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1,500 metres, Men

Date	10 February 2014
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets Zimnego Sporta Aisberg, Coastal Cluster, Adler
Participants	36 from 18 countries
Format	Placements 1-12 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on placements in earlier rounds, and best time skated.
Olympic Record	2:10.949 / Lee Jeong-Su KOR / 13 February 2010

It was difficult to single out a favorite for this event. Four different racers had won the World Cups earlier in the season: No Jin-Kyu, Charles Hamelin, Lee Han-Bin and J. R. Celski. No, also World Champion in 2011 and 2012, was missing in Sochi due to a broken elbow, but the other three all were there. The 2006 Olympic Champion, An Hyeon-Su, was also considered for a medal, although the former Korean now skated for Russia as Viktor An.

All the favored athletes reached the final, although in Lee’s case it was as a result of being impeded in the semi-final. There was drama in the final when Briton Jack Whelbourne, a surprise finalist, hit one of the rubber blocks and twisted his ankle. As the race progressed Hamelin always stayed near the front and came through to take the gold medal, with Han Tianyu just edging out An for the silver medal. Lee was Korea’s best performer, by their standards a disappointing result in finishing sixth. An won Russia their first ever short-track medal

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Positions	Best Time
1	205	Charles Hamelin	CAN	AF-1	1-1	2:14.480	Gold
2	209	Han Tianyu	CHN	AF-2	1-2	2:15.055	Silver
3	250	Viktor An	RUS	AF-3	2-1	2:15.062	Bronze
4	258	J. R. Celski	USA	AF-4	1-2	2:15.624
5	208	Chen Dequan	CHN	AF-5	2-3	2:15.626
6	240	Lee Han-Bin	KOR	AF-6	5-1	2:16.412
7	219	Jack Whelbourne	GBR	AF-7	2-1	2:14.091
8	216	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	BF-1	3-3	2:15.806
9	206	François Hamelin	CAN	BF-2	4-2	2:13.935
10	243	Sin Da-Un	KOR	BF-3	4-1	2:15.530
11	251	Semyon Yelistratov	RUS	BF-4	4-2	2:14.783
12	248	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	BF-5	3-3	2:14.249
13	242	Park Se-Yeong	KOR	BF-DQ	3-3	2:16.241
14	226	Yuri Confortola	ITA	SF-5	5-2	2:14.143
15	244	Roberto Puķītis	LAT	SF-5	5-5	2:16.961
16	247	Niels Kerstholt	NED	SF-6	6-1	2:13.848
17	204	Michael Gilday	CAN	SF-DQ	0-2	2:16.468
18	215	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	SF-DQ	0-3	2:14.054
19	256	Eddy Alvarez	USA	SF-DQ	0-3	2:17.532
20	224	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	R1-4	0-4	2:14.055
21	259	Chris Creveling	USA	R1-4	0-4	2:16.553
22	220	Robert Seifert	GER	R1-4	0-4	2:16.555
23	214	Maxime Châtaignier	FRA	R1-4	0-4	2:17.938
24	232	Ryosuke Sakazume	JPN	R1-4	0-4	2:17.985
25	225	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	R1-4	0-4	2:21.163
26	213	Vojtěch Loudín	CZE	R1-5	0-5	2:14.906
27	227	Tommaso Dotti	ITA	R1-5	0-5	2:17.300
28	202	Maksim Siarheyu	BLR	R1-5	0-5	2:19.505
29	235	Aydar Bekzhanov	KAZ	R1-5	0-5	2:19.713
30	221	Barton Lui	HKG	R1-5	0-5	2:22.139
31	237	Denis Nikisha	KAZ	R1-6	0-6	2:16.452
32	231	Satoshi Sakashita	JPN	R1-6	0-6	2:18.298
33	222	Bence Béres	HUN	R1-6	0-6	2:20.327
34	223	Viktor Knoch	HUN	R1-6	0-6	2:47.714
35	211	Shi Jingnan	CHN	R1-6	0-6	2:51.512
DQ	233	Yuzo Takamido	JPN	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–

Round One (10 February 2014 — 13:45)

Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One (13:45)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Jack Whelbourne	GBR	2:14.091	Q
2	3	Yuri Confortola	ITA	2:14.143	Q
3	6	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	2:14.249	Q
4	4	Robert Seifert	GER	2:16.555
5	5	Roberto Puķītis	LAT	2:30.671	ADV
DQ	1	Yuzo Takamido	JPN	–

Heat Two (13:50)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Viktor An	RUS	2:20.865	Q
2	4	Han Tianyu	CHN	2:20.911	Q
3	2	Park Se-Yeong	KOR	2:21.087	Q
4	6	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	2:21.163
5	5	Barton Lui	HKG	2:22.139
6	3	Viktor Knoch	HUN	2:47.714

Heat Three (13:55)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	6	Sin Da-Un	KOR	2:15.530	Q
2	4	J. R. Celski	USA	2:15.675	Q
3	5	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	2:15.806	Q
4	1	Ryosuke Sakazume	JPN	2:17.985
5	2	Maksim Siarheyu	BLR	2:19.505
6	3	Shi Jingnan	CHN	2:51.512

Heat Four (14:00)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Charles Hamelin	CAN	2:16.903	Q
2	3	Semyon Yelistratov	RUS	2:16.904	Q
3	5	Eddy Alvarez	USA	2:17.532	Q
4	6	Maxime Châtaignier	FRA	2:17.938
5	2	Aydar Bekzhanov	KAZ	2:19.713
6	4	Bence Béres	HUN	2:20.327

Heat Five (14:05)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Niels Kerstholt	NED	2:13.848	Q
2	1	François Hamelin	CAN	2:13.935	Q
3	3	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	2:14.054	Q
4	4	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	2:14.055
5	6	Vojtěch Loudín	CZE	2:14.906
6	5	Denis Nikisha	KAZ	2:16.452

Heat Six (14:10)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Lee Han-Bin	KOR	2:16.412	Q
2	6	Michael Gilday	CAN	2:16.468	Q
3	2	Chen Dequan	CHN	2:16.535	Q
4	4	Chris Creveling	USA	2:16.553
5	1	Tommaso Dotti	ITA	2:17.300
6	5	Satoshi Sakashita	JPN	2:18.298

Semi-Finals (10 February 2014 — 15:04)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (15:04)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	5	Han Tianyu	CHN	2:15.858	Q
2	4	Viktor An	RUS	2:16.000	Q
3	6	Park Se-Yeong	KOR	2:16.241	QB
4	2	François Hamelin	CAN	2:16.473	QB
5	7	Roberto Puķītis	LAT	2:16.961
6	1	Niels Kerstholt	NED	2:17.134
DQ	3	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	–

Heat Two (15:09)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	J. R. Celski	USA	2:21.603	Q
2	6	Chen Dequan	CHN	2:21.697	Q
3	3	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	2:23.995	QB
4	1	Sin Da-Un	KOR	2:52.061	QB
5	4	Lee Han-Bin	KOR	3:11.810	ADV
DQ	5	Michael Gilday	CAN	–

Heat Three (15:15)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Charles Hamelin	CAN	2:14.480	Q
2	1	Jack Whelbourne	GBR	2:14.635	Q
3	3	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	2:14.677	QB
4	5	Semyon Yelistratov	RUS	2:14.783	QB
5	2	Yuri Confortola	ITA	2:19.086
DQ	6	Eddy Alvarez	USA	–

Final Round (10 February 2014 — 16:05)

B Final (16:05)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	5	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	2:21.483
2	4	François Hamelin	CAN	2:21.592
3	6	Sin Da-Un	KOR	2:22.066
4	2	Semyon Yelistratov	RUS	2:24.352
5	1	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	2:39.581
DQ	3	Park Se-Yeong	KOR	–

A Final (16:11)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Charles Hamelin	CAN	2:14.985
2	3	Han Tianyu	CHN	2:15.055
3	4	Viktor An	RUS	2:15.062
4	5	J. R. Celski	USA	2:05.624
5	6	Chen Dequan	CHN	2:15.626
6	7	Lee Han-Bin	KOR	2:16.466
DNF	2	Jack Whelbourne	GBR	–