Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games – Women's 1500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 1996 Asian Winter Games was held on 7 February 1996 in Harbin, China.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Karin Kania (GDR) | 1:59.30 | Alma-Ata, Soviet Union | 22 March 1986 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Games Record | Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) | 2:10.43 | Sapporo, Japan | 2 March 1986 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Lyudmila Prokasheva (KAZ) | 2:08.50 | GR |
| | Aki Tonoike (JPN) | 2:08.65 | |
| | Eriko Seo (JPN) | 2:09.59 | |
| 4 | Chun Hee-joo (KOR) | 2:09.86 | |
| 5 | Yuri Horikawa (JPN) | 2:11.46 | |
| 6 | Baek Eun-bi (KOR) | 2:11.64 | |
| 7 | Yang Xu (CHN) | 2:12.13 | |
| 8 | Liu Yangmei (CHN) | 2:12.68 | |
| 9 | Saori Igami (JPN) | 2:13.26 | |
| 10 | He Xiaojing (CHN) | 2:13.47 | |
| 11 | Lee Kyeong-nam (KOR) | 2:13.60 | |
| 12 | Ko Yeong-hee (KOR) | 2:16.14 | |
| 13 | Xi Chunrong (CHN) | 2:16.95 | |
| 14 | Yevgeniya Solomatina (KAZ) | 2:17.13 | |
