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1,500 metres, Women

Date	13 February 2002
Status	Olympic
Location	Salt Lake Ice Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Participants	28 from 17 countries
Format	Placements 1-12 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on points earned in earlier rounds, and time in final round skated.

This event was expected to become an Asian battle, with China and South Korea gunning for the gold. Both Yang Yang (A) and Yang Yang (S) were hoping to win China’s first ever Winter Olympic gold medal, although the latter had not previously excelled in this new Olympic distance. The South Korean hopes were mainly with Go Gi-Hyun, a 15-year-old who had won the first two World Cups of the season.

Both Chinese and South Korean entrants qualified for the final, as the second South Korean, Choi Eun-Gyeong, advanced from the semi-finals with a new world record of 2:21.069. The Koreans played out their numerical advantage best, as Ko placed first ahead of Choi Eun-Gyeong. Yang Yang (S) was disqualified for interfering with Alanna Kraus, while her teammate finished behind Evgeniya Radanova in fourth. Ko became the youngest individual winner in short track, and Radanova won her country’s first ever medal in the sport.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Points	Best Time
1	174	Go Gi-Hyeon	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	170	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	–	–	Silver
3	105	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	122	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	–	–
5	112	Alanna Kraus	CAN	–	–
6	110	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	–	–
7	167	Chikage Tanaka	JPN	–	–
8	134	Christin Priebst	GER	–	–
9	163	Mara Zini	ITA	–	–
10	178	Nina Yevteyeva	RUS	–	–
11	125	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	–	–
12	123	Yang Yang (S)	CHN	68	DQ
13	183	Amy Peterson	USA	18	2:26.118
14	157	Olga Danilov	ISR	18	2:32.458
15	124	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	18	2:35.085
16	128	Jo Williams	GBR	8	2:27.845
17	176	Katalin Kristo	ROU	8	2:28.709
18	103	Marina Georgieva	BUL	8	2:33.362
19	101	Yuliya Paulovich	BLR	8	2:36.058
20	164	Yuka Kamino	JPN	8	2:52.591
21	177	Nataliya Dmitriyeva	RUS	5	2:29.086
22	131	Yvonne Kunze	GER	5	2:29.779
23	149	Marianna Nagy	HUN	5	2:39.615
24	126	Sarah Lindsay	GBR	5	3:01.223
25	145	Eva Farkas	HUN	3	2:42.172
26	140	Christy Ren	HKG	3	2:49.666
27	162	Katia Zini	ITA	3	3:19.248
DQ	184	Erin Porter	USA	–	–

Round One (13 February 2002 — 18:00)

Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Yang Yang (S)	CHN	2:26.943	34	QOR
2	5	Alanna Kraus	CAN	2:26.968	21	Q
3	4	Amy Peterson	USA	2:27.062	13	Q
4	3	Jo Williams	GBR	2:27.845	8
5	1	Yvonne Kunze	GER	2:29.779	5
6	6	Christy Ren	HKG	2:49.666	3

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	6	Go Gi-Hyeon	KOR	2:26.980	34	Q
2	5	Mara Zini	ITA	2:27.553	21	Q
3	3	Christin Priebst	GER	2:27.649	13	Q
4	2	Katalin Kristo	ROU	2:28.709	8
5	1	Nataliya Dmitriyeva	RUS	2:29.086	5
6	4	Eva Farkas	HUN	2:42.172	3

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	2:32.821	34	Q
2	2	Nina Yevteyeva	RUS	2:32.970	21	Q
3	2	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	2:35.438	13	Q
4	5	Yuka Kamino	JPN	2:52.591	8
DQ	1	Erin Porter	USA	–	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	2:29.460	34	Q
2	4	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	2:29.578	21	Q
3	3	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	2:29.652	13	Q
4	5	Marina Georgieva	BUL	2:33.362	8
5	2	Marianna Nagy	HUN	2:39.615	5

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Chikage Tanaka	JPN	2:29.202	34	Q
2	3	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	2:30.075	21	Q
3	6	Olga Danilov	ISR	2:32.458	13	Q
4	5	Yuliya Paulovich	BLR	2:36.058	8
5	2	Sarah Lindsay	GBR	3:01.223	5
6	1	Katia Zini	ITA	3:19.248	3

Semi-Finals (13 February 2002 — 19:32)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Go Gi-Hyeon	KOR	2:31.120	34	Q
2	4	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	2:31.194	21	Q
3	2	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	2:31.570	13	QB
4	5	Christin Priebst	GER	2:32.884	8	QB
5	3	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	2:35.085	5

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	5	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	2:21.069	34	QWR
2	4	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	2:21.690	21	Q
3	3	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	2:21.758	13	QB
4	2	Chikage Tanaka	JPN	2:21.924	8	QB
5	1	Amy Peterson	USA	2:26.118	5

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Yang Yang (S)	CHN	2:32.315	34	Q
2	3	Alanna Kraus	CAN	2:32.411	21	Q
3	1	Nina Yevteyeva	RUS	2:32.759	13	QB
4	4	Mara Zini	ITA	2:32.899	8	QB
5	5	Olga Danilov	ISR	2:36.114	5

Final Round (13 February 2002 — 20:35)

B Final

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	2:31.203
2	4	Chikage Tanaka	JPN	2:31.479
3	2	Christin Priebst	GER	2:32.442
4	5	Mara Zini	ITA	2:32.513
5	6	Nina Yevteyeva	RUS	2:32.666
6	3	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	2:32.673

A Final (20:35)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Go Gi-Hyeon	KOR	2:31.581
2	2	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	2:31.610
3	1	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	2:31.723
4	3	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	2:31.791
5	6	Alanna Kraus	CAN	3:05.002
DQ	5	Yang Yang (S)	CHN	–