The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Irena Szewińska, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Myong-Hi Chang, ISU honorary member.

History South Korea has historically performed well in short-track speed skating, with 42 of their 53 medals coming from the event.

Event There were 12,000 spectators for the event.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

One Olympic record was set during the competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref 10 February 2018 Final A Lim Hyo-jun 2:10.485 OR

Results Heats Q – qualified for the semifinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Sándor Liu Shaolin 2:12.835 Q 2 1 Samuel Girard 2:12.923 Q 3 1 Semion Elistratov 2:13.087 Q 4 1 Hiroki Yokoyama 2:13.323 5 1 Ward Pétré 2:17.362 1 Farrell Treacy 1 2 Charles Hamelin 2:12.130 Q 2 2 Jens Almey 2:12.998 Q 3 2 Aaron Tran 2:14.133 Q 4 2 Andy Jung 2:16.995 ADV 5 2 Han Tianyu 2:38.865 ADV 2 Yuri Confortola PEN 1 3 Hwang Dae-heon 2:15.561 Q 2 3 Itzhak de Laat 2:15.691 Q 3 3 Wu Dajing 2:15.823 Q 4 3 Tommaso Dotti 2:16.177 5 3 Pascal Dion 2:16.856 ADV 6 3 Choe Un-song 2:18.213 3 Vladislav Bykanov PEN 1 4 Lim Hyo-jun 2:13.891 Q 2 4 Sébastien Lepape 2:13.965 Q 3 4 Shaoang Liu 2:14.160 Q 4 4 Denis Nikisha 2:14.847 5 4 Maksim Siarheyeu 2:15.242 4 Kazuki Yoshinaga PEN 1 5 Seo Yi-ra 2:18.750 Q 2 5 Roberto Puķītis 2:18.825 Q 3 5 J. R. Celski 2:19.028 Q 4 5 Keita Watanabe 2:19.205 5 5 Csaba Burján 2:19.284 6 5 Aleksandr Shulginov 2:19.308 1 6 John-Henry Krueger 2:15.671 Q 2 6 Thibaut Fauconnet 2:15.768 Q 3 6 Sjinkie Knegt 2:15.949 Q 4 6 Pavel Sitnikov 2:33.653 5 6 Xu Hongzhi 2:35.641 ADV 6 6 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev

Semifinals QA – qualified for Final A QB – qualified for Final B ADV – advanced PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Semion Elistratov 2:11.003 QA 2 1 Charles Hamelin 2:11.124 QA 3 1 Seo Yi-ra 2:11.126 QB 4 1 Roberto Puķītis 2:11.165 QB 5 1 Andy Jung 2:11.183 6 1 Samuel Girard ADV 1 J. R. Celski PEN 1 2 Sjinkie Knegt 2:11.900 QA 2 2 Thibaut Fauconnet 2:12.049 QA 3 2 Pascal Dion 2:12.640 QB 4 2 Aaron Tran 2:13.487 QB 5 2 Sándor Liu Shaolin 2:45.709 ADV 6 2 Jens Almey 2 John-Henry Krueger PEN 1 3 Lim Hyo-jun 2:11.389 QA 2 3 Hwang Dae-heon 2:11.469 QA 3 3 Itzhak de Laat 2:11.781 ADV 4 3 Han Tianyu 2:11.827 QB 5 3 Sébastien Lepape 2:11.967 6 3 Xu Hongzhi 2:19.310 3 Shaoang Liu PEN 3 Wu Dajing PEN

Finals Final B (classification round) In this race, six skaters race for placement.

Rank Name Country Time Notes 8 Han Tianyu 2:26.281 9 Seo Yi-ra 2:26.346 10 Pascal Dion 2:26.412 11 Roberto Puķītis 2:26.525 12 Aaron Tran 2:27.127

Final A (medal round) In the final heat of the event, Hwang Dae-heon collided with Thibaut Fauconnet, with Fauconnet receiving a skate to the face. Defending champion Charles Hamelin did not finish the race. South Korean Lim Hyo-jun finished in first winning by about two blade lengths. He followed closely by Sjinkie Knegt and Semion Elistratov, finishing in second and third respectively. Lim said, "I was nervous in the preliminaries but I liked the quality of the ice. I knew if I made it to the final I had good chances".

The official podium ceremony was the next day, but there was a venue ceremony at the event. The competitors were presented with a plush-tiger Soohorang, one of the Olympic mascots.

Rank Name Country Time Notes Lim Hyo-jun 2:10.485 Sjinkie Knegt 2:10.555 Semion Elistratov 2:10.687 4 Samuel Girard 2:11.176 5 Sándor Liu Shaolin 2:11.520 6 Itzhak de Laat 2:12.362 7 Thibaut Fauconnet 2:53.150 13 Charles Hamelin 14 Hwang Dae-heon

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