The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.[1]
| Men's 1500 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10 February (qualifying heats, semifinal, and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:14.985 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The qualifying heats, semifinal, and the final were held on 10 February.
The defending Olympic Champion was Lee Jung-su of South Korea, while the defending World Champion was Sin Da-woon also of South Korea.
Records edit
| World record |  Noh Jin-kyu (KOR) |
2:09.041 | Shanghai, China | 10 December 2011 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  Lee Jung-su (KOR) |
2:10.949 | Vancouver, Canada | 13 February 2010 | [3] |
Qualification edit
Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event.[4] For this event a total of 36 athletes representing 18 nations qualified to compete.[5]
Results edit
The final results:[6]
Preliminaries edit
Heats edit
- Q – qualified for the semifinals
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
- YC – yellow card
Semifinals edit
- QA – qualified for Final A
- QB – qualified for Final B
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
- YC – yellow card
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Han Tianyu |  China |
2:15.858 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Viktor Ahn |  Russia |
2:16.000 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Park Se-yeong | South Korea |
2:16.241 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | François Hamelin |  Canada |
2:16.473 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Roberto Puķītis |  Latvia |
2:16.961 | |
| 6 | 1 | Niels Kerstholt |  Netherlands |
2:17.134 | |
| – | 1 | Thibaut Fauconnet |  France |
PEN | |
| 1 | 2 | J. R. Celski |  United States |
2:21.603 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Chen Dequan | China |
2:21.697 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Sébastien Lepape | France |
2:23.995 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea |
2:52.061 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea |
3:11.810 | ADV |
| – | 2 | Michael Gilday | Canada |
PEN | |
| 1 | 3 | Charles Hamelin | Canada |
2:14.480 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | Jack Whelbourne |  Great Britain |
2:14.635 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
2:14.677 | QB |
| 4 | 3 | Semen Elistratov | Russia |
2:14.783 | QB |
| 5 | 3 | Yuri Confortola |  Italy |
2:19.086 | |
| – | 3 | Eduardo Alvarez | United States |
PEN |
Finals edit
Final B (classification round) edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Sébastien Lepape | France |
2:21.483 | |
| 9 | François Hamelin | Canada |
2:21.592 | |
| 10 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea |
2:22.066 | |
| 11 | Semen Elistratov | Russia |
2:24.352 | |
| 12 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
2:39.581 | |
| – | Park Se-yeong | South Korea |
PEN |
Final A (medal round) edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Charles Hamelin | Canada |
2:14.985 | |
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Han Tianyu | China |
2:15.055 | |
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Viktor Ahn | Russia |
2:15.062 | |
| 4 | J. R. Celski | United States |
2:15.624 | |
| 5 | Chen Dequan | China |
2:15.626 | |
| 6 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea |
2:16.466 | |
| 7 | Jack Whelbourne | Great Britain |
no time |
Final standings edit
The final overall standings were:[6]
References edit
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Records – World Records". ISU. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Records – Olympic Records". ISU. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Skating Union. September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi – Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ a b Final Results