# Short-track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Kim Moon-yung (KOR) | 2:21.844 | Montreal, Canada | 17 January 1999 |
| Olympic record | None | None | None | None |
The following new Olympic and World records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
| 13 February | Heat 1 | Yang Yang (S) (CHN) | 2:26.943 | OR | |
| 13 February | Semifinal 2 | Choi Eun-kyung (KOR) | 2:21.069 | OR | WR |

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 20 February. There were five heats, with the top three finishers moving on to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 2:26.943 | Q OR |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 2:26.968 | Q |
| 3 | Amy Peterson | United States | 2:27.062 | Q |
| 4 | Jo Williams | Great Britain | 2:27.845 | |
| 5 | Yvonne Kunze | Germany | 2:29.779 | |
| 6 | Christy Ren | Hong Kong | 2:49.666 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 2:26.980 | Q |
| 2 | Mara Zini | Italy | 2:27.553 | Q |
| 3 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 2:27.649 | Q |
| 4 | Katalin Kristo | Romania | 2:28.709 | |
| 5 | Nataliya Dmitriyeva | Russia | 2:29.086 | |
| 6 | Eva Farkas | Hungary | 2:42.172 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:32.821 | Q |
| 2 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 2:32.970 | Q |
| 3 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 2:35.438 | Q |
| 4 | Yuka Kamino | Japan | 2:52.591 | |
| – | Erin Porter | United States | DQ | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 2:29.460 | Q |
| 2 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 2:29.578 | Q |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:29.652 | Q |
| 4 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | Bulgaria | 2:33.362 | |
| 5 | Marianna Nagy | Hungary | 2:39.615 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 2:29.202 | Q |
| 2 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 2:30.075 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Danilov | Israel | 2:32.458 | Q |
| 4 | Yuliya Pavlovich-Yelsakova | Belarus | 2:36.058 | |
| 5 | Sarah Lindsay | Great Britain | 3:01.223 | |
| 6 | Katia Zini | Italy | 3:19.248 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 February. The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 2:31.120 | QA |
| 2 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:31.194 | QA |
| 3 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 2:31.570 | QB |
| 4 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 2:32.884 | QB |
| 5 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 2:35.085 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 2:21.069 | QA WR |
| 2 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 2:21.690 | QA |
| 3 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:21.758 | QB |
| 4 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 2:21.924 | QB |
| 5 | Amy Peterson | United States | 2:26.118 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 2:32.315 | QA |
| 2 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 2:32.411 | QA |
| 3 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 2:32.759 | QB |
| 4 | Mara Zini | Italy | 2:32.899 | QB |
| 5 | Olga Danilov | Israel | 2:36.114 | |

### Finals

The six qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while six others raced in Final B.

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 2:31.581 |
| | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 2:31.610 |
| | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:31.723 |
| 4 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 2:31.791 |
| 5 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 3:05.002 |
| – | Yang Yang (S) | China | DQ |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 6 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 2:31.203 |
| 7 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 2:31.479 |
| 8 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 2:32.442 |
| 9 | Mara Zini | Italy | 2:32.513 |
| 10 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 2:32.666 |
| 11 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 2:32.673 |