany 2:12.38 +1.43
4 4 i Bjørg Eva Jensen   Norway 2:12.59 +1.64
5 6 o Sylvia Filipsson   Sweden 2:12.84 +1.89
6 11 i Andrea Mitscherlich   East Germany 2:13.05 +2.10
7 1 i Beth Heiden   United States 2:13.10 +2.15
8 3 o Nataliya Petrusyova   Soviet Union 2:14.15 +3.20
9 2 o Sylvia Albrecht   East Germany 2:14.27 +3.32
10 1 o Sylvia Burka   Canada 2:14.65 +3.70
11 10 o Brenda Webster   Canada 2:14.73 +3.78
12 11 o Mary Docter   United States 2:14.74 +3.79
13 4 o Sarah Docter   United States 2:15.11 +4.16
14 7 i Lisbeth Korsmo   Norway 2:15.63 +4.68
15 8 o Sijtje van der Lende   Netherlands 2:16.05 +5.10
16 12 i Kathy Vogt   Canada 2:16.09 +5.14
17 2 i Erwina Ryś   Poland 2:16.29 +5.34
18 5 i Tatyana Averina   Soviet Union 2:16.32 +5.37
6 i Vira Bryndzei   Soviet Union 2:16.32 +5.37
20 9 o Annette Karlsson   Sweden 2:17.31 +6.36
21 7 o Anneli Repola   Finland 2:17.81 +6.86
22 10 i Sigrid Smuda   West Germany 2:18.86 +7.91
23 9 i Yuko Yaegashi-Ota   Japan 2:19.41 +8.46
24 16 i Miyoshi Kato   Japan 2:19.80 +8.85
25 15 i Kim Yeong-hui   South Korea 2:20.23 +9.28
26 12 o Lee Seong-ae   South Korea 2:20.67 +9.72
27 13 o Kong Meiyu   China 2:22.48 +11.53
28 13 i Mandy Horsepool   Great Britain 2:23.05 +12.10
29 15 o Chen Shuhua   China 2:29.48 +18.53
30 14 i Shen Guoqin   China 2:41.99 +31.04
- 14 o Kim Ferran   Great Britain DQ

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ "1500m Ladies World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "1500m Ladies Olympic Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved November 2, 2016.