The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 18–21 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.[1]
| Men's 500 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Podium | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 18 February (qualifying heats) 21 February (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 41.312 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 was Charles Hamelin of Canada, while the defending World Champion was Liang Wenhao of China. None of them won a medal.
Viktor Ahn of Russia won the race, getting the third individual medal in short track speed skating at the same Olympics (two golds and one bronze) and thus replicating his own performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics. No other male short track skater ever won three individual medals at the same Olympics. Wu Dajing of China finished second, and Charle Cournoyer of Canada won the bronze medal.
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.[2] For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 16 nations qualified to compete.[3]
Results edit
The event was started at 20:30.[4]
Preliminaries edit
Heats edit
- Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
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Quarterfinal edit
- Q – qualified for Semifinals
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
| Rank | Quarterfinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sjinkie Knegt |  Netherlands |
41.683 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Liang Wenhao |  China |
41.817 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Viktor Knoch |  Hungary |
42.043 | |
| – | 1 | Semen Elistratov |  Russia |
PEN | |
| 1 | 2 | Han Tianyu | China |
41.390 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | J. R. Celski |  United States |
53.178 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Satoshi Sakashita |  Japan |
59.249 | ADV |
| – | 2 | Park Se-yeong |  South Korea |
PEN | |
| 1 | 3 | Wu Dajing | China |
41.056 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Charle Cournoyer |  Canada |
41.060 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Freek van der Wart | Netherlands |
1:01.371 | |
| – | 3 | Vladimir Grigorev | Russia |
PEN | |
| 1 | 4 | Viktor Ahn | Russia |
41.257 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jon Eley |  Great Britain |
41.337 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea |
41.471 | |
| 4 | 4 | Olivier Jean | Canada |
41.760 |
Semifinals edit
- QA – qualified for Final A
- QB – qualified for Final B
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
- YC – yellow card
| Rank | Semifinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Wu Dajing | China |
40.846 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Charle Cournoyer | Canada |
40.945 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Han Tianyu | China |
41.151 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | J. R. Celski | United States |
41.152 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Satoshi Sakashita | Japan |
41.661 | |
| 1 | 2 | Viktor Ahn | Russia |
41.063 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Liang Wenhao | China |
41.221 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
41.290 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Jon Eley | Great Britain |
41.441 | QB |
Finals edit
Final B (Classification Round) edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Han Tianyu | China |
41.534 | |
| 6 | J. R. Celski | United States |
41.786 | |
| 7 | Jon Eley | Great Britain |
41.870 | |
| 8 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
42.608 |
Final A (Medal Round) edit
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| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Viktor Ahn | Russia |
41.312 | |
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Wu Dajing | China |
41.516 | |
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Charle Cournoyer | Canada |
41.617 | |
| 4 | Liang Wenhao | China |
1:13.590 |
References edit
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 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.
- ^ Final Results
