Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
November 29, 2023
The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 13 at the Pacific Coliseum. Heats took place at 5:00 PM PST, while the semifinals took place at 6:18 PM PST and the final event one hour later at 7:18 PM PST.
Going into the competition, speculation about possible winners focused on the strong South Korean contingent and on American skater Apolo Ohno. The South Korean team dominated short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning six gold, three silver, and two bronze medals in the eight events. Their team at the 2010 games also included a number of skaters who were reigning world champions.[1] Ohno received significant media attention both because of previous successes at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Games and because he was in a position to break two records, the most medals won by a short track speed skater, and the most medals won by any winter Olympian from the United States.[2]
Apolo Ohno, who became the most medaled short track speed skater in Olympic history after winning the silver in the men's 1500 m race in Vancouver.
The South Korean skaters and Ohno jostled for the lead during much of the race, switching the lead positions multiple times. Entering the final lap, the three South Koreans had passed Ohno and were in a position to sweep the medals in the event. However, at the entrance of the last corner on the final lap, Lee Ho-suk made a last-minute daring inside pass on Sung Si-bak, only to have his blade collide with Si-bak to cause both skaters to fall and slam into the barriers. This allowed Ohno and his fellow American skater J. R. Celski to move into second and third positions behind the eventual winner, Lee Jung-su. Lee Ho-suk was later disqualified by judges for causing the crash, and Sung Si-bak took fifth place.[4]
Following the race, gold medalist Lee Jung-su told the media that he did not feel good about his win because of his teammates' misfortune. He credited his win to a decision to start the race in the front of the pack, which was not his usual technique. With his second-place finish and his sixth medal, Ohno became the most medaled short track speed skater in Olympic history, and tied Bonnie Blair's record as the most medaled American winter Olympian. Celski, who was skating after recovering from an accident the previous fall in which a skate's blade had sliced into his leg, earned his first medal.[4]
Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track and long track (5000 m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day. He competed in the 5000 m and then raced across town to the 1500 m event.[5][6][7][8][9]
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The men s 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 13 at the Pacific Coliseum Heats took place at 5 00 PM PST while the semifinals took place at 6 18 PM PST and the final event one hour later at 7 18 PM PST Men s 1500 metresat the XXI Olympic Winter GamesVenuePacific ColiseumDatesFebruary 13Competitors36 from 16 nationsWinning time2 17 611MedalistsLee Jung su South KoreaApolo Anton Ohno United StatesJ R Celski United States 20062014 Contents 1 Preview 2 Qualifying heats 3 Final heat and results 4 Results 4 1 Heats 4 2 Semifinals 4 3 Finals 4 3 1 Final B classification round 4 3 2 Final A medal round 5 References 6 External linksPreview editGoing into the competition speculation about possible winners focused on the strong South Korean contingent and on American skater Apolo Ohno The South Korean team dominated short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics winning six gold three silver and two bronze medals in the eight events Their team at the 2010 games also included a number of skaters who were reigning world champions 1 Ohno received significant media attention both because of previous successes at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Games and because he was in a position to break two records the most medals won by a short track speed skater and the most medals won by any winter Olympian from the United States 2 Qualifying heats editFollowing the semifinal round seven skaters qualified for the final medal round Lee Jung su Lee Ho suk and Sung Si bak of South Korea Apolo Ohno and J R Celski of the United States Liang Wenhao of China and Olivier Jean of Canada Jean actually placed seventh in his semifinal heat but advanced to the medal race after judges ruled that he had been interfered with during the race 3 Final heat and results edit nbsp Apolo Ohno who became the most medaled short track speed skater in Olympic history after winning the silver in the men s 1500 m race in Vancouver The South Korean skaters and Ohno jostled for the lead during much of the race switching the lead positions multiple times Entering the final lap the three South Koreans had passed Ohno and were in a position to sweep the medals in the event However at the entrance of the last corner on the final lap Lee Ho suk made a last minute daring inside pass on Sung Si bak only to have his blade collide with Si bak to cause both skaters to fall and slam into the barriers This allowed Ohno and his fellow American skater J R Celski to move into second and third positions behind the eventual winner Lee Jung su Lee Ho suk was later disqualified by judges for causing the crash and Sung Si bak took fifth place 4 Following the race gold medalist Lee Jung su told the media that he did not feel good about his win because of his teammates misfortune He credited his win to a decision to start the race in the front of the pack which was not his usual technique With his second place finish and his sixth medal Ohno became the most medaled short track speed skater in Olympic history and tied Bonnie Blair s record as the most medaled American winter Olympian Celski who was skating after recovering from an accident the previous fall in which a skate s blade had sliced into his leg earned his first medal 4 Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track and long track 5000 m speed skating and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day He competed in the 5000 m and then raced across town to the 1500 m event 5 6 7 8 9 Results editHeats edit Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes1 1 Olivier Jean nbsp Canada 2 14 279 Q2 1 Lee Ho suk nbsp South Korea 2 14 324 Q3 1 Liu Xianwei nbsp China 2 14 354 Q4 1 Tyson Heung nbsp Germany 2 14 4615 1 Blake Skjellerup nbsp New Zealand 2 14 7306 1 Ruslan Zakharov nbsp Russia 2 14 9291 2 Liang Wenhao nbsp China 2 16 152 Q2 2 Charles Hamelin nbsp Canada 2 16 153 Q3 2 Sebastian Praus nbsp Germany 2 17 058 Q4 2 Nicolas Bean nbsp Italy 2 17 0895 2 Jumpei Yoshizawa nbsp Japan 2 30 701 ADV 2 Jordan Malone nbsp United States DSQ1 3 Lee Jung su nbsp South Korea 2 12 380 Q2 3 J R Celski nbsp United States 2 12 460 Q3 3 Nicola Rodigari nbsp Italy 2 12 609 Q4 3 Benjamin Mace nbsp France 2 12 8755 3 Yuzo Takamido nbsp Japan 2 15 4026 3 Paul Herrmann nbsp Germany 2 16 7821 4 Yuri Confortola nbsp Italy 2 14 584 Q2 4 Sjinkie Knegt nbsp Netherlands 2 14 862 Q3 4 Jack Whelbourne nbsp Great Britain 2 14 972 Q4 4 Semion Elistratov nbsp Russia 2 15 4555 4 Viktor Knoch nbsp Hungary 2 16 8266 4 Song Weilong nbsp China 2 20 0951 5 Apolo Anton Ohno nbsp United States 2 17 653 Q2 5 Pieter Gysel nbsp Belgium 2 18 560 Q3 5 Peter Darazs nbsp Hungary 2 18 827 Q4 5 Jakub Jaworski nbsp Poland 2 19 1635 5 Jean Charles Mattei nbsp France 2 33 989 ADV 5 Guillaume Bastille nbsp Canada DSQ1 6 Sung Si bak nbsp South Korea 2 14 836 Q2 6 Haralds Silovs nbsp Latvia 2 14 900 Q3 6 Takahiro Fujimoto nbsp Japan 2 16 155 Q4 6 Anthony Douglas nbsp Great Britain 2 16 6225 6 Niels Kerstholt nbsp Netherlands 2 46 222 ADV 6 Maxime Chataignier nbsp France DSQSemifinals edit Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes1 1 Lee Jung su nbsp South Korea 2 10 949 QA OR2 1 Apolo Ohno nbsp United States 2 11 072 QA3 1 Charles Hamelin nbsp Canada 2 11 225 QB4 1 Nicola Rodigari nbsp Italy 2 11 402 QB5 1 Sjinkie Knegt nbsp Netherlands 2 13 8706 1 Jumpei Yoshizawa nbsp Japan 2 15 1297 1 Peter Darazs nbsp Hungary 2 18 3491 2 Lee Ho suk nbsp South Korea 2 14 833 QA2 2 Liang Wenhao nbsp China 2 15 453 QA3 2 Sebastian Praus nbsp Germany 2 16 240 QB4 2 Pieter Gysel nbsp Belgium 2 16 249 QB5 2 Jack Whelbourne nbsp Great Britain 2 17 1566 2 Olivier Jean nbsp Canada 2 32 358 ADV7 2 Jean Charles Mattei nbsp France 2 36 2911 3 Sung Si bak nbsp South Korea 2 13 585 QA2 3 J R Celski nbsp United States 2 13 606 QA3 3 Yuri Confortola nbsp Italy 2 13 645 QB4 3 Haralds Silovs nbsp Latvia 2 14 009 QB5 3 Liu Xianwei nbsp China 2 14 5006 3 Takahiro Fujimoto nbsp Japan 2 15 9847 3 Niels Kerstholt nbsp Netherlands 2 16 352Finals edit Final B classification round edit Rank Name Country Time Notes7 Charles Hamelin nbsp Canada 2 18 2438 Nicola Rodigari nbsp Italy 2 18 4229 Pieter Gysel nbsp Belgium 2 18 77310 Haralds Silovs nbsp Latvia 2 19 43511 Sebastian Praus nbsp Germany 2 20 374 Yuri Confortola nbsp Italy DSQFinal A medal round edit Rank Name Country Time Notes nbsp Lee Jung su nbsp South Korea 2 17 611 nbsp Apolo Anton Ohno nbsp United States 2 17 976 nbsp J R Celski nbsp United States 2 18 0534 Olivier Jean nbsp Canada 2 18 8065 Sung Si bak nbsp South Korea 2 45 0106 Liang Wenhao nbsp China 2 48 192 Lee Ho suk nbsp South Korea DSQReferences edit Short Track Speed Skating South Korea aim to tighten golden stranglehold Agence France Presse Vancouver 2010 2010 02 09 Archived from the original on 2010 02 13 Retrieved 2010 02 14 Short Track Speed Skating Ohno on track for history books Agence France Presse Vancouver 2010 2010 02 09 Archived from the original on 2010 02 13 Retrieved 2010 02 14 Men s 1500 m Semifinals Short Track Vancouver 2010 2010 02 13 Archived from the original on 2010 04 08 Retrieved 2010 02 14 a b Short Track Speed Skating Korea s Lee wins 1 500m short track gold Agence France Presse Vancouver 2010 2010 02 13 Archived from the original on 2010 02 14 Retrieved 2010 02 14 Toronto Star Latvia s quick change artist makes Olympic history 14 February 2010 accessed 18 February 2010 Washington Post Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty dead link Beth Harris 13 February 2010 accessed 18 February 2010 New York Times From Long Track to Short Track an Unprecedented Journey Karen Crouse 13 February 2010 accessed 18 February 2010 CTV Olympics Latvian skater makes Olympic history Agence France Press 14 February 2010 accessed 18 February 2010 Archived 9 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine New York Times Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First Associated Press 30 January 2010 accessed 18 February 2010 External links 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