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


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.
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

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. For this event a total of 36 athletes representing 18 nations qualified to compete.

Results

The final results:

Preliminaries

Heats

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Jack Whelbourne2:14.091Q
21Yuri Confortola2:14.143Q
31Sjinkie Knegt2:14.249Q
41Robert Seifert2:16.555
51Roberto Puķītis2:30.671ADV
–1Yuzo TakamidoPEN
12Viktor Ahn2:20.865Q
22Han Tianyu2:20.911Q
32Park Se-yeong2:21.087Q
42Vladislav Bykanov2:21.163
52Pan-To Barton Lui2:22.139
62Viktor Knoch2:47.714
13Sin Da-woon2:15.530Q
23J. R. Celski2:15.675Q
33Sébastien Lepape2:15.806Q
43Ryosuke Sakazume2:17.985
53Maksim Siarheyeu2:19.505
63Shi Jingnan2:51.512
14Charles Hamelin2:16.903Q
24Semen Elistratov2:16.904Q
34Eduardo Alvarez2:17.532Q
44Maxime Chataignier2:17.938
54Aidar Bekzhanov2:19.713
64Bence Béres2:20.327
15Niels Kerstholt2:13.848Q, NR
25François Hamelin2:13.935Q
35Thibaut Fauconnet2:14.054Q
45Sándor Liu Shaolin2:14.055
55Vojtěch Loudín2:14.906
65Denis Nikisha2:16.452
16Lee Han-bin2:16.412Q
26Michael Gilday2:16.468Q
36Chen Dequan2:16.535Q
46Christopher Creveling2:16.553
56Tommaso Dotti2:17.300
66Satoshi Sakashita2:18.298

Semifinals

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Han Tianyu2:15.858QA
21Viktor Ahn2:16.000QA
31Park Se-yeong2:16.241QB
41François Hamelin2:16.473QB
51Roberto Puķītis2:16.961
61Niels Kerstholt2:17.134
–1Thibaut FauconnetPEN
12J. R. Celski2:21.603QA
22Chen Dequan2:21.697QA
32Sébastien Lepape2:23.995QB
42Sin Da-woon2:52.061QB
52Lee Han-bin3:11.810ADV
–2Michael GildayPEN
13Charles Hamelin2:14.480QA
23Jack Whelbourne2:14.635QA
33Sjinkie Knegt2:14.677QB
43Semen Elistratov2:14.783QB
53Yuri Confortola2:19.086
–3Eduardo AlvarezPEN

Finals

Final B (classification round)

Final A (medal round)

Final standings

The final overall standings were:
RankNameCountry
Charles Hamelin
Han Tianyu
Viktor Ahn
J. R. Celski
Chen Dequan
Lee Han-bin
Jack Whelbourne
Sébastien Lepape
François Hamelin
10Sin Da-woon
11Semen Elistratov
12Sjinkie Knegt
13Park Se-yeong
14Yuri Confortola
15Roberto Puķītis
16Niels Kerstholt
17Michael Gilday
18Sébastien Lepape
19Eduardo Alvarez
20Sándor Liu Shaolin
21Christopher Creveling
22Robert Seifert
23Maxime Chataignier
24Ryosuke Sakazume
25Vladislav Bykanov
26Vojtěch Loudín
27Tommaso Dotti
28Maksim Siarheyeu
29Aidar Bekzhanov
30Pan-To Barton Lui
31Denis Nikisha
32Satoshi Sakashita
33Bence Béres
34Viktor Knoch
35Shi Jingnan
–Yuzo Takamido