# Short-track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The Women’s 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Uğur Erdener, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Jan Dijkema, President of the International Skating Union.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Choi Min-jeong (KOR) | 2:14.354 | Salt Lake City, United States | 12 November 2016 |
| Olympic record | Zhou Yang (CHN) | 2:16.993 | Vancouver, Canada | 20 February 2010 |
No new records were established during the competition.

## Results
### Heats

    Q – qualified for the semifinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:28.494 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 2:28.587 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 2:29.665 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kim Iong-a | Kazakhstan | 2:29.875 | |
| 5 | 1 | Shim Suk-hee | South Korea | 2:39.984 | |
| | 1 | Sára Bácskai | Hungary | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Han Yutong | China | 2:31.158 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | 2:31.274 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Martina Valcepina | Italy | 2:31.370 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Kathryn Thomson | Great Britain | 2:32.891 | |
| 5 | 2 | Anna Seidel | Germany | 2:56.976 | ADV |
| | 2 | Jessica Kooreman | United States | | PEN |
| 1 | 3 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 2:27.730 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Deanna Lockett | Australia | 2:28.996 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Charlotte Gilmartin | Great Britain | 2:29.005 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Michaela Sejpalová | Czech Republic | 2:30.012 | |
| 5 | 3 | Cheyenne Goh | Singapore | 2:36.971 | |
| | 3 | Ekaterina Efremenkova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | | PEN |
| 1 | 4 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:20.891 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kim Boutin | Canada | 2:21.149 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Véronique Pierron | France | 2:22.119 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Magdalena Warakomska | Poland | 2:23.693 | |
| | 4 | Anastassiya Krestova | Kazakhstan | | PEN |
| | 4 | Yuki Kikuchi | Japan | | PEN |
| 1 | 5 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | 2:29.316 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Zhou Yang | China | 2:29.587 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | 2:29.877 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Tifany Huot-Marchand | France | 2:29.996 | |
| 5 | 5 | Bianca Walter | Germany | 2:30.819 | |
| 6 | 5 | Maame Biney | United States | 2:31.819 | |
| 1 | 6 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:24.595 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Petra Jászapáti | Hungary | 2:25.022 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Li Jinyu | China | 2:25.034 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Sofia Prosvirnova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 2:25.553 | |
| 5 | 6 | Lana Gehring | United States | 2:27.336 | |
| 6 | 6 | Shione Kaminaga | Japan | 2:28.719 | |

### Semifinals

    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
| Rank | Semifinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:22.691 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Kim Boutin | Canada | 2:22.799 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Han Yutong | China | 2:22.826 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Martina Valcepina | Italy | 2:24.171 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Veronique Pierron | France | 2:28.023 | |
| 6 | 1 | Anna Seidel | Germany | 3:00.658 | |
| | 1 | Marianne St-Gelais | Canada | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 2:34.385 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:34.489 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 2:34.526 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 2:34.632 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Charlotte Gilmartin | Great Britain | 3:00.691 | |
| 6 | 2 | Deanna Lockett | Australia | 3:01.928 | |
| 1 | 3 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:22.295 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | Petra Jászapáti | Hungary | 2:23.210 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | Zhou Yang | China | 2:23.485 | QB |
| 4 | 3 | Li Jinyu | China | 2:33.005 | ADV |
| | 3 | Valérie Maltais | Canada | | PEN |
| | 3 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | | PEN |

### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 8 | Zhou Yang | China | 2:35.241 | |
| 9 | Han Yutong | China | 2:36.548 | |
| 10 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 2:37.163 | |
| 11 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 2:54.450 | |
| 12 | Martina Valcepina | Italy | | PEN |

### Final A

The final was held at 21:09.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:24.948 |
| | Li Jinyu | China | 2:25.703 |
| | Kim Boutin | Canada | 2:25.834 |
| 4 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:25.941 |
| 5 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 2:25.955 |
| 6 | Petra Jászapáti | Hungary | 2:26.138 |
| 7 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:27.475 |