Short-track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueIceberg Skating Palace
Sochi, Russia
Dates10 February (qualifying heats, semifinal, and final)
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Winning time2:14.985
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Hamelin  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Han Tianyu  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viktor Ahn  Russia
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Short-track speed skating at the
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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]

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

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

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

The final results:[6]

Preliminaries

Heats

Q – qualified for the semifinals
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
YC – yellow card
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Jack Whelbourne  Great Britain 2:14.091 Q
2 1 Yuri Confortola  Italy 2:14.143 Q
3 1 Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands 2:14.249 Q
4 1 Robert Seifert  Germany 2:16.555
5 1 Roberto Puķītis  Latvia 2:30.671 ADV
– 1 Yuzo Takamido  Japan PEN
1 2 Viktor Ahn  Russia 2:20.865 Q
2 2 Han Tianyu  China 2:20.911 Q
3 2 Park Se-yeong  South Korea 2:21.087 Q
4 2 Vladislav Bykanov  Israel 2:21.163
5 2 Pan-To Barton Lui  Hong Kong 2:22.139
6 2 Viktor Knoch  Hungary 2:47.714
1 3 Sin Da-woon  South Korea 2:15.530 Q
2 3 J. R. Celski  United States 2:15.675 Q
3 3 Sébastien Lepape  France 2:15.806 Q
4 3 Ryosuke Sakazume  Japan 2:17.985
5 3 Maksim Siarheyeu  Belarus 2:19.505
6 3 Shi Jingnan  China 2:51.512
1 4 Charles Hamelin  Canada 2:16.903 Q
2 4 Semen Elistratov  Russia 2:16.904 Q
3 4 Eduardo Alvarez  United States 2:17.532 Q
4 4 Maxime Chataignier  France 2:17.938
5 4 Aidar Bekzhanov  Kazakhstan 2:19.713
6 4 Bence Béres  Hungary 2:20.327
1 5 Niels Kerstholt  Netherlands 2:13.848 Q, NR
2 5 François Hamelin  Canada 2:13.935 Q
3 5 Thibaut Fauconnet  France 2:14.054 Q
4 5 Sándor Liu Shaolin  Hungary 2:14.055
5 5 Vojtěch Loudín  Czech Republic 2:14.906
6 5 Denis Nikisha  Kazakhstan 2:16.452
1 6 Lee Han-bin  South Korea 2:16.412 Q
2 6 Michael Gilday  Canada 2:16.468 Q
3 6 Chen Dequan  China 2:16.535 Q
4 6 Christopher Creveling  United States 2:16.553
5 6 Tommaso Dotti  Italy 2:17.300
6 6 Satoshi Sakashita  Japan 2:18.298

Semifinals

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

Final B (classification round)

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)

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Hamelin  Canada 2:14.985
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Han Tianyu  China 2:15.055
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

The final overall standings were:[6]

Rank Name Country
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Hamelin  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Han Tianyu  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viktor Ahn  Russia
4 J. R. Celski  United States
5 Chen Dequan  China
6 Lee Han-bin  South Korea
7 Jack Whelbourne  Great Britain
8 Sébastien Lepape  France
9 François Hamelin  Canada
10 Sin Da-woon  South Korea
11 Semen Elistratov  Russia
12 Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands
13 Park Se-yeong  South Korea
14 Yuri Confortola  Italy
15 Roberto Puķītis  Latvia
16 Niels Kerstholt  Netherlands
17 Michael Gilday  Canada
18 Sébastien Lepape  France
19 Eduardo Alvarez  United States
20 Sándor Liu Shaolin  Hungary
21 Christopher Creveling  United States
22 Robert Seifert  Germany
23 Maxime Chataignier  France
24 Ryosuke Sakazume  Japan
25 Vladislav Bykanov  Israel
26 Vojtěch Loudín  Czech Republic
27 Tommaso Dotti  Italy
28 Maksim Siarheyeu  Belarus
29 Aidar Bekzhanov  Kazakhstan
30 Pan-To Barton Lui  Hong Kong
31 Denis Nikisha  Kazakhstan
32 Satoshi Sakashita  Japan
33 Bence Béres  Hungary
34 Viktor Knoch  Hungary
35 Shi Jingnan  China
– Yuzo Takamido  Japan

References

  1. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Records – World Records". ISU. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Records – Olympic Records". ISU. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Skating Union. September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ a b "Final Results". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-10.