Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
# Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.

The qualifying heats, semifinal and the final were held on 15 February.

The defending Olympic Champion is Zhou Yang of China, while the defending World Champion is Park Seung-hi of South Korea.

## Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 36 athletes representing 19 nations qualified to compete.

## Results

The results are:

### Heats

    Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 2:24.765 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:24.859 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Anna Seidel | Germany | 2:25.700 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Martina Valcepina | Italy | 2:27.212 | |
| 5 | 1 | Véronique Pierron | France | 2:55.658 | ADV |
| – | 1 | Valeriya Reznik | Russia | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:29.645 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Olga Belyakova | Russia | 2:29.880 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ayuko Ito | Japan | 2:30.354 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Inna Simonova | Kazakhstan | 2:30.499 | |
| 5 | 2 | Tatiana Bodova | Slovakia | 2:31.788 | |
| – | 2 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | | DNF |
| 1 | 3 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 2:27.629 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 2:27.721 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Li Jianrou | China | 2:27.758 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Alyson Dudek | United States | 2:27.899 | |
| 5 | 3 | Charlotte Gilmartin | Great Britain | 2:27.935 | |
| 6 | 3 | Biba Sakurai | Japan | 2:28.127 | |
| 1 | 4 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 2:21.626 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Bernadett Heidum | Hungary | 2:21.826 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Agnė Sereikaitė | Lithuania | 2:21.900 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Lucia Peretti | Italy | 2:22.953 | |
| 5 | 4 | Deanna Lockett | Australia | 2:25.140 | |
| 6 | 4 | Volha Talayeva | Belarus | 2:27.817 | |
| 1 | 5 | Zhou Yang | China | 2:26.543 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jessica Smith | United States | 2:26.703 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Yara van Kerkhof | Netherlands | 2:26.809 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 2:27.071 | |
| 5 | 5 | Yui Sakai | Japan | 2:27.198 | |
| 6 | 5 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 2:27.232 | |
| 1 | 6 | Emily Scott | United States | 2:22.641 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:22.864 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Veronika Windisch | Austria | 2:23.042 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Liu Qiuhong | China | 2:24.640 | |
| 5 | 6 | Zsófia Kónya | Hungary | 2:55.523 | |
| – | 6 | Tatiana Borodulina | Russia | | DNF |

### Semifinals

    QA – qualified for Finals A
    QB – qualified for Finals B
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Zhou Yang | China | 2:18.825 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 2:18.966 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:19.516 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Jessica Smith | United States | 2:20.259 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Yara van Kerkhof | Netherlands | 2:20.291 | |
| 6 | 1 | Anna Seidel | Germany | 2:20.405 | |
| 1 | 2 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:19.336 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 2:19.382 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Bernadett Heidum | Hungary | 2:20.196 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Véronique Pierron | France | 2:20.216 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Olga Belyakova | Russia | 2:20.391 | |
| 6 | 2 | Agnė Sereikaitė | Lithuania | 2:20.398 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ayuko Ito | Japan | 2:56.961 | |
| 1 | 3 | Li Jianrou | China | 2:22.866 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:22.928 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 2:23.069 | QB |
| 4 | 3 | Veronika Windisch | Austria | 2:23.241 | QB |
| 5 | 3 | Emily Scott | United States | 2:23.439 | ADV |
| – | 3 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | | PEN |

### Finals

**Final B (classification round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 2:24.711 |
| 7 | Jessica Smith | United States | 2:25.787 |
| 8 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:25.870 |
| 9 | Bernadett Heidum | Hungary | 2:26.004 |
| 10 | Véronique Pierron | France | 2:26.066 |
| 11 | Veronika Windisch | Austria | 2:26.296 |

**Final A (medal round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Zhou Yang | China | 2:19.140 | |
| | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 2:19.239 | |
| | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:19.416 | |
| 4 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 2:19.656 | |
| 5 | Emily Scott | United States | 2:39.436 | |
| – | Li Jianrou | China | | DNF |
| – | Kim A-lang | South Korea | | PEN |

## Final standings

The final overall standings were:

| Rank | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Zhou Yang | China |
| | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea |
| | Arianna Fontana | Italy |
| 4 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands |
| 5 | Emily Scott | United States |
| 6 | Valérie Maltais | Canada |
| 7 | Jessica Smith | United States |
| 8 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada |
| 9 | Bernadett Heidum | Hungary |
| 10 | Véronique Pierron | France |
| 11 | Veronika Windisch | Austria |
| 12 | Li Jianrou | China |
| 13 | Kim A-lang | South Korea |
| 14 | Olga Belyakova | Russia |
| 15 | Yara van Kerkhof | Netherlands |
| 16 | Agnė Sereikaitė | Lithuania |
| 17 | Anna Seidel | Germany |
| 18 | Ayuko Ito | Japan |
| 19 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea |
| 20 | Lucia Peretti | Italy |
| 21 | Liu Qiuhong | China |
| 22 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada |
| 23 | Martina Valcepina | Italy |
| 24 | Alyson Dudek | United States |
| 25 | Inna Simonova | Kazakhstan |
| 26 | Deanna Lockett | Australia |
| 27 | Yui Sakai | Japan |
| 28 | Charlotte Gilmartin | Great Britain |
| 29 | Tatiana Bodova | Slovakia |
| 30 | Zsófia Kónya | Hungary |
| 31 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic |
| 32 | Volha Talayeva | Belarus |
| 33 | Biba Sakurai | Japan |
| – | Elise Christie | Great Britain |
| – | Tatiana Borodulina | Russia |
| – | Valeriya Reznik | Russia |
