The Women's 1500 m speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 was held in Salt Lake City, Utah

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, United States

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Anni Friesinger

Anni Friesinger

Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...

 came to terms with the pressure of being the favorite by skating a world record and winning the gold medal. Sabine Völker

Sabine Völker

Sabine Völker is a German former speed skater who won a gold medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics, after winning three individual medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

 and Jennifer Rodriguez

Jennifer Rodriguez

Jennifer Rodriguez is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993...

 repeated their successes from the 1000 m.

Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The Women's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.After suffering from mononucleosis, Chris Witty skated a new World Record to win by surprise...

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
20 February	Pair 9	Varvara Barysheva Varvara Barysheva Varvara Barysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...		1:56.44	OR
20 February	Pair 10	Chris Witty Chris Witty Christine Diane Witty is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating....		1:55.71	OR
20 February	Pair 17	Anni Friesinger Anni Friesinger Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...		1:54.02	OR	WR

Results

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time Behind	Notes
	17	Anni Friesinger Anni Friesinger Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...		1:54.02	-
	19	Sabine Völker Sabine Völker Sabine Völker is a German former speed skater who won a gold medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics, after winning three individual medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....		1:54.97	+0.95
	20	Jennifer Rodriguez Jennifer Rodriguez Jennifer Rodriguez is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993...		1:55.32	+1.30
4	10	Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...		1:55.59	+1.57
5	18	Chris Witty Chris Witty Christine Diane Witty is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating....		1:55.71	+1.69
6	15	Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...		1:55.93	+1.91
7	13	Tonny de Jong Tonny de Jong Tonny de Jong is a former speed skater who was raised in Heerenveen and now lives in Calgary with Canadian speed skater Mark Knoll, whom she married in 2003....		1:56.02	+2.00
8	19	Amy Sannes Amy Sannes Amy Sannes is an Olympic speed skater who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics.She graduated in 2004 from the University of Utah with a degree in exercise physiology....		1:56.29	+2.27
9	9	Maki Tabata Maki Tabata Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...		1:56.35	+2.33
10	9	Varvara Barysheva Varvara Barysheva Varvara Barysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...		1:56.44	+2.42
11	18	Annamarie Thomas Annamarie Thomas Annamarie Thomas is a former Dutch speed skater.-Biography:Thomas was an allround speed skater, but favored the shorter distances. The years 1995 and 1996 found her at her peak: in both those years she was Dutch allround champion as well as Dutch sprint champion and came in second at the European...		1:56.45	+2.43
12	9	Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady Emese Hunyady is a former speed skater.At age 10, Hunyady participated at the 1977 Hungarian Sprint Championships for Juniors, finishing sixth. Representing Hungary, she had her first international competition in 1979 and in the following years, although still a junior, she entered several senior...		1:56.51	+2.49
13	14	Becky Sundstrom		1:57.33	+3.31
14	17	Aki Tonoike		1:57.97	+3.95
15	15	Song Li		1:58.31	+4.29
16	13	Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato is an Italian long-track speed skater who competed in 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is set compete for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m....		1:58.52	+4.50
17	14	Tatyana Trapeznikova		1:59.00	+4.98
18	5	Valentina Yakshina		1:59.28	+5.26
19	3	Gao Yang		1:59.51	+5.49
20	10	Kristina Groves Kristina Groves Kristina Groves is a Canadian speedskater. She is Canada’s most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: She won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit....		1:59.54	+5.52
21	11	Marianne Timmer Marianne Timmer Maria Aaltje Timmer is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the middle distances . At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.- Personal life :...		1:59.60	+5.58
22	16	Marion Wohlrab		1:59.67	+5.65
23	6	Krisztina Egyed		1:59.86	+5.84
24	12	Yayoi Nagaoka		1:59.93	+5.91
25	12	Cindy Overland		2:00.02	+6.00
26	2	Katarzyna Wojcicka		2:00.59	+6.57
27	4	Nicola Mayr		2:00.73	+6.71
28	2	Zhang Xiaolei		2:01.23	+7.21
29	8	Yuri Obara		2:01.39	+7.37
29	11	Choi Yoon-Suk		2:01.39	+7.37
31	7	Andrea Jakab		2:02.23	+8.21
32	6	Anzhelika Gavrilova		2:03.22	+9.20
33	8	Bak Eun-Bi		2:03.87	+9.85
34	1	Svetlana Chepelnikova		2:04.06	+10.04
35	4	Ilonda Luse		2:04.25	+10.23
36	3	Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean is a Romanian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...		2:04.48	+10.46
37	7	Marina Pupina		2:05.13	+11.11
38	5	Yelena Myagkikh Yelena Myagkikh Olena Vasylivna Myahkikh is a Ukrainian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...		2:05.32	+11.30
	16	Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold Renate Groenewold is a Dutch long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.Groenewold has won several Dutch Championships....		DNF	-