Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

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Men's 500 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Viktor Ahn in 2014 Winter Olympics.jpg
Podium
Venue Iceberg Skating Palace
Sochi, Russia
Dates18 February (qualifying heats)
21 February (quarterfinal, semifinal, and final)
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Winning time41.312
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Victor Ahn Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Wu Dajing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Charle Cournoyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 18–21 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. [1]

The qualifying heats was held on 18 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final on 21 February.

The defending Olympic Champion was Charles Hamelin of Canada, while the defending World Champion was Liang Wenhao of China. None of them won a medal.

Viktor Ahn of Russia won the race, getting the third individual medal in short track speed skating at the same Olympics (two golds and one bronze) and thus replicating his own performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics. No other male short track skater ever won three individual medals at the same Olympics. Wu Dajing of China finished second, and Charle Cournoyer of Canada won the bronze medal.

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. [2] For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 16 nations qualified to compete. [3]

Results

The event was started at 20:30. [4]

Preliminaries

Heats

Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
Heat 1 Men's 500m short track, 2014 Winter Olympics, heat 1(3).JPG
Heat 1
Heat 2 Men's 500m short track, 2014 Winter Olympics, heat 2(2).JPG
Heat 2
Heat 6 Men's 500m short track, 2014 Winter Olympics, heat 6(2).JPG
Heat 6
Heat 8 Men's 500m short track, 2014 Winter Olympics, heat 8.JPG
Heat 8
RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11 Park Se-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 41.566Q
21 Satoshi Sakashita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 41.629Q
31 Vladislav Bykanov Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 41.769
41 Pierre Boda Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 42.702
12 Charle Cournoyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41.180Q
22 Freek van der Wart Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 41.190Q
32 Sándor Liu Shaolin Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 41.683
42 Anthony Lobello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42.133
13 Liang Wenhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.647Q
23 Lee Han-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 41.982Q
33 Yuri Confortola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42.042
43 Eduardo Alvarez Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:15.108
14 Han Tianyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.592Q
24 Vladimir Grigorev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 41.883Q
34 Sébastien Lepape Flag of France.svg  France 42.167
44 Jack Whelbourne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 42.513
15 Viktor Ahn Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 41.450Q
25 Jon Eley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41.554Q
35 Aidar Bekzhanov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 41.800
45 Jordan Malone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 42.533
16 Wu Dajing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.712Q
26 Viktor Knoch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 42.261Q
36 Niels Kerstholt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 42.441
46 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 42.680
17 Olivier Jean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41.616Q
27 J. R. Celski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41.717Q
37 Mackenzie Blackburn Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 42.337
47 Thibaut Fauconnet Flag of France.svg  France 42.368
18 Sjinkie Knegt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 41.235Q
28 Semen Elistratov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 41.355Q
38 Robert Seifert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41.624
48 Charles Hamelin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:18.871

Quarterfinal

Q – qualified for Semifinals
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
RankQuarterfinalNameCountryTimeNotes
11 Sjinkie Knegt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 41.683Q
21 Liang Wenhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.817Q
31 Viktor Knoch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 42.043
1 Semen Elistratov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia PEN
12 Han Tianyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.390Q
22 J. R. Celski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.178Q
32 Satoshi Sakashita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.249ADV
2 Park Se-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea PEN
13 Wu Dajing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.056Q
23 Charle Cournoyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41.060Q
33 Freek van der Wart Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:01.371
3 Vladimir Grigorev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia PEN
14 Viktor Ahn Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 41.257Q
24 Jon Eley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41.337Q
34 Lee Han-bin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 41.471
44 Olivier Jean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41.760

Semifinals

QA – qualified for Final A
QB – qualified for Final B
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
YC – yellow card
RankSemifinalNameCountryTimeNotes
11 Wu Dajing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 40.846QA
21 Charle Cournoyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 40.945QA
31 Han Tianyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.151QB
41 J. R. Celski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41.152QB
51 Satoshi Sakashita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 41.661
12 Viktor Ahn Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 41.063QA
22 Liang Wenhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.221QA
32 Sjinkie Knegt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 41.290QB
42 Jon Eley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41.441QB

Finals

Final B (Classification Round)

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
5 Han Tianyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.534
6 J. R. Celski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41.786
7 Jon Eley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41.870
8 Sjinkie Knegt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 42.608

Final A (Medal Round)

Viktor Ahn Viktor Ahn in 2014 Winter Olympics (2).jpg
Viktor Ahn
RankNameCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Viktor Ahn Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 41.312
Silver medal icon.svg Wu Dajing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41.516
Bronze medal icon.svg Charle Cournoyer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41.617
4 Liang Wenhao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:13.590

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