Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Ice Arena
Dates10 February
Competitors37 from 18 nations
Winning time2:10.485
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semion Elistratov  Olympic Athletes from 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 2018 Winter Olympics took place at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Irena Szewińska, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Myong-Hi Chang, ISU honorary member.

History

South Korea has historically performed well in short-track speed skating, with 42 of their 53 medals coming from the event.

Event

There were 12,000 spectators for the event.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Sjinkie Knegt (NED) 2:07.943 Salt Lake City, United States 13 November 2016
Olympic record  Lee Jung-su (KOR) 2:10.949 Vancouver, Canada 13 February 2010

One Olympic record was set during the competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
10 February 2018 Final A Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 2:10.485 OR

Results

Heats

Q – qualified for the semifinals
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Sándor Liu Shaolin  Hungary 2:12.835 Q
2 1 Samuel Girard  Canada 2:12.923 Q
3 1 Semion Elistratov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 2:13.087 Q
4 1 Hiroki Yokoyama  Japan 2:13.323
5 1 Ward Pétré  Belgium 2:17.362
1 Farrell Treacy  Great Britain DNF
1 2 Charles Hamelin  Canada 2:12.130 Q
2 2 Jens Almey  Belgium 2:12.998 Q
3 2 Aaron Tran  United States 2:14.133 Q
4 2 Andy Jung  Australia 2:16.995 ADV
5 2 Han Tianyu  China 2:38.865 ADV
2 Yuri Confortola  Italy PEN
1 3 Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea 2:15.561 Q
2 3 Itzhak de Laat  Netherlands 2:15.691 Q
3 3 Wu Dajing  China 2:15.823 Q
4 3 Tommaso Dotti  Italy 2:16.177
5 3 Pascal Dion  Canada 2:16.856 ADV
6 3 Choe Un-song  North Korea 2:18.213
3 Vladislav Bykanov  Israel PEN
1 4 Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 2:13.891 Q
2 4 Sébastien Lepape  France 2:13.965 Q
3 4 Shaoang Liu  Hungary 2:14.160 Q
4 4 Denis Nikisha  Kazakhstan 2:14.847
5 4 Maksim Siarheyeu  Belarus 2:15.242
4 Kazuki Yoshinaga  Japan PEN
1 5 Seo Yi-ra  South Korea 2:18.750 Q
2 5 Roberto Puķītis  Latvia 2:18.825 Q
3 5 J. R. Celski  United States 2:19.028 Q
4 5 Keita Watanabe  Japan 2:19.205
5 5 Csaba Burján  Hungary 2:19.284
6 5 Aleksandr Shulginov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 2:19.308
1 6 John-Henry Krueger  United States 2:15.671 Q
2 6 Thibaut Fauconnet  France 2:15.768 Q
3 6 Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands 2:15.949 Q
4 6 Pavel Sitnikov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 2:33.653
5 6 Xu Hongzhi  China 2:35.641 ADV
6 6 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev  Kazakhstan DNF

Semifinals

QA – qualified for Final A
QB – qualified for Final B
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Semion Elistratov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 2:11.003 QA
2 1 Charles Hamelin  Canada 2:11.124 QA
3 1 Seo Yi-ra  South Korea 2:11.126 QB
4 1 Roberto Puķītis  Latvia 2:11.165 QB
5 1 Andy Jung  Australia 2:11.183
6 1 Samuel Girard  Canada DNF ADV
1 J. R. Celski  United States PEN
1 2 Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands 2:11.900 QA
2 2 Thibaut Fauconnet  France 2:12.049 QA
3 2 Pascal Dion  Canada 2:12.640 QB
4 2 Aaron Tran  United States 2:13.487 QB
5 2 Sándor Liu Shaolin  Hungary 2:45.709 ADV
6 2 Jens Almey  Belgium DNF
2 John-Henry Krueger  United States PEN
1 3 Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 2:11.389 QA
2 3 Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea 2:11.469 QA
3 3 Itzhak de Laat  Netherlands 2:11.781 ADV
4 3 Han Tianyu  China 2:11.827 QB
5 3 Sébastien Lepape  France 2:11.967
6 3 Xu Hongzhi  China 2:19.310
3 Shaoang Liu  Hungary PEN
3 Wu Dajing  China PEN

Finals

Final B (classification round)

In this race, six skaters race for placement.

Rank Name Country Time Notes
8 Han Tianyu  China 2:26.281
9 Seo Yi-ra  South Korea 2:26.346
10 Pascal Dion  Canada 2:26.412
11 Roberto Puķītis  Latvia 2:26.525
12 Aaron Tran  United States 2:27.127

Final A (medal round)

In the final heat of the event, Hwang Dae-heon collided with Thibaut Fauconnet, with Fauconnet receiving a skate to the face. Defending champion Charles Hamelin did not finish the race. South Korean Lim Hyo-jun finished in first winning by about two blade lengths. He followed closely by Sjinkie Knegt and Semion Elistratov, finishing in second and third respectively. Lim said, "I was nervous in the preliminaries but I liked the quality of the ice. I knew if I made it to the final I had good chances".

The official podium ceremony was the next day, but there was a venue ceremony at the event. The competitors were presented with a plush-tiger Soohorang, one of the Olympic mascots.

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 2:10.485 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands 2:10.555
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semion Elistratov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 2:10.687
4 Samuel Girard  Canada 2:11.176
5 Sándor Liu Shaolin  Hungary 2:11.520
6 Itzhak de Laat  Netherlands 2:12.362
7 Thibaut Fauconnet  France 2:53.150
13 Charles Hamelin  Canada PEN
14 Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea DNF

References

  1. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Branch, John (10 February 2018). "South Korea Goes Wild for Short-Track Speedskating (and Its First Gold)". New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 1,500m Finals (남자 1,500m 결승 / 1 500 m hommes Finales) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. ^ Heats results
  5. ^ Semifinals results
  6. ^ "How to watch short-track speedskating at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Lim Hyojun Wins 2018 Olympic Short-Track 1500m Gold Medal". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Lim Hyo-jun captures South Korea's first gold medal". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  9. ^ Salazar, Antonio (11 February 2018). "Lim Hyo-Jun wins South Korea's first gold medal of the 2018 Games". NBC. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  10. ^ Final results

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