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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
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 m relaywomen
5000 m relaymen

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.[1]

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

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South Korea has historically performed well in short-track speed skating, with 42 of their 53 medals coming from the event.[2]

Event

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There were 12,000 spectators for the event.[2]

Records

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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 [3]

Results

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Heats

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Q – qualified for the semifinals[4]
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

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QA – qualified for Final A[5]
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

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Final B (classification round)

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In this race, six skaters race for placement.[6]

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)

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In the final heat of the event, Hwang Dae-heon collided with Thibaut Fauconnet, with Fauconnet receiving a skate to the face.[7] Defending champion Charles Hamelin did not finish the race. South Korean Lim Hyo-jun finished in first winning by about two blade lengths.[8] He followed closely by Sjinkie Knegt and Semion Elistratov, finishing in second and third respectively.[2] 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".[9][10]

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.[2]

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

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  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". Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Semifinals results". Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  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. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. 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". Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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