Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

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Men's 500 metres
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Ice Arena
Gangneung, South Korea
Dates20 February (heats)
22 February (quarterfinals, semifinals, finals)
Competitors33 from 16 nations
Winning time39.584
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wu Dajing  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea
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Short track speed skating at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 m relaywomen
5000 m relaymen

The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[1] Wu Dajing of China set an Olympic record (heat) and 2 world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all 3 contests en route to capturing the gold.[2]

Records

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

World record  J. R. Celski (USA) 39.937 Calgary, Canada 21 October 2012
Olympic record  Charles Hamelin (CAN) 40.770 Vancouver, Canada 26 February 2010

Three Olympic records and two world records were set during the competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref
20 February Heat 1 Wu Dajing  China 40.264 OR [3]
22 February Quarterfinal 2 39.800
WR, OR
 [4]
Final A 39.584
WR, OR
 [5]

Results

Heats

Q – qualified for the quarterfinals[3]
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Wu Dajing  China 40.264 Q, OR
2 1 Bartosz Konopko  Poland 41.039 Q
3 1 Andy Jung  Australia 1:03.137
4 1 Thibaut Fauconnet  France 1:04.756
1 Aaron Tran  United States PEN
1 2 Samuel Girard  Canada 40.493 Q
2 2 Roberts Zvejnieks  Latvia 40.563 Q
3 2 Yuri Confortola  Italy 40.869
4 2 Vladislav Bykanov  Israel 47.177
1 3 Seo Yi-ra  South Korea 40.438 Q
2 3 Dylan Hoogerwerf  Netherlands 40.657 Q
3 3 Sébastien Lepape  France 40.900
4 3 Viktor Knoch  Hungary 1:06.040
1 4 Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 40.418 Q
2 4 Daan Breeuwsma  Netherlands 40.806 Q
3 4 Denis Nikisha  Kazakhstan 41.436 ADV
4 Charles Hamelin  Canada PEN
1 5 Ren Ziwei  China 40.294 Q
2 5 Aleksandr Shulginov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 40.585 Q
3 5 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev  Kazakhstan 40.748 ADV
5 Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands PEN
1 6 Shaoang Liu  Hungary 40.526 Q
2 6 Ryosuke Sakazume  Japan 40.658 Q
3 6 Abzal Azhgaliyev  Kazakhstan 43.388 ADV
6 Pavel Sitnikov  Olympic Athletes from Russia PEN
1 7 Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea 40.758 Q
2 7 Keita Watanabe  Japan 41.678 Q
3 7 Thomas Hong  United States 43.096
7 Jong Kwang-bom  North Korea PEN
1 8 Shaolin Sándor Liu  Hungary 40.650 Q
2 8 Han Tianyu  China 40.744 Q
3 8 Semion Elistratov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 40.829
4 8 John-Henry Krueger  United States 41.008

Quarterfinals

Q – qualified for the semifinals[4]
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Ren Ziwei  China 40.032 Q
2 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu  Hungary 40.471 Q
3 1 Denis Nikisha  Kazakhstan 40.806
4 1 Aleksandr Shulginov  Olympic Athletes from Russia 54.498
5 1 Bartosz Konopko  Poland 1:10.996
1 2 Wu Dajing  China 39.800 Q,
WR, OR
2 2 Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea 40.861 Q
3 2 Roberts Zvejnieks  Latvia 40.904
4 2 Keita Watanabe  Japan 41.354
5 2 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev  Kazakhstan DNF
1 3 Samuel Girard  Canada 40.477 Q
2 3 Ryosuke Sakazume  Japan 40.563 Q
3 3 Han Tianyu  China 1:14.891
4 3 Seo Yi-ra  South Korea 1:17.779
1 4 Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 40.400 Q
2 4 Daan Breeuwsma  Netherlands 40.677 Q
3 4 Dylan Hoogerwerf  Netherlands 41.007
4 4 Abzal Azhgaliyev  Kazakhstan 41.616 ADV
4 Shaoang Liu  Hungary PEN

Semifinals

QA – qualified for Final A[6]
QB – qualified for Final B
Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 1 Wu Dajing  China 40.087 QA
2 1 Samuel Girard  Canada 40.185 QA
3 1 Shaolin Sándor Liu  Hungary 40.399 QB
4 1 Daan Breeuwsma  Netherlands 40.775 QB
5 1 Abzal Azhgaliyev  Kazakhstan 40.835
1 2 Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea 40.108 QA
2 2 Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 40.132 QA
3 2 Ren Ziwei  China 40.418 QB
4 2 Ryosuke Sakazume  Japan 40.434 QB

Final B

Rank Name Country Time Notes
5 Shaolin Sándor Liu  Hungary 40.651
6 Ren Ziwei  China 40.694
7 Daan Breeuwsma  Netherlands 40.835
8 Ryosuke Sakazume  Japan 40.985

Final A

The final was held on 22 February 2018 at 20:15.[5]

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wu Dajing  China 39.584
WR, OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hwang Dae-heon  South Korea 39.854
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lim Hyo-jun  South Korea 39.919
4 Samuel Girard  Canada 39.987

References

  1. POCOG. Archived from the original
    on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Wu Dajing dominates the field in 500m win". nbcolympics.com. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Heats Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Quarterfinals Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Finals Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
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