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

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 2:14.091 Q 2 1 Yuri Confortola 2:14.143 Q 3 1 Sjinkie Knegt 2:14.249 Q 4 1 Robert Seifert 2:16.555 5 1 Roberto Puķītis 2:30.671 ADV – 1 Yuzo Takamido PEN 1 2 Viktor Ahn 2:20.865 Q 2 2 Han Tianyu 2:20.911 Q 3 2 Park Se-yeong 2:21.087 Q 4 2 Vladislav Bykanov 2:21.163 5 2 Pan-To Barton Lui 2:22.139 6 2 Viktor Knoch 2:47.714 1 3 Sin Da-woon 2:15.530 Q 2 3 J. R. Celski 2:15.675 Q 3 3 Sébastien Lepape 2:15.806 Q 4 3 Ryosuke Sakazume 2:17.985 5 3 Maksim Siarheyeu 2:19.505 6 3 Shi Jingnan 2:51.512 1 4 Charles Hamelin 2:16.903 Q 2 4 Semen Elistratov 2:16.904 Q 3 4 Eduardo Alvarez 2:17.532 Q 4 4 Maxime Chataignier 2:17.938 5 4 Aidar Bekzhanov 2:19.713 6 4 Bence Béres 2:20.327 1 5 Niels Kerstholt 2:13.848 Q, NR 2 5 François Hamelin 2:13.935 Q 3 5 Thibaut Fauconnet 2:14.054 Q 4 5 Sándor Liu Shaolin 2:14.055 5 5 Vojtěch Loudín 2:14.906 6 5 Denis Nikisha 2:16.452 1 6 Lee Han-bin 2:16.412 Q 2 6 Michael Gilday 2:16.468 Q 3 6 Chen Dequan 2:16.535 Q 4 6 Christopher Creveling 2:16.553 5 6 Tommaso Dotti 2:17.300 6 6 Satoshi Sakashita 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 2:15.858 QA 2 1 Viktor Ahn 2:16.000 QA 3 1 Park Se-yeong 2:16.241 QB 4 1 François Hamelin 2:16.473 QB 5 1 Roberto Puķītis 2:16.961 6 1 Niels Kerstholt 2:17.134 – 1 Thibaut Fauconnet PEN 1 2 J. R. Celski 2:21.603 QA 2 2 Chen Dequan 2:21.697 QA 3 2 Sébastien Lepape 2:23.995 QB 4 2 Sin Da-woon 2:52.061 QB 5 2 Lee Han-bin 3:11.810 ADV – 2 Michael Gilday PEN 1 3 Charles Hamelin 2:14.480 QA 2 3 Jack Whelbourne 2:14.635 QA 3 3 Sjinkie Knegt 2:14.677 QB 4 3 Semen Elistratov 2:14.783 QB 5 3 Yuri Confortola 2:19.086 – 3 Eduardo Alvarez PEN

Finals Final B (classification round) Rank Name Country Time Notes 8 Sébastien Lepape 2:21.483 9 François Hamelin 2:21.592 10 Sin Da-woon 2:22.066 11 Semen Elistratov 2:24.352 12 Sjinkie Knegt 2:39.581 – Park Se-yeong PEN

Final A (medal round) Rank Name Country Time Notes Charles Hamelin 2:14.985 Han Tianyu 2:15.055 Viktor Ahn 2:15.062 4 J. R. Celski 2:15.624 5 Chen Dequan 2:15.626 6 Lee Han-bin 2:16.466 7 Jack Whelbourne no time

Final standings The final overall standings were: Rank Name Country Charles Hamelin Han Tianyu Viktor Ahn J. R. Celski Chen Dequan Lee Han-bin Jack Whelbourne Sébastien Lepape François Hamelin 10 Sin Da-woon 11 Semen Elistratov 12 Sjinkie Knegt 13 Park Se-yeong 14 Yuri Confortola 15 Roberto Puķītis 16 Niels Kerstholt 17 Michael Gilday 18 Sébastien Lepape 19 Eduardo Alvarez 20 Sándor Liu Shaolin 21 Christopher Creveling 22 Robert Seifert 23 Maxime Chataignier 24 Ryosuke Sakazume 25 Vladislav Bykanov 26 Vojtěch Loudín 27 Tommaso Dotti 28 Maksim Siarheyeu 29 Aidar Bekzhanov 30 Pan-To Barton Lui 31 Denis Nikisha 32 Satoshi Sakashita 33 Bence Béres 34 Viktor Knoch 35 Shi Jingnan – Yuzo Takamido

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