Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:{{cite web

| title = 1500m Speed Skating Ladies World Record Progression

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| work = International Skating Union

| accessdate = November 1, 2016}}{{cite web

| title = 1500m Speed Skating Ladies Olympic Record Progression

| url = http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp@PageID%3D103150&SportID%3D103&RecordtypeID%3D3&EventID%3D3&GenderID%3D2&TaalCode%3D2&StyleID%3D0&Cache%3D2.html?

| work = International Skating Union

| accessdate = November 1, 2016}}

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Karin Kania|GDR}}

| world_mark = 1:59.30

| world_place = Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

| world_date = 22 March 1986

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Karin Kania|GDR|1984 Winter}}

| olympic_mark = 2:03.42

| olympic_place = Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

| olympic_date = 9 February 1984

}}

The following new World and Olympic records were set during the competition.

Constanze Moser-Scandolo was about to start for the East German team when she had to pull out due to injury; she won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in the following year.{{cite book | first=Volker | last=Kluge | authorlink=Volker Kluge | edition=2 | title=Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien. |trans-title= The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies. | publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag | location=Berlin | date=2004 | isbn=3-89602-538-4 | pages=393f |language=de}}

The following are the results of the competitors:

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