The men's 1500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Hwang Dae-heon of South Korea became the Olympic champion, this was his first Olympic gold. Steven Dubois of Canada won silver, his first Olympic medal, and Semion Elistratov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, bronze. Due to unusually high number of penalties and advancements in semi-finals, 10 athletes were competing in Final A.

The defending champion and the Olympic record holder Lim Hyo-jun, who now represents China after playing as a South Korean athlete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, did not enter the event. The silver medalist and world record holder, Sjinkie Knegt, and the bronze medalist, Semion Elistratov, qualified as well. Charles Hamelin was the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating champion at the 1500 m distance. Itzhak de Laat and Elistratov were the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Many top athletes did not participate in the championship, however. Ren Ziwei was leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup at the 1500 m distance with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by Elistratov and Park Jang-hyuk.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, with the top 36 athletes (maximum of three per country qualifying quotas. If a NOC declined a quota spot, it was distributed to the next available athlete, only if the maximum quota of 56 athletes per gender was not surpassed.

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

The following records were set during the competition. Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref 9 February Quarterfinal 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu 2:09.213 OR

Results Quarterfinals Q – qualified for the semifinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty OR - olympic record Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu 2:09.213 Q, OR 2 1 Pascal Dion 2:09.723 Q 3 1 Denis Ayrapetyan 2:09.776 Q 4 1 Vladislav Bykanov 2:09.932 q 5 1 Roberts Krūzbergs 2:10.999 6 1 Michał Niewiński 2:12.852 1 2 Lee June-seo 2:18.630 Q 2 2 Sven Roes 2:18.687 Q 3 2 Stijn Desmet 2:19.112 Q 4 2 Sun Long 2:19.244 5 2 Andrew Heo 2:19.482 2 Pietro Sighel PEN 1 3 Hwang Dae-heon 2:14.910 Q 2 3 Semion Elistratov 2:15.094 Q 3 3 Steven Dubois 2:15.123 Q 4 3 Kota Kikuchi 2:15.243 5 3 Reinis Bērziņš 2:15.371 ADV 3 Ryan Pivirotto PEN 1 4 Charles Hamelin 2:11.239 Q 2 4 Adil Galiakhmetov 2:11.823 Q 3 4 Park Jang-hyuk 2:12.116 Q 4 4 Quentin Fercoq 2:15.347 5 4 Itzhak de Laat 3:08.907 4 Denis Nikisha PEN 1 5 Sjinkie Knegt 2:12.208 Q 2 5 Kazuki Yoshinaga 2:12.450 Q 3 5 John-Henry Krueger 2:12.525 Q 4 5 Yuri Confortola 2:12.853 q 5 5 Shogo Miyata 2:13.799 6 5 Zhang Tianyi No time 1 6 Ren Ziwei 2:15.084 Q 2 6 Shaoang Liu 2:15.376 Q 3 6 Farrell Treacy 2:16.880 Q 4 6 Daniil Eibog 2:16.975 5 6 Sébastien Lepape 2:41.547 6 6 Luca Spechenhauser 2:56.796

Semifinals QA – qualified for Final A QB – qualified for Final B Rank Heat Name Country TimeSemifinals results Notes 1 1 Lee June-seo 2:10.586 QA 2 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu 2:10.685 QA 3 1 Denis Ayrapetyan 2:10.773 QB 4 1 Sven Roes 2:10.841 QB 5 1 Stijn Desmet 2:11.169 QB 6 1 Vladislav Bykanov 2:13.491 7 1 Pascal Dion 2:15.271 1 2 Hwang Dae-heon 2:13.188 QA 2 2 Semion Elistratov 2:13.229 QA 3 2 Kazuki Yoshinaga 2:14.014 QB 4 2 Reinis Bērziņš 2:14.714 QB 5 2 John-Henry Krueger 2:18.671 ADVB 6 2 Steven Dubois 2:38.000 ADVA 2 Sjinkie Knegt PEN 1 3 Shaoang Liu 2:12.519 QA 2 3 Park Jang-hyuk 2:12.751 QA 3 3 Farrell Treacy 2:13.736 ADVA 4 3 Adil Galiakhmetov 2:18.291 ADVA 5 3 Yuri Confortola No time ADVA 3 Ren Ziwei PEN 3 Charles Hamelin PEN

Finals Final B Rank Name Country Time Notes 11 John-Henry Krueger 2:18.059 12 Denis Ayrapetyan 2:18.076 13 Stijn Desmet 2:18.278 14 Sven Roes 2:18.299 15 Reinis Bērziņš 2:18.499 16 Kazuki Yoshinaga 2:18.585

Final A Rank Name Country TimeFinals results Notes Hwang Dae-heon 2:09.219 Steven Dubois 2:09.254 Semion Elistratov 2:09.267 4 Shaoang Liu 2:09.409 5 Lee June-seo 2:09.622 6 Shaolin Sándor Liu 2:09.953 7 Park Jang-hyuk 2:10.176 8 Adil Galiakhmetov 2:11.584 9 Farrell Treacy 2:11.988 10 Yuri Confortola 2:12.384

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