Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres explained

Event:Women's 1000 metres
Games:2014 Winter
Venue:Iceberg Skating Palace
Sochi, Russia
Dates:18 February (qualifying heats)
21 February (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Competitors:32
Nations:18
Gold:Park Seung-hi
Goldnoc:KOR
Win Value:1:30.761
Silver:Fan Kexin
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Shim Suk-hee
Bronzenoc:KOR
Prev:2010
Next:2018

The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 18 and 21 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.[1]

The qualifying heats was held on 18 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final on 21 February.

The defending Olympic Champion and World Champion is Wang Meng of China. Meng qualified to compete at the Games but broke her ankle in a collision with a teammate while practicing for the games in January 2014.[2]

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.[3] For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 18 nations qualified to compete.[4]

Results

The event was started at 20:44.[5]

Preliminaries

Heats

Q – qualified for Quarterfinals

ADV – advanced

PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 align=left align=left 1:31.187 Q
2 1 align=left align=left 1:31.359 Q
3 1 align=left align=left 1:31.559
4 1 align=left align=left 1:31.879
1 2 align=left align=left 1:31.883 Q
2 2 align=left align=left 1:32.585 Q
3 2 align=left align=left 1:32.599
2 align=left align=left PEN
1 3 align=left align=left 1:28.771 Q, OR
2 3 align=left align=left 1:29.824 Q
3 3 align=left align=left 1:29.980
4 3 align=left align=left 1:32.495
1 4 align=left align=left 1:31.046 Q
2 4 align=left align=left 1:31.273 Q
3 4 align=left align=left 1:34.226 ADV
4 align=left align=left PEN
1 5 align=left align=left 1:31.640 Q
2 5 align=left align=left 1:31.713 Q
3 5 align=left align=left 1:32.034
5 align=left align=left PEN
1 6 align=left align=left 1:32.983 Q
2 6 align=left align=left 1:33.022 Q
3 6 align=left align=left 1:36.521
6 align=left align=left PEN
1 7 align=left align=left 1:30.588 Q
2 7 align=left align=left 1:32.975 Q
3 7 align=left align=left 1:33.188
4 7 align=left align=left 1:33.352
1 8 align=left align=left 1:34.845 Q
2 8 align=left align=left 1:36.018 Q
3 8 align=left align=left 1:46.661 ADV
4 8 align=left align=left 2:05.206

Quarterfinal

Q – qualified for Semifinals

ADV – advanced

PEN – penalty

Rank Quarterfinal Name Country Time Notes
1 1 align=left align=left 1:30.606 Q
2 1 align=left align=left 1:30.801 Q
3 1 align=left align=left 1:31.668
1 align=left align=left PEN
1 2 align=left align=left 1:29.037 Q
2 2 align=left align=left 1:29.119 Q
3 2 align=left align=left 1:29.256
4 2 align=left align=left 1:29.328
5 2 align=left align=left 1:30.017
1 3 align=left align=left 1:29.356 Q
2 3 align=left align=left 1:29.380 Q
3 3 align=left align=left 1:30.324
3 align=left align=left PEN
1 4 align=left align=left 1:32.088 Q
2 4 align=left align=left 1:32.129 Q
3 4 align=left align=left 1:32.154
4 4 align=left align=left 1:32.376

Semifinals

Rank Semifinal Name Country Time Notes
1 1 align=left align=left 1:30:202 QA
2 1 align=left align=left 1:30:409 QA
3 1 align=left align=left 1:30:481 QB
4 1 align=left align=left 1:56:511 QB
1 2 align=left align=left 1:31.237 QA
2 2 align=left align=left 1:32.618 QA
2 align=left align=left PEN
2 align=left align=left PEN

Finals

Final B (classification round)

Rank Name Country Time Notes
5 align=left align=left 1:36.835
6 align=left align=left 1:36.863

Final A (medal round)

Rank Name Country Time Notes
align=left align=left 1:30.761
align=left align=left 1:30.811
align=left align=left 1:31.027
4 align=left align=left 1:31.301

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results. SOOC. 12 January 2014. 20 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140320055452/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/short-track-schedule-and-results. dead.
  2. News: . China's Olympic champion Wang Meng likely to miss Sochi due to ankle fracture . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116172610/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sports/2014-01/16/c_133051135.htm . dead . January 16, 2014 . . . 16 January 2014. 31 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 . September 2012 . . 20 December 2012.
  4. 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 .
  5. Web site: Final Results . 2014-02-21 . 2014-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228010448/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000010&gen=w&ref=15459&view=dcl . dead .