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Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[1] Samuel Girard won gold, John-Henry Krueger took the silver medal, and Seo Yi-ra won bronze. For all of them, this was their first Olympic medal.

Men's 1000 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates13 February (heats)
17 February (quarterfinals, semifinals, final)
Competitors32 from 14 nations
Winning time1:24.650
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Samuel Girard  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John-Henry Krueger  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Seo Yi-ra  South Korea
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Charles Hamelin set an Olympic record in the heats but was disqualified in semifinals. In Final A, Sándor Liu Shaolin, trying to pass from the inside, interfered with one of the competitors, which resulted in the fall of both Lim Hyo-jun and Seo Yi-ra. The two remaining contenders, Girard and Krueger, became gold and silver medalists. Liu Shaolin was disqualified, and Seo Yi-ra won the bronze medal by standing after the fall and crossing the finish line first.

Records edit

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

World record   Hwang Dae-heon (KOR) 1:20.875 Salt Lake City, United States 12 November 2016
Olympic record   Lee Jung-su (KOR) 1:23.747 Vancouver, Canada 20 February 2010

One Olympic record was set during the competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
13 February Heat 5 Charles Hamelin   Canada 1:23.407 OR [2]

Results edit

Heats edit

Q – qualified for the quarterfinals[3]
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
YC – yellow card
OR - olympic record
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 John-Henry Krueger   United States 1:25.913 Q
2 1 Farrell Treacy   Great Britain 1:26.762 Q
3 1 Ryosuke Sakazume   Japan DNF ADV
1 Shaoang Liu   Hungary PEN
1 2 Lim Hyo-jun   South Korea 1:23.971 Q
2 2 Kazuki Yoshinaga   Japan 1:24.030 Q
3 2 Charle Cournoyer   Canada 1:24.051
4 2 Daan Breeuwsma   Netherlands 1:24.429
1 3 Samuel Girard   Canada 1:23.894 Q
2 3 Semion Elistratov   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:23.979 Q
3 3 Keita Watanabe   Japan 1:24.078
4 3 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev   Kazakhstan 1:24.271
1 4 Sjinkie Knegt   Netherlands 1:23.823 Q
2 4 Thibaut Fauconnet   France 1:24.381 Q
3 4 Roberts Zvejnieks   Latvia 1:26.408 ADV
4 Ren Ziwei   China PEN
1 5 Charles Hamelin   Canada 1:23.407 Q, OR
2 5 Wu Dajing   China 1:23.463 Q
3 5 Sébastien Lepape   France 1:23.489
4 5 Aleksandr Shulginov   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:31.133
1 6 Itzhak de Laat   Netherlands 1:24.639 Q
2 6 Seo Yi-ra   South Korea 1:24.734 Q
3 6 Tommaso Dotti   Italy 1:25.369
6 Han Tianyu   China PEN
1 7 Hwang Dae-heon   South Korea 1:24.457 Q
2 7 Yuri Confortola   Italy 1:25.297 Q
3 7 Josh Cheetham   Great Britain 1:26.223
7 Vladislav Bykanov   Israel PEN
1 8 Sándor Liu Shaolin   Hungary 1:31.547 Q
2 8 Roberto Puķītis   Latvia 1:31.635 Q
3 8 J. R. Celski   United States 1:31.812
8 Pavel Sitnikov   Olympic Athletes from Russia PEN

Quarterfinals edit

Q – qualified for Semifinals[4]
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
YC – yellow card
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Seo Yi-ra   South Korea 1:24.053 Q
2 1 Lim Hyo-jun   South Korea 1:24.095 Q
3 1 Thibaut Fauconnet   France 1:24.344
1 Hwang Dae-heon   South Korea PEN
1 2 Samuel Girard   Canada 1:24.289 Q
2 2 Yuri Confortola   Italy 1:24.383 Q
3 2 Itzhak de Laat   Netherlands 1:24.423
4 2 Kazuki Yoshinaga   Japan 1:24.649
1 3 Semion Elistratov   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:23.893 Q
2 3 Ryosuke Sakazume   Japan 1:24.099 Q
3 3 John-Henry Krueger   United States 1:24.598 ADV
4 3 Farrell Treacy   Great Britain 1:25.080
3 Sjinkie Knegt   Netherlands PEN
1 4 Sándor Liu Shaolin   Hungary 1:24.012 Q
2 4 Charles Hamelin   Canada 1:24.015 Q
3 4 Roberto Puķītis   Latvia 1:24.022
4 4 Roberts Zvejnieks   Latvia 1:24.306
4 Wu Dajing   China PEN

Semifinals edit

QA – qualified for Final A[5]
QB – qualified for Final B
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
YC – yellow card
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Lim Hyo-jun   South Korea 1:26.463 QA
2 1 Sándor Liu Shaolin   Hungary 1:26.488 QA
3 1 Yuri Confortola   Italy 1:26.626 QB
4 1 Semion Elistratov   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:26.773 QB
1 2 John-Henry Krueger   United States 1:24.187 QA
2 2 Seo Yi-ra   South Korea 1:24.252 QA
3 2 Ryosuke Sakazume   Japan 1:24.317 QB
4 2 Samuel Girard   Canada 1:25.102 ADV
2 Charles Hamelin   Canada PEN

Final B edit

Rank Name Country Time Notes
5 Ryosuke Sakazume   Japan 1:27.522
6 Semion Elistratov   Olympic Athletes from Russia 1:27.621
7 Yuri Confortola   Italy 1:27.712

Final A edit

The final was held on 17 February 2018 at 21:24.[6]

Rank Name Country Time Notes
  Samuel Girard   Canada 1:24.650
  John-Henry Krueger   United States 1:24.864
  Seo Yi-ra   South Korea 1:31.619
4 Lim Hyo-jun   South Korea 1:33.312
8 Sándor Liu Shaolin   Hungary PEN

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 1,000m Heats (남자 1,000m 예선 / 1 000 m hommes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats)" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ^ Heats results
  4. ^ Quarterfinals results
  5. ^ Semifinals results
  6. ^ Final results
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