Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
# Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.

The qualifying heats, semifinal, and the final were held on 10 February.

The defending Olympic Champion was Lee Jung-su of South Korea, while the defending World Champion was Sin Da-woon also of South Korea.

## Records

| World record | Noh Jin-kyu (KOR) | 2:09.041 | Shanghai, China | 10 December 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Lee Jung-su (KOR) | 2:10.949 | Vancouver, Canada | 13 February 2010 |

## 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. For this event a total of 36 athletes representing 18 nations qualified to compete.

## Results

The final results:

### Preliminaries

**Heats**


    Q – qualified for the semifinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Jack Whelbourne | Great Britain | 2:14.091 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 2:14.143 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 2:14.249 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Robert Seifert | Germany | 2:16.555 | |
| 5 | 1 | Roberto Puķītis | Latvia | 2:30.671 | ADV |
| – | 1 | Yuzo Takamido | Japan | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Viktor Ahn | Russia | 2:20.865 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Han Tianyu | China | 2:20.911 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Park Se-yeong | South Korea | 2:21.087 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Vladislav Bykanov | Israel | 2:21.163 | |
| 5 | 2 | Pan-To Barton Lui | Hong Kong | 2:22.139 | |
| 6 | 2 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary | 2:47.714 | |
| 1 | 3 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea | 2:15.530 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | J. R. Celski | United States | 2:15.675 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sébastien Lepape | France | 2:15.806 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 2:17.985 | |
| 5 | 3 | Maksim Siarheyeu | Belarus | 2:19.505 | |
| 6 | 3 | Shi Jingnan | China | 2:51.512 | |
| 1 | 4 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 2:16.903 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Semen Elistratov | Russia | 2:16.904 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Eduardo Alvarez | United States | 2:17.532 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Maxime Chataignier | France | 2:17.938 | |
| 5 | 4 | Aidar Bekzhanov | Kazakhstan | 2:19.713 | |
| 6 | 4 | Bence Béres | Hungary | 2:20.327 | |
| 1 | 5 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | 2:13.848 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 5 | François Hamelin | Canada | 2:13.935 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France | 2:14.054 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary | 2:14.055 | |
| 5 | 5 | Vojtěch Loudín | Czech Republic | 2:14.906 | |
| 6 | 5 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan | 2:16.452 | |
| 1 | 6 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea | 2:16.412 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Gilday | Canada | 2:16.468 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Chen Dequan | China | 2:16.535 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Christopher Creveling | United States | 2:16.553 | |
| 5 | 6 | Tommaso Dotti | Italy | 2:17.300 | |
| 6 | 6 | Satoshi Sakashita | Japan | 2:18.298 | |

**Semifinals**


    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Han Tianyu | China | 2:15.858 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Viktor Ahn | Russia | 2:16.000 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Park Se-yeong | South Korea | 2:16.241 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | François Hamelin | Canada | 2:16.473 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Roberto Puķītis | Latvia | 2:16.961 | |
| 6 | 1 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | 2:17.134 | |
| – | 1 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | J. R. Celski | United States | 2:21.603 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Chen Dequan | China | 2:21.697 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Sébastien Lepape | France | 2:23.995 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea | 2:52.061 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea | 3:11.810 | ADV |
| – | 2 | Michael Gilday | Canada | | PEN |
| 1 | 3 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 2:14.480 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | Jack Whelbourne | Great Britain | 2:14.635 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 2:14.677 | QB |
| 4 | 3 | Semen Elistratov | Russia | 2:14.783 | QB |
| 5 | 3 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 2:19.086 | |
| – | 3 | Eduardo Alvarez | United States | | PEN |

### Finals

**Final B (classification round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Sébastien Lepape | France | 2:21.483 | |
| 9 | François Hamelin | Canada | 2:21.592 | |
| 10 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea | 2:22.066 | |
| 11 | Semen Elistratov | Russia | 2:24.352 | |
| 12 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 2:39.581 | |
| – | Park Se-yeong | South Korea | | PEN |

**Final A (medal round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 2:14.985 | |
| | Han Tianyu | China | 2:15.055 | |
| | Viktor Ahn | Russia | 2:15.062 | |
| 4 | J. R. Celski | United States | 2:15.624 | |
| 5 | Chen Dequan | China | 2:15.626 | |
| 6 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea | 2:16.466 | |
| 7 | Jack Whelbourne | Great Britain | | no time |

## Final standings

The final overall standings were:

| Rank | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Charles Hamelin | Canada |
| | Han Tianyu | China |
| | Viktor Ahn | Russia |
| 4 | J. R. Celski | United States |
| 5 | Chen Dequan | China |
| 6 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea |
| 7 | Jack Whelbourne | Great Britain |
| 8 | Sébastien Lepape | France |
| 9 | François Hamelin | Canada |
| 10 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea |
| 11 | Semen Elistratov | Russia |
| 12 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
| 13 | Park Se-yeong | South Korea |
| 14 | Yuri Confortola | Italy |
| 15 | Roberto Puķītis | Latvia |
| 16 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands |
| 17 | Michael Gilday | Canada |
| 18 | Sébastien Lepape | France |
| 19 | Eduardo Alvarez | United States |
| 20 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary |
| 21 | Christopher Creveling | United States |
| 22 | Robert Seifert | Germany |
| 23 | Maxime Chataignier | France |
| 24 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan |
| 25 | Vladislav Bykanov | Israel |
| 26 | Vojtěch Loudín | Czech Republic |
| 27 | Tommaso Dotti | Italy |
| 28 | Maksim Siarheyeu | Belarus |
| 29 | Aidar Bekzhanov | Kazakhstan |
| 30 | Pan-To Barton Lui | Hong Kong |
| 31 | Denis Nikisha | Kazakhstan |
| 32 | Satoshi Sakashita | Japan |
| 33 | Bence Béres | Hungary |
| 34 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary |
| 35 | Shi Jingnan | China |
| – | Yuzo Takamido | Japan |
