The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 13–15 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.[1]
| Men's 1000 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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.JPG) Podium | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13 February (qualifying heats) 15 February (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:25.325 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The qualifying heats were held on 13 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 15 February.
The 2010 Olympic Champion was Lee Jung-Su of South Korea, who did not run. The defending World Champion was Sin Da-woon, also of South Korea. He did not win a medal.
Viktor Ahn and Vladimir Grigorev, both of Russia, won the gold and the silver medals, respectively. Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands became third. The medals of Ahn and Grigorev became the first ever gold and silver medals of Russia in short track speed skating, whereas the medal of Knegt became the first ever medal of the Netherlands in short track speed skating.
Gold medal won in this event featured Chelyabinsk meteor fragment to commemorate at first anniversary of this meteor strike.[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 14 nations qualified to compete.[4]
Results edit
The final results:[5]
Preliminaries edit
- Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
Quarterfinal edit
- Q – qualified for the semifinals
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
- YC – yellow card
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| Rank | Quarterfinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lee Han-bin |  South Korea |
1:24.444 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Han Tianyu |  China |
1:24.490 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Chris Creveling |  United States |
1:24.691 | |
| 4 | 1 | Sándor Liu Shaolin |  Hungary |
1.24.966 | |
| 5 | 1 | Charle Cournoyer |  Canada |
1:25.204 | |
| 1 | 2 | Wu Dajing | China |
1:24.753 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Vladimir Grigorev |  Russia |
1:24.868 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sébastien Lepape |  France |
1:25.368 | |
| 4 | 2 | Yuri Confortola |  Italy |
1:25.428 | |
| 5 | 2 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary |
1:25.673 | |
| 1 | 3 | Viktor Ahn | Russia |
1:25.666 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sjinkie Knegt |  Netherlands |
1:25.695 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Eddy Alvarez | United States |
1:39.092 | |
| 4 | 3 | Charles Hamelin | Canada |
1:40.408 | |
| 1 | 4 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea |
1:24.215 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Semion Elistratov | Russia |
1:24.239 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Olivier Jean | Canada |
1:24.935 | |
| – | 4 | J. R. Celski | United States |
DNF |
Semifinals edit
| Rank | Semifinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vladimir Grigorev | Russia |
1:25.346 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea |
1:25.564 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
1:27.258 | ADV |
| – | 1 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea |
PEN | |
| 1 | 2 | Viktor Ahn | Russia |
1:24.102 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Wu Dajing | China |
1:24.239 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Semion Elistratov | Russia |
1:24.275 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Han Tianyu | China |
1:24.611 | QB |
Finals edit
Final B (Classification Round) edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Han Tianyu | China |
1:29.334 | |
| 6 | Semion Elistratov | Russia |
1:29.429 |
Final A (Medal Round) edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Viktor Ahn | Russia |
1:25.325 | |
 |
Vladimir Grigorev | Russia |
1:25.399 | |
 |
Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
1:25.611 | |
| 4 | Wu Dajing | China |
1:25.772 | |
| – | Sin Da-woon | South Korea |
PEN |
Final standings edit
The final overall standings were:[5]
References edit
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ Augustine, Bernie (25 July 2013). "Select gold medals at Sochi Olympics will include meteorite fragments to commemorate Russian meteor strike". New York Daily News. NYDailyNews.com.
- ^ "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
