Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCapital Indoor Stadium,
Beijing
Date9 February
Competitors36 from 16 nations
Winning time2:09.219
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steven Dubois  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semion Elistratov  ROC

The men's 1500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.[1] Hwang Dae-heon of South Korea became the Olympic champion, this was his first Olympic gold. Steven Dubois of Canada won silver, his first Olympic medal, and Semion Elistratov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, bronze.[2][3] Due to unusually high number of penalties and advancements in semi-finals, 10 athletes were competing in Final A.

The defending champion and the Olympic record holder Lim Hyo-jun, who now represents China after playing as a South Korean athlete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, did not enter the event. The silver medalist and world record holder, Sjinkie Knegt, and the bronze medalist, Semion Elistratov, qualified as well. Charles Hamelin was the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating champion at the 1500 m distance. Itzhak de Laat and Elistratov were the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Many top athletes did not participate in the championship, however. Ren Ziwei was leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup at the 1500 m distance with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Elistratov and Park Jang-hyuk.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, with the top 36 athletes (maximum of three per country qualifying quotas. If a NOC declined a quota spot, it was distributed to the next available athlete, only if the maximum quota of 56 athletes per gender was not surpassed.[4]

Records

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 States13 November 2016
Olympic record Lim Hyo-jun (KOR)2:10.485 Gangneung, South Korea10 February 2018

The following records were set during the competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecordRef
9 February Quarterfinal 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu  Hungary 2:09.213 OR [5]

Results

Quarterfinals

Q – qualified for the semifinals[5]
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
OR - olympic record
RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Shaolin Sándor Liu Hungary2:09.213Q, OR
21Pascal Dion Canada2:09.723Q
31Denis Ayrapetyan ROC2:09.776Q
41Vladislav Bykanov Israel2:09.932q
51Roberts Krūzbergs Latvia2:10.999
61Michał Niewiński Poland2:12.852
12Lee June-seo South Korea2:18.630Q
22Sven Roes Netherlands2:18.687Q
32Stijn Desmet Belgium2:19.112Q
42Sun Long China2:19.244
52Andrew Heo United States2:19.482
2Pietro Sighel ItalyPEN
13Hwang Dae-heon South Korea2:14.910Q
23Semion Elistratov ROC2:15.094Q
33Steven Dubois Canada2:15.123Q
43Kota Kikuchi Japan2:15.243
53Reinis Bērziņš Latvia2:15.371ADV
3Ryan Pivirotto United StatesPEN
14Charles Hamelin Canada2:11.239Q
24Adil Galiakhmetov Kazakhstan2:11.823Q
34Park Jang-hyuk South Korea2:12.116Q
44Quentin Fercoq France2:15.347
54Itzhak de Laat Netherlands3:08.907
4Denis Nikisha KazakhstanPEN
15Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands2:12.208Q
25Kazuki Yoshinaga Japan2:12.450Q
35John-Henry Krueger Hungary2:12.525Q
45Yuri Confortola Italy2:12.853q
55Shogo Miyata Japan2:13.799
65Zhang Tianyi ChinaNo time
16Ren Ziwei China2:15.084Q
26Shaoang Liu Hungary2:15.376Q
36Farrell Treacy Great Britain2:16.880Q
46Daniil Eibog ROC2:16.975
56Sébastien Lepape France2:41.547
66Luca Spechenhauser Italy2:56.796

Semifinals

QA – qualified for Final A
QB – qualified for Final B
RankHeatNameCountryTime[6]Notes
11Lee June-seo South Korea2:10.586QA
21Shaolin Sándor Liu Hungary2:10.685QA
31Denis Ayrapetyan ROC2:10.773QB
41Sven Roes Netherlands2:10.841QB
51Stijn Desmet Belgium2:11.169QB
61Vladislav Bykanov Israel2:13.491
71Pascal Dion Canada2:15.271
12Hwang Dae-heon South Korea2:13.188QA
22Semion Elistratov ROC2:13.229QA
32Kazuki Yoshinaga Japan2:14.014QB
42Reinis Bērziņš Latvia2:14.714QB
52John-Henry Krueger Hungary2:18.671ADVB
62Steven Dubois Canada2:38.000ADVA
2Sjinkie Knegt NetherlandsPEN
13Shaoang Liu Hungary2:12.519QA
23Park Jang-hyuk South Korea2:12.751QA
33Farrell Treacy Great Britain2:13.736ADVA
43Adil Galiakhmetov Kazakhstan2:18.291ADVA
53Yuri Confortola ItalyNo timeADVA
3Ren Ziwei ChinaPEN
3Charles Hamelin CanadaPEN

Final B

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
11John-Henry Krueger Hungary2:18.059
12Denis Ayrapetyan ROC2:18.076
13Stijn Desmet Belgium2:18.278
14Sven Roes Netherlands2:18.299
15Reinis Bērziņš Latvia2:18.499
16Kazuki Yoshinaga Japan2:18.585

Final A

RankNameCountryTime[7]Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Hwang Dae-heon South Korea2:09.219
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Steven Dubois Canada2:09.254
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Semion Elistratov ROC2:09.267
4Shaoang Liu Hungary2:09.409
5Lee June-seo South Korea2:09.622
6Shaolin Sándor Liu Hungary2:09.953
7Park Jang-hyuk South Korea2:10.176
8Adil Galiakhmetov Kazakhstan2:11.584
9Farrell Treacy Great Britain2:11.988
10Yuri Confortola Italy2:12.384

References

  1. "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. Tozer, Jamie (9 February 2022). "Dubois races to silver in crowded 1500m short track final". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. Harrison, Doug (9 February 2022). "Canada's Steven Dubois wins short track Olympic silver medal". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Short Track Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. "Quarterfinals results" (PDF). Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  6. Semifinals results
  7. Finals results
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