# Short-track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Choi Min-jeong of South Korea, the defending champion, won the event. Arianna Fontana of Italy won the silver medal, and Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands bronze.
The silver medalist, Li Jinyu, did not compete. The bronze medalist, Kim Boutin, qualified. Schulting was the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating champion at all distances, including 1500 m. Courtney Sarault and Xandra Velzeboer were the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Many top athletes did not participate in the championship, however. Lee Yu-bin was leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup at the 1500 m distance with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Schulting and Sarault.

## Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, with the top 36 athletes (maximum of three per country qualifying quotas. If a NOC declined a quota spot, it was distributed to the next available athlete, only if the maximum quota of 56 athletes per gender was not surpassed.

## 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 |
The following records were set during the competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | Ref |
| 16 February | Semifinal 3 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:16.831 | OR | |

## Results
### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:20.846 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Petra Jászapáti | Hungary | 2:22.115 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Zhang Yuting | China | 2:22.161 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rianne de Vries | Netherlands | 2:22.244 | ADV |
| 5 | 1 | Arianna Sighel | Italy | 2:22.318 | |
| 6 | 1 | Gwendoline Daudet | France | 2:23.607 | |
| 1 | 2 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:32.879 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:32.946 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Corinne Stoddard | United States | 2:33.329 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Kamila Stormowska | Poland | 2:33.603 | |
| 5 | 2 | Julie Letai | United States | 2:36.214 | ADV |
| | 2 | Anna Seidel | Germany | | PEN |
| 1 | 3 | Kristen Santos | United States | 2:21.027 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Xandra Velzeboer | Netherlands | 2:21.148 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 2:23.359 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Danaé Blais | Canada | No time | |
| | 3 | Zsófia Kónya | Hungary | | PEN |
| | 3 | Olga Tikhonova | Kazakhstan | | PEN |
| 1 | 4 | Courtney Sarault | Canada | 2:20.365 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Anna Vostrikova | ROC | 2:21.113 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Han Yutong | China | 2:21.191 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Michaela Hrůzová | Czech Republic | 2:21.278 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Valentina Aščić | Croatia | 2:21.456 | |
| 6 | 4 | Tifany Huot-Marchand | France | 2:23.784 | |
| 1 | 5 | Kim Boutin | Canada | 2:17.739 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lee Yu-bin | South Korea | 2:17.851 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Cynthia Mascitto | Italy | 2:20.268 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Yuki Kikuchi | Japan | 2:22.192 | |
| 5 | 5 | Shione Kaminaga | Japan | 2:22.261 | |
| 6 | 5 | Uliana Dubrova | Ukraine | 2:26.832 | |
| 1 | 6 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 2:18.810 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Hanne Desmet | Belgium | 2:18.931 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sofia Prosvirnova | ROC | 2:19.432 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Zhang Chutong | China | 2:19.839 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Natalia Maliszewska | Poland | 2:25.850 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ekaterina Efremenkova | ROC | No time | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Lee Yu-bin | South Korea | 2:22.157 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:22.196 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Kim Boutin | Canada | 2:22.371 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:22.420 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Sofia Prosvirnova | ROC | 2:22.546 | |
| 6 | 1 | Corinne Stoddard | United States | 2:22.632 | |
| 7 | 1 | Zhang Chutong | China | 2:26.717 | |
| 1 | 2 | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 2:18.942 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Hanne Desmet | Belgium | 2:19.001 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Cynthia Mascitto | Italy | 2:20.272 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Michaela Hrůzová | Czech Republic | 2:21.386 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Kristen Santos | United States | 2:31.067 | ADVB |
| 6 | 2 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | No time | ADVB |
| | 2 | Petra Jászapáti | Hungary | | PEN |
| 1 | 3 | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:16.831 | QA, OR |
| 2 | 3 | Han Yutong | China | 2:17.112 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | Xandra Velzeboer | Netherlands | 2:18.303 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | Courtney Sarault | Canada | 2:18.316 | QB |
| 5 | 3 | Rianne de Vries | Netherlands | 2:18.712 | |
| 6 | 3 | Zhang Yuting | China | 2:18.741 | |
| 7 | 3 | Anna Vostrikova | ROC | 2:20.705 | |
| 8 | 3 | Julie Letai | United States | 2:23.315 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 8 | Sumire Kikuchi | Japan | 2:37.915 |
| 9 | Kristen Santos | United States | 2:45.492 |
| 10 | Kim Boutin | Canada | 2:45.568 |
| 11 | Courtney Sarault | Canada | 2:45.606 |
| 12 | Cynthia Mascitto | Italy | 2:45.697 |
| 13 | Kim A-lang | South Korea | 2:45.707 |
| 14 | Michaela Hrůzová | Czech Republic | 2:46.664 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Choi Min-jeong | South Korea | 2:17.789 |
| | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 2:17.862 |
| | Suzanne Schulting | Netherlands | 2:17.865 |
| 4 | Hanne Desmet | Belgium | 2:18.711 |
| 5 | Xandra Velzeboer | Netherlands | 2:18.781 |
| 6 | Lee Yu-bin | South Korea | 2:18.825 |
| 7 | Han Yutong | China | 2:19.060 |