Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Girls
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Natalya Petrusyova | URS | 2:17.07 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 15 Mar 1976 | |
| 2 | Beth Heiden | USA | 2:13.57 | Grenoble | FRA | outdoor - artificial | 24 Feb 1979 | |
| 3 | Sarah Docter | USA | 2:12.40 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 23 Jan 1982 | |
| 4 | Sarah Docter | USA | 2:08.37 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 13 Feb 1982 | |
| 5 | Monique Garbrecht | GDR | 2:06.24 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 21 Mar 1987 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Bazhanova | URS | 2:05.14 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 2 Mar 1991 | |
| 7 | Becky Sundstrom | USA | 2:05.00 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 18 Mar 1995 | |
| 8 | Anni Friesinger | GER | 2:03.72 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 1 Mar 1996 | |
| 9 | Kirstin Holum | USA | 2:03.61 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Feb 1997 | |
| 10 | Aki Tonoike | JPN | 2:03.06 | * | Nagano | JPN | indoor - artificial | 4 Jan 1998 |
| 11 | Kirstin Holum | USA | 2:01.87 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 24 Jan 1998 |
| 12 | Aki Tonoike | JPN | 2:01.79 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 29 Mar 1998 |
| 13 | Catherine Raney | USA | 2:00.37 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 20 Mar 1999 |
| 14 | Song Li | CHN | 2:00.08 | * | Heerenveen | NED | indoor - artificial | 21 Nov 1999 |
| 15 | Song Li | CHN | 2:00.04 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 29 Jan 2000 |
| 16 | Song Li | CHN | 1:59.38 | * | Nagano | JPN | indoor - artificial | 5 Mar 2000 |
| 17 | Elma de Vries | NED | 1:58.93 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 21 Mar 2002 |
| 18 | Ireen Wüst | NED | 1:58.10 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 11 Mar 2004 |
| 19 | Ireen Wüst | NED | 1:56.69 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 2005 |
| 20 | Marrit Leenstra | NED | 1:56.47 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 10 Nov 2007 |
| 21 | Marrit Leenstra | NED | 1:55.14 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 12 Mar 2008 |
| 22 | Joy Beune | NED | 1:54.21 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 9 Mar 2018 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
