title: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
text: # 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 |
  