The men's 1500 metre of Short Track 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2018 in the Gangneung Ice Arena . With 37 athletes competing, the event was won by Lim Hyo-jun from South Korea , with Sjinkie Knegt from Netherlands taking the silver medal and Semen Elistratov from Olympic Athletes from Russia taking bronze.
Format [ ]
The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of six skaters. In the first round, the top three with the fastest times advance to the next round, with confirmation of a jury. The semifinals see the fastest two competitors advance to the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.
Preview [ ]
Thirty-seven athletes qualified for the event, with Hwang Dae-heon as the leader in the World Cup standings. As per tradition, the skaters from South Korea were well represented, with Lim Hyo-jun and Seo Yi-ra as the other competitors. Defending Olympic champion Charles Hamelin was the second seed, leading the charge of veterans with chances for a medal, with world record holder Sjinkie Knegt , former bronze medalist J.R. Celski , and Thibaut Fauconnet in his tracks. The Hungarian twins Shaolin Sandor Liu and Shaoang Liu were also well within the top 10 of the world rankings to contend for a medal. Other outsiders included the silver medalist at the world championships Samuel Girard , Semen Elistratov , Han Tianyu , Vladislav Bykanov , Wu Dajing , and Itzhak de Laat .
Current Records [ ]
Record
Date
Nat.
Name
Time
WR
13 November 2016
Sjinkie Knegt
2:07.943
OR
13 February 2010
Lee Jung-su
2:10.949
Summary [ ]
Heats [ ]
Heat 1 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Shaolin Sandor Liu
2:12.835
Q
2
Samuel Girard
2:12.923
Q
3
Semen Elistratov
2:13.087
Q
4
Hiroki Yokoyama
2:13.323
5
Ward Petre
2:17.362
6
Farrell Treacy
-
Heat 2 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Charles Hamelin
2:12.130
Q
2
Jens Almey
2:12.998
Q
3
Aaron Tran
2:14.133
Q
4
Andy Jung
2:16.995
ADV
5
Han Tianyu
2:38.865
ADV
6
Yuri Confortola
PEN
Heat 3 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Hwang Dae-heon
2:15.561
Q
2
Itzhak de Laat
2:15.691
Q
3
Wu Dajing
2:15.823
Q
4
Tommaso Dotti
2:16.177
5
Pascal Dion
2:16.856
ADV
6
Choe Un Song
2:18.213
7
Vladislav Bykanov
PEN
Heat 4 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Lim Hyo-jun
2:13.891
Q
2
Sebastien Lepape
2:13.965
Q
3
Shaoang Liu
2:14.160
Q
4
Denis Nikisha
2:14.847
PR
5
Maksim Siarheyeu
2:15.242
6
Kazuki Yoshinaga
PEN
Heat 5 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Seo Yi-ra
2:18.750
Q
2
Roberto Pukitis
2:18.825
Q
3
J.R. Celski
2:19.028
Q
4
Keita Watanabe
2:19.205
5
Csaba Burjan
2:19.284
6
Aleksandr Shulginov
2:19.308
Heat 6 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
John-Henry Krueger
2:15.671
Q
2
Thibaut Fauconnet
2:15.768
Q
3
Sjinkie Knegt
2:15.949
Q
4
Pavel Sitnikov
2:33.653
5
Xu Hongzhi
2:35.641
ADV
6
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev
-
Semifinals [ ]
Semifinal 1 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Semen Elistratov
2:11.003
QA
2
Charles Hamelin
2:11.124
QA
3
Seo Yi-ra
2:11.126
QB
4
Roberto Pukitis
2:11.165
QB
5
Andy Jung
2:11.183
6
Samuel Girard
-
ADVA
7
J.R. Celski
PEN
Semifinal 2 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Sjinkie Knegt
2:11.900
QA
2
Thibaut Fauconnet
2:12.049
QA
3
Pascal Dion
2:12.640
QB
4
Aaron Tran
2:13.487
QB
5
Shaolin Sandor Liu
2:45.709
ADVA
6
Jens Almey
-
7
John-Henry Krueger
PEN
Semifinal 3 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Lim Hyo-jun
2:11.389
QA
2
Hwang Dae-heon
2:11.469
QA
3
Itzhak de Laat
2:11.781
ADVA , PR
4
Han Tianyu
2:11.827
QB
5
Sebastien Lepape
2:11.967
6
Xu Hongzhi
2:19.310
7
Shaoang Liu
PEN
8
Wu Dajing
PEN
Finals [ ]
A Final Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Lim Hyo-jun
2:10.485
OR
2
Sjinkie Knegt
2:10.555
3
Semen Elistratov
2:10.687
4
Samuel Girard
2:11.176
5
Shaolin Sandor Liu
2:11.520
6
Itzhak de Laat
2:12.362
7
Thibaut Fauconnet
2:53.150
8
Hwang Dae-heon
-
9
Charles Hamelin
PEN
B Final Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Han Tianyu
2:26.281
2
Seo Yi-ra
2:26.346
3
Pascal Dion
2:26.412
4
Roberto Pukitis
2:26.525
5
Aaron Tran
2:27.127
Results [ ]
Result
Athlete
Nationality
Lim Hyo-jun
South Korea
Sjinkie Knegt
Netherlands
Semen Elistratov
Olympic Athletes from Russia
4
Samuel Girard
Canada
5
Shaolin Sandor Liu
Hungary
6
Itzhak de Laat
Netherlands
7
Thibaut Fauconnet
France
8
Han Tianyu
China
9
Seo Yi-ra
South Korea
10
Pascal Dion
Canada
11
Robert Pukitis
Latvia
12
Aaron Tran
United States
13
Charles Hamelin
Canada
14
Hwang Dae-heon
South Korea
15
Sebastien Lepape
France
16
Andy Jung
Australia
17
Jens Almey
Belgium
18
Xu Hongzhi
China
19
John-Henry Krueger
United States
20
Shaoang Liu
Hungary
21
Wu Dajing
China
22
J.R. Celski
United States
23
Hiroki Yokoyama
Japan
24
Denis Nikisha
Kazakhstan
25
Tommaso Dotti
Italy
26
Keita Watanabe
Japan
27
Pavel Sitnikov
Olympic Athletes from Russia
28
Maksim Siarheyeu
Belarus
29
Ward Petre
Belgium
30
Csaba Burjan
Hungary
31
Choe Un Song
North Korea
32
Aleksandr Shulginov
Olympic Athletes from Russia
33
Farrell Treacy
Great Britain
33
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev
Kazakhstan
-
Vladislav Bykanov
Israel
-
Yuri Confortola
Italy
-
Kazuki Yoshinaga
Japan