Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
# Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on January 31, at the Eisschnellaufbahn.

## Records

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

| World record | Inga Artamonova (URS) | 2:19.0 | Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 27 January 1962 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Lidia Skoblikova (URS) | 2:25.2 | Squaw Valley, United States | 21 February 1960 |

The following new Olympic record was set.

| Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 January | Lidia Skoblikova (URS) | 2:22.6 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lidiya Skoblikova | Soviet Union | 2:22.6 | OR |
| | Kaija Mustonen | Finland | 2:25.5 |
| | Berta Kolokoltseva | Soviet Union | 2:27.1 |
| 4 | Kim Song-soon | North Korea | 2:27.7 |
| 5 | Helga Haase | United Team of Germany | 2:28.6 |
| 6 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | Sweden | 2:29.4 |
| 7 | Valentina Stenina | Soviet Union | 2:29.9 |
| 8 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | Finland | 2:30.0 |
| 9 | Han Pil-Hwa | North Korea | 2:30.1 |
| 10 | Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa | Japan | 2:30.9 |
| 11 | Gunilla Jacobsson | Sweden | 2:31.9 |
| 12 | Inger Eriksson | Sweden | 2:32.0 |
| 13 | Doreen McCannell | Canada | 2:32.7 |
| 14 | Yasuko Takano | Japan | 2:33.1 |
| 15 | Judy Morstein | United States | 2:33.3 |
| 16 | Willy de Beer | Netherlands | 2:34.0 |
| 16 | Doreen Ryan | Canada | 2:34.0 |
| 18 | Kaneko Takahashi | Japan | 2:34.6 |
| 19 | Mary Lawler | United States | 2:34.9 |
| 20 | Kornélia Ihász | Hungary | 2:35.1 |
| 21 | Inge Lieckfeldt | United Team of Germany | 2:36.2 |
| 22 | Françoise Lucas | France | 2:36.4 |
| 22 | Adelajda Mroske | Poland | 2:36.4 |
| 24 | Jan Smith | United States | 2:37.8 |
| 25 | Helena Pilejczyk | Poland | 2:38.3 |
| 26 | Elwira Seroczyńska | Poland | 2:39.3 |
| 27 | Kim Gwi-jin | South Korea | 2:39.7 |
| 28 | Erika Heinicke | United Team of Germany | 2:40.4 |
| 29 | Jarmila Šťastná | Czechoslovakia | 2:42.9 |
| 30 | An Sen-za | North Korea | 2:44.7 |
