Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 18 and 21 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.[1]

Women's 1000 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Podium
VenueIceberg Skating Palace
Sochi, Russia
Dates18 February (qualifying heats)
21 February (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Competitors32 from 18 nations
Winning time1:30.761
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Park Seung-hi  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fan Kexin  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shim Suk-hee  South Korea
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The qualifying heats was held on 18 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final on 21 February.

The defending Olympic Champion and World Champion is Wang Meng of China. Meng qualified to compete at the Games but broke her ankle in a collision with a teammate while practicing for the games in January 2014.[2]

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.[3] For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 18 nations qualified to compete.[4]

Results edit

The event was started at 20:44.[5]

Preliminaries edit

Heats edit

Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
 
Crash in heat 8
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Li Jianrou   China 1:31.187 Q
2 1 Jessica Smith   United States 1:31.359 Q
3 1 Tatiana Borodulina   Russia 1:31.559
4 1 Sayuri Shimizu   Japan 1:31.879
1 2 Park Seung-hi   South Korea 1:31.883 Q
2 2 Emily Scott   United States 1:32.585 Q
3 2 Inna Simonova   Kazakhstan 1:32.599
2 Kateřina Novotná   Czech Republic PEN
1 3 Valérie Maltais   Canada 1:28.771 Q, OR
2 3 Yui Sakai   Japan 1:29.824 Q
3 3 Yara van Kerkhof   Netherlands 1:29.980
4 3 Sofiya Vlasova   Ukraine 1:32.495
1 4 Shim Suk-hee   South Korea 1:31.046 Q
2 4 Marie-Ève Drolet   Canada 1:31.273 Q
3 4 Martina Valcepina   Italy 1:34.226 ADV
4 Liu Qiuhong   China PEN
1 5 Kim A-lang   South Korea 1:31.640 Q
2 5 Fan Kexin   China 1:31.713 Q
3 5 Olga Belyakova   Russia 1:32.034
5 Agnė Sereikaitė   Lithuania PEN
1 6 Arianna Fontana   Italy 1:32.983 Q
2 6 Véronique Pierron   France 1:33.022 Q
3 6 Sofia Prosvirnova   Russia 1:36.521
6 Bernadett Heidum   Hungary PEN
1 7 Elise Christie   Great Britain 1:30.588 Q
2 7 Patrycja Maliszewska   Poland 1:32.975 Q
3 7 Ayuko Ito   Japan 1:33.188
4 7 Elena Viviani   Italy 1:33.352
1 8 Deanna Lockett   Australia 1:34.845 Q
2 8 Veronika Windisch   Austria 1:36.018 Q
3 8 Jorien ter Mors   Netherlands 1:46.661 ADV
4 8 Marianne St-Gelais   Canada 2:05.206

Quarterfinal edit

Q – qualified for Semifinals
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
 
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Quarterfinal Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Elise Christie   Great Britain 1:30.606 Q
2 1 Park Seung-hi   South Korea 1:30.801 Q
3 1 Marie-Ève Drolet   Canada 1:31.668
1 Veronique Pierron   France PEN
1 2 Valérie Maltais   Canada 1:29.037 Q
2 2 Jorien ter Mors   Netherlands 1:29.119 Q
3 2 Deanna Lockett   Australia 1:29.256
4 2 Yui Sakai   Japan 1:29.328
5 2 Veronika Windisch   Austria 1:30.017
1 3 Shim Suk-hee   South Korea 1:29.356 Q
2 3 Fan Kexin   China 1:29.380 Q
3 3 Emily Scott   United States 1:30.324
3 Arianna Fontana   Italy PEN
1 4 Jessica Smith   United States 1:32.088 Q
2 4 Li Jianrou   China 1:32.129 Q
3 4 Kim A-lang   South Korea 1:32.154
4 4 Patrycja Maliszewska   Poland 1:32.376

Semifinals edit

Rank Semifinal Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Park Seung-hi   South Korea 1:30:202 QA
2 1 Jessica Smith   United States 1:30:409 QA
3 1 Jorien ter Mors   Netherlands 1:30:481 QB
4 1 Valérie Maltais   Canada 1:56:511 QB
1 2 Shim Suk-hee   South Korea 1:31.237 QA
2 2 Fan Kexin   China 1:32.618 QA
2 Li Jianrou   China PEN
2 Elise Christie   Great Britain PEN

Finals edit

Final B (classification round) edit

Rank Name Country Time Notes
5 Jorien ter Mors   Netherlands 1:36.835
6 Valérie Maltais   Canada 1:36.863

Final A (medal round) edit

 
South Korea celebrating their gold and bronze medal
Rank Name Country Time Notes
  Park Seung-hi   South Korea 1:30.761
  Fan Kexin   China 1:30.811
  Shim Suk-hee   South Korea 1:31.027
4 Jessica Smith   United States 1:31.301

References edit

  1. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ "China's Olympic champion Wang Meng likely to miss Sochi due to ankle fracture". Xinhua. Shanghai, China. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Skating Union. September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Final Results