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


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.
One Olympic record was set during the competition.
DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecordRef
10 February 2018Final ALim Hyo-jun2:10.485OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Sándor Liu Shaolin2:12.835Q
21Samuel Girard2:12.923Q
31Semion Elistratov2:13.087Q
41Hiroki Yokoyama2:13.323
51Ward Pétré2:17.362
1Farrell Treacy
12Charles Hamelin2:12.130Q
22Jens Almey2:12.998Q
32Aaron Tran2:14.133Q
42Andy Jung2:16.995ADV
52Han Tianyu2:38.865ADV
2Yuri ConfortolaPEN
13Hwang Dae-heon2:15.561Q
23Itzhak de Laat2:15.691Q
33Wu Dajing2:15.823Q
43Tommaso Dotti 2:16.177
53Pascal Dion2:16.856ADV
63Choe Un-song2:18.213
3Vladislav BykanovPEN
14Lim Hyo-jun2:13.891Q
24Sébastien Lepape2:13.965Q
34Shaoang Liu2:14.160Q
44Denis Nikisha2:14.847
54Maksim Siarheyeu2:15.242
4Kazuki YoshinagaPEN
15Seo Yi-ra2:18.750Q
25Roberto Puķītis2:18.825Q
35J. R. Celski2:19.028Q
45Keita Watanabe2:19.205
55Csaba Burján2:19.284
65Aleksandr Shulginov2:19.308
16John-Henry Krueger2:15.671Q
26Thibaut Fauconnet2:15.768Q
36Sjinkie Knegt2:15.949Q
46Pavel Sitnikov2:33.653
56Xu Hongzhi2:35.641ADV
66Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev

Semifinals

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Semion Elistratov2:11.003QA
21Charles Hamelin2:11.124QA
31Seo Yi-ra2:11.126QB
41Roberto Puķītis2:11.165QB
51Andy Jung2:11.183
61Samuel GirardADV
1J. R. CelskiPEN
12Sjinkie Knegt2:11.900QA
22Thibaut Fauconnet2:12.049QA
32Pascal Dion2:12.640QB
42Aaron Tran2:13.487QB
52Sándor Liu Shaolin2:45.709ADV
62Jens Almey
2John-Henry KruegerPEN
13Lim Hyo-jun2:11.389QA
23Hwang Dae-heon2:11.469QA
33Itzhak de Laat2:11.781ADV
43Han Tianyu2:11.827QB
53Sébastien Lepape2:11.967
63Xu Hongzhi2:19.310
3Shaoang LiuPEN
3Wu DajingPEN

Finals

Final B (classification round)

In this race, six skaters race for placement.
RankNameCountryTimeNotes
8Han Tianyu2:26.281
9Seo Yi-ra2:26.346
10Pascal Dion2:26.412
11Roberto Puķītis2:26.525
12Aaron Tran2:27.127

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.
RankNameCountryTimeNotes
Lim Hyo-jun2:10.485
Sjinkie Knegt2:10.555
Semion Elistratov2:10.687
4Samuel Girard2:11.176
5Sándor Liu Shaolin2:11.520
6Itzhak de Laat2:12.362
7Thibaut Fauconnet2:53.150
13Charles Hamelin
14Hwang Dae-heon