title: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
text: # Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
  
  The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on February 10, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
  
  ## 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) | 2:22.6 | Innsbruck, Austria | 31 January 1964 |
  
  The following new Olympic record was set.
  
  | Date | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 February | Kaija Mustonen (FIN) | 2:22.4 | OR | |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Kaija Mustonen | Finland | 2:22.4 | OR |
  | | Carry Geijssen | Netherlands | 2:22.7 | |
  | | Stien Kaiser | Netherlands | 2:24.5 | |
  | 4 | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | Norway | 2:25.2 | |
  | 5 | Lāsma Kauniste | Soviet Union | 2:25.4 | |
  | 6 | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | Finland | 2:25.8 | |
  | 7 | Lyudmila Titova | Soviet Union | 2:26.8 | |
  | 8 | Ruth Schleiermacher | East Germany | 2:27.1 | |
  | 9 | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | Sweden | 2:27.5 | |
  | 9 | Hildegard Sellhuber | West Germany | 2:27.5 | |
  | 11 | Lidiya Skoblikova | Soviet Union | 2:27.6 | |
  | 12 | Ans Schut | Netherlands | 2:28.3 | |
  | 13 | Dianne Holum | United States | 2:28.5 | |
  | 14 | Martine Ivangine | France | 2:29.9 | |
  | 14 | Kari Kåring | Norway | 2:29.9 | |
  | 16 | Jeanne Ashworth | United States | 2:30.3 | |
  | 17 | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | Norway | 2:30.7 | |
  | 18 | Christina Karlsson | Sweden | 2:31.4 | |
  | 18 | Sachiko Saito | Japan | 2:31.4 | |
  | 20 | Ylva Hedlund | Sweden | 2:31.5 | |
  | 21 | Doreen McCannell | Canada | 2:32.2 | |
  | 22 | Arja Kantola | Finland | 2:33.2 | |
  | 23 | Kaname Ide | Japan | 2:34.2 | |
  | 24 | Marcia Parsons | Canada | 2:34.4 | |
  | 25 | Jeanne Omelenchuk | United States | 2:35.5 | |
  | 26 | Jitsuko Saito | Japan | 2:36.6 | |
  | 27 | Kim Gwi-Jin | South Korea | 2:36.7 | |
  | 28 | Marie-Louise Perrenoud | France | 2:39.2 | |
  | 29 | Patricia Demartini | France | 2:40.6 | |
  | 30 | Paula Dufter | West Germany | 2:45.2 | |
  