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1,500 metres, Women

Date	17 February 2018
Status	Olympic
Location	Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung Olympic Park, Coastal Cluster, Gangneung
Participants	36 from 17 countries
Format	Placements 1-12 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on placements in earlier rounds, and best time skated.
Olympic Record	2:16.993 / Zhou Yang CHN / 20 February 2010 / Details

Based on performances earlier in the season, Korea’s Choi Min-Jeong was probably the top favourite to win this event. She had won three of the four World Cup races in the event, placing second in the fourth one. But there were numerous other contenders, such as defending champion Zhou Yang and the four World Champions since Sochi: Shim Seok-Hui, Arianna Fontana, Marianne St-Gelais and Elise Christie.

But many of these co-favourites faltered at the early stages, with Shim falling in the heats. St-Gelais and Christie (who was carried off on a stretcher) both faced penalties in the semis, while Zhou was eliminated. This put all the pressure on Choi, but she didn’t disappoint and skated away from the field to win by a clear margin. Behind her, teenager Li Jinyu of China pipped Canada’s Kim Boutin for the bronze. Earlier in the tournament, Cheyenne Goh had place 5th in her heat, failing to proceed to the semi-finals. Her appearance, though, made her the first ever Winter Olympian for Singapore.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Position Last Race	Positions	Best Time
1	6	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	AF-1	1-1	2:22.295	Gold
2	136	Li Jinyu	CHN	AF-2	4-3	2:25.034	Silver
3	24	Kim Boutin	CAN	AF-3	2-2	2:21.149	Bronze
4	128	Kim A-Rang	KOR	AF-4	1-1	2:20.891
5	141	Jorien ter Mors	NED	AF-5	1-2	2:25.955
6	11	Petra Jászapáti	HUN	AF-6	2-2	2:23.210
7	9	Arianna Fontana	ITA	AF-7	2-1	2:27.475
8	137	Zhou Yang	CHN	BF-1	3-2	2:23.485
9	48	Han Yutong	CHN	BF-2	3-1	2:22.826
10	7	Suzanne Schulting	NED	BF-3	4-1	2:27.730
11	27	Sumire Kikuchi	JPN	BF-4	3-3	2:29.665
12	138	Martina Valcepina	ITA	BF-DQ	4-3	2:24.171
13	26	Véronique Pierron	FRA	SF-5	5-3	2:22.119
14	44	Charlotte Gilmartin	GBR	SF-5	5-3	2:29.005
15	18	Deanna Lockett	AUS	SF-6	6-2	2:28.996
16	17	Anna Seidel	GER	SF-6	6-5	2:56.976
17	1	Elise Christie	GBR	SF-DQ	0-1	2:29.316
18	2	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	SF-DQ	0-2	2:31.274
19	47	Valérie Maltais	CAN	SF-DQ	0-3	2:29.877
20	31	Magdalena Warakomska	POL	R1-4	0-4	2:23.693
21	13	Sofya Prosvirnova	ROC	R1-4	0-4	2:25.553
22	64	Iong A Kim	KAZ	R1-4	0-4	2:29.875
23	19	Tifany Huot-Marchand	FRA	R1-4	0-4	2:29.996
24	36	Michaela Sejpalová	CZE	R1-4	0-4	2:30.012
25	30	Kathryn Thomson	GBR	R1-4	0-4	2:32.891
26	134	Lana Gehring	USA	R1-5	0-5	2:27.336
27	20	Bianca Walter	GER	R1-5	0-5	2:30.819
28	46	Cheyenne Goh	SGP	R1-5	0-5	2:36.971
29	3	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	R1-5	0-5	2:39.984
30	51	Shione Kaminaga	JPN	R1-6	0-6	2:28.719
31	135	Maame Biney	USA	R1-6	0-6	2:31.819
DQ	89	Yuki Kikuchi	JPN	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–
DQ	70	Sára Bácskai	HUN	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–
DQ	63	Yekaterina Yefremenkova	ROC	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–
DQ	34	Anastasiya Krestova	KAZ	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–
DQ	16	Jessica Kooreman	USA	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–

Round One

Date	17 February 2018 — 19:00
Format	Top 3 finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One

Time	19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Arianna Fontana	ITA	2:28.494	Q
2	3	Jorien ter Mors	NED	2:28.587	Q
3	4	Sumire Kikuchi	JPN	2:29.665	Q
4	1	Iong A Kim	KAZ	2:29.875
5	6	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	2:39.984
DQ	2	Sára Bácskai	HUN	–

Heat Two

Time	19:05

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	3	Han Yutong	CHN	2:31.158	Q
2	6	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	2:31.274	Q
3	2	Martina Valcepina	ITA	2:31.370	Q
4	4	Kathryn Thomson	GBR	2:32.891
5	5	Anna Seidel	GER	2:56.976	ADV
DQ	1	Jessica Kooreman	USA	–

Heat Three

Time	19:10

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Suzanne Schulting	NED	2:27.730	Q
2	4	Deanna Lockett	AUS	2:28.996	Q
3	6	Charlotte Gilmartin	GBR	2:29.005	Q
4	2	Michaela Sejpalová	CZE	2:30.012
5	3	Cheyenne Goh	SGP	2:36.971
DQ	5	Yekaterina Yefremenkova	ROC	–

Heat Four

Time	19:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Kim A-Rang	KOR	2:20.891	Q
2	1	Kim Boutin	CAN	2:21.149	Q
3	2	Véronique Pierron	FRA	2:22.119	Q
4	6	Magdalena Warakomska	POL	2:23.693
DQ	3	Anastasiya Krestova	KAZ	–
DQ	4	Yuki Kikuchi	JPN	–

Heat Five

Time	19:20

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	3	Elise Christie	GBR	2:29.316	Q
2	4	Zhou Yang	CHN	2:29.587	Q
3	6	Valérie Maltais	CAN	2:29.877	Q
4	1	Tifany Huot-Marchand	FRA	2:29.996
5	5	Bianca Walter	GER	2:30.819
6	2	Maame Biney	USA	2:31.819

Heat Six

Time	19:25

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	2:24.595	Q
2	2	Petra Jászapáti	HUN	2:25.022	Q
3	6	Li Jinyu	CHN	2:25.034	Q
4	5	Sofya Prosvirnova	ROC	2:25.553
5	1	Lana Gehring	USA	2:27.336
6	3	Shione Kaminaga	JPN	2:28.719

Semi-Finals

Date	17 February 2018 — 20:13
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One

Time	20:13

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Kim A-Rang	KOR	2:22.691	Q
2	2	Kim Boutin	CAN	2:22.799	Q
3	4	Han Yutong	CHN	2:22.826
4	6	Martina Valcepina	ITA	2:24.171
5	3	Véronique Pierron	FRA	2:28.023
6	7	Anna Seidel	GER	3:00.658
DQ	5	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	–

Heat Two

Time	20:18

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	3	Jorien ter Mors	NED	2:34.385	Q
2	2	Arianna Fontana	ITA	2:34.489	Q
3	6	Sumire Kikuchi	JPN	2:34.526
4	1	Suzanne Schulting	NED	2:34.632
5	5	Charlotte Gilmartin	GBR	3:00.691
6	4	Deanna Lockett	AUS	3:01.928

Heat Three

Time	20:24

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	2:22.295	Q
2	2	Petra Jászapáti	HUN	2:23.210	Q
3	5	Zhou Yang	CHN	2:23.485
4	3	Li Jinyu	CHN	2:33.005	ADV
DQ	4	Elise Christie	GBR	–
DQ	6	Valérie Maltais	CAN	–

Final Round

Date	17 February 2018 — 21:05

Final B

Time	21:05

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	Zhou Yang	CHN	2:35.241
2	1	Han Yutong	CHN	2:36.548
3	5	Suzanne Schulting	NED	2:37.163
4	4	Sumire Kikuchi	JPN	2:54.450
DQ	3	Martina Valcepina	ITA	–

Final A

Time	21:11

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Choi Min-Jeong	KOR	2:24.948
2	5	Li Jinyu	CHN	2:25.703
3	3	Kim Boutin	CAN	2:25.834
4	2	Kim A-Rang	KOR	2:25.941
5	6	Jorien ter Mors	NED	2:25.955
6	4	Petra Jászapáti	HUN	2:26.138
7	7	Arianna Fontana	ITA	2:27.475