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

Event:	Men's 1500 metres
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia
Dates:	10 February (qualifying heats, semifinal, and final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	18
Win Value:	2:14.985
Gold:	Charles Hamelin
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Han Tianyu
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Viktor Ahn
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

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.

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.^[2] For this event a total of 36 athletes representing 18 nations qualified to compete.^[3]

Results

The final results:^[4]

Preliminaries

Heats

Q – qualified for the semifinals

ADV – advanced

PEN – penalty

YC – yellow card

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		2:14.091	Q
2	1	align=left		align=left		2:14.143	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		2:14.249	Q
4	1	align=left		align=left		2:16.555
5	1	align=left		align=left		2:30.671	ADV
–	1	align=left		align=left			PEN
1	2	align=left		align=left		2:20.865	Q
2	2	align=left		align=left		2:20.911	Q
3	2	align=left		align=left		2:21.087	Q
4	2	align=left		align=left		2:21.163
5	2	align=left		align=left		2:22.139
6	2	align=left		align=left		2:47.714
1	3	align=left		align=left		2:15.530	Q
2	3	align=left		align=left		2:15.675	Q
3	3	align=left		align=left		2:15.806	Q
4	3	align=left		align=left		2:17.985
5	3	align=left		align=left		2:19.505
6	3	align=left		align=left		2:51.512
1	4	align=left		align=left		2:16.903	Q
2	4	align=left		align=left		2:16.904	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		2:17.532	Q
4	4	align=left		align=left		2:17.938
5	4	align=left		align=left		2:19.713
6	4	align=left		align=left		2:20.327
1	5	align=left		align=left		2:13.848	Q, NR
2	5	align=left		align=left		2:13.935	Q
3	5	align=left		align=left		2:14.054	Q
4	5	align=left		align=left		2:14.055
5	5	align=left		align=left		2:14.906
6	5	align=left		align=left		2:16.452
1	6	align=left		align=left		2:16.412	Q
2	6	align=left		align=left		2:16.468	Q
3	6	align=left		align=left		2:16.535	Q
4	6	align=left		align=left		2:16.553
5	6	align=left		align=left		2:17.300
6	6	align=left		align=left		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	align=left		align=left		2:15.858	QA
2	1	align=left		align=left		2:16.000	QA
3	1	align=left		align=left		2:16.241	QB
4	1	align=left		align=left		2:16.473	QB
5	1	align=left		align=left		2:16.961
6	1	align=left		align=left		2:17.134
–	1	align=left		align=left			PEN
1	2	align=left		align=left		2:21.603	QA
2	2	align=left		align=left		2:21.697	QA
3	2	align=left		align=left		2:23.995	QB
4	2	align=left		align=left		2:52.061	QB
5	2	align=left		align=left		3:11.810	ADV
–	2	align=left		align=left			PEN
1	3	align=left		align=left		2:14.480	QA
2	3	align=left		align=left		2:14.635	QA
3	3	align=left		align=left		2:14.677	QB
4	3	align=left		align=left		2:14.783	QB
5	3	align=left		align=left		2:19.086
–	3	align=left		align=left			PEN

Finals

Final B (classification round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
8	align=left		align=left		2:21.483
9	align=left		align=left		2:21.592
10	align=left		align=left		2:22.066
11	align=left		align=left		2:24.352
12	align=left		align=left		2:39.581
–	align=left		align=left			PEN

Final A (medal round)

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		2:14.985
	align=left		align=left		2:15.055
	align=left		align=left		2:15.062
4	align=left		align=left		2:15.624
5	align=left		align=left		2:15.626
6	align=left		align=left		2:16.466
7	align=left		align=left			no time

Final standings

The final overall standings were:^[4]

Rank	Name	Country
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10	align=left		align=left
11	align=left		align=left
12	align=left		align=left
13	align=left		align=left
14	align=left		align=left
15	align=left		align=left
16	align=left		align=left
17	align=left		align=left
18	align=left		align=left
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20	align=left		align=left
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33	align=left		align=left
34	align=left		align=left
35	align=left		align=left
–	align=left		align=left

Notes and References

1. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results . . 12 January 2014 . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320055452/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/short-track-schedule-and-results . dead .
2. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 . September 2012 . . 20 December 2012.
3. Web site: XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi – Entries Short Track Speed Skating . . 22 November 2013 . 22 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235443/http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=1469 . 2 December 2013 .
4. Web site: Final Results . 2014-02-10 . 2014-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223031619/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000010&gen=m&ref=15457&view=dcl . dead .