Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on February 27, at the Olympic Oval.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

| World record | Karin Kania (GDR) | 1:59.30 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 22 March 1986 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Karin Kania (GDR) | 2:03.42 | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 9 February 1984 |

The following new World and Olympic records were set during the competition.

| Date | Athlete | Country | Time | OR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 February | Andrea Ehrig | East Germany | 2:01.49 | OR |
| 27 February | Karin Kania | East Germany | 2:00.82 | OR |
| 27 February | Yvonne van Gennip | Netherlands | 2:00.68 | OR |

## Results

Constanze Moser-Scandolo was about to start for the East German team when she had to pull out due to injury; she won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in the following year.

The following are the results of the competitors:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Behind | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yvonne van Gennip | Netherlands | 2:00.68 | – | OR |
| | Karin Kania | East Germany | 2:00.82 | +0.14 | |
| | Andrea Ehrig | East Germany | 2:01.49 | +0.81 | |
| 4 | Bonnie Blair | United States | 2:04.02 | +3.34 | |
| 5 | Yelena Lapuga | Soviet Union | 2:04.24 | +3.56 | |
| 6 | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 2:04.38 | +3.70 | |
| 7 | Gunda Kleeman | East Germany | 2:04.68 | +4.00 | |
| 7 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Poland | 2:04.68 | +4.00 | |
| 9 | Song Hwa-son | North Korea | 2:05.25 | +4.57 | |
| 10 | Leslie Bader | United States | 2:05.53 | +4.85 | |
| 11 | Natalie Grenier | Canada | 2:06.80 | +6.12 | |
| 12 | Marieke Stam | Netherlands | 2:07.00 | +6.32 | |
| 13 | Katie Class | United States | 2:07.30 | +6.95 | |
| 14 | Ariane Loignon | Canada | 2:07.63 | +7.03 | |
| 15 | Yelena Tumanova | Soviet Union | 2:07.71 | +7.03 | |
| 16 | Anja Mischke | West Germany | 2:08.52 | +7.84 | |
| 17 | Zofia Tokarczyk | Poland | 2:08.54 | +7.86 | |
| 18 | Jane Goldman | United States | 2:08.72 | +8.04 | |
| 19 | Natsue Seki | Japan | 2:08.89 | +8.21 | |
| 20 | Edel Therese Høiseth | Norway | 2:09.34 | +8.66 | |
| 21 | Chantal Côté | Canada | 2:09.62 | +8.94 | |
| 22 | Han Chun-ok | North Korea | 2:09.66 | +8.98 | |
| 23 | Caroline Maheux | Canada | 2:10.83 | +10.15 | |
| 24 | Kim Young-ok | South Korea | 2:11.95 | +11.27 | |
| 25 | Minna Nystedt | Norway | 2:12.40 | +11.72 | |
| 26 | Choi Hye-sook | South Korea | 2:12.96 | +12.28 | |
| 27 | Stéphanie Dumont | France | 2:13.01 | +12.33 | |
| 28 | Bibija Kerla | Yugoslavia | 2:21.69 | +21.01 | |
