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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
Venue Gangneung Ice Arena
Dates 10 February
Competitors 37 from 18 nations
Winning time 2:10.485
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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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 Szewi?ska , member of the International Olympic Committee , accompanied by Myong-Hi Chang, ISU honorary member.

History [ edit ]

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

Event [ edit ]

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

Records [ edit ]

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.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
10 February 2018 Final A Lim Hyo-jun   South Korea 2:10.485 OR [3]

Results [ edit ]

Heats [ edit ]

Q ? qualified for the semifinals [4]
ADV ? advanced
PEN ? penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Sandor 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 Petre   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 Sebastien 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 Pu??tis   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 Burjan   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 [ edit ]

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 Pu??tis   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 Sandor 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 Sebastien Lepape   France 2:11.967
6 3 Xu Hongzhi   China 2:19.310
3 Shaoang Liu   Hungary PEN
3 Wu Dajing   China PEN

Finals [ edit ]

Final B (classification round) [ edit ]

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 Pu??tis   Latvia 2:26.525
12 Aaron Tran   United States 2:27.127

Final A (medal round) [ edit ]

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 Sandor 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 [ edit ]

  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 (男子 1,500m 決勝 / 1 500 m hommes Finales) ? Results (競技結果 / Resultats)" (PDF) . Pyeongchang 2018 . International Olympic Committee . 10 February 2018 . Retrieved 10 February 2018 .
  4. ^ Heats results
  5. ^ Semifinals results
  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 . 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

External links [ edit ]