Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
| Short track speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia |
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| Dates | 10–21 February |
| No. of events | 8 |
| Competitors | 116 from 25 nations |
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| 500 m | men | women | ||
| 1000 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m relay | women | |||
| 5000 m relay | men | |||
Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The eight events took place between 10–21 February 2014.[1]
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for all eight events.[2]
All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 10 February | 13:45 | Women's 3000 m relay |
| Women's 500 m | ||
| Men's 1500 m | ||
| 13 February | 14:00 | Men's 5000 m relay |
| Men's 1000 m | ||
| Women's 500 m | ||
| 15 February | 14:00 | Women's 1500 m |
| Men's 1000 m | ||
| 18 February | 13:30 | Women's 1000 m |
| Men's 500 m | ||
| Women's 3000 m relay | ||
| 21 February | 20:30 | Women's 1000 m |
| Men's 500 m | ||
| Men's 5000 m relay |
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  China | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  South Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Viktor Ahn Russia | 41.312 | Wu Dajing China | 41.516 | Charle Cournoyer Canada | 41.617 |
| 1000 metres |
Viktor Ahn Russia | 1:25.325 | Vladimir Grigorev Russia | 1:25.399 | Sjinkie Knegt Netherlands | 1:25.611 |
| 1500 metres |
Charles Hamelin Canada | 2:14.985 | Han Tianyu China | 2:15.055 | Viktor Ahn Russia | 2:15.062 |
| 5000 metres relay |
Russia (RUS) Viktor Ahn Semion Elistratov Vladimir Grigorev Ruslan Zakharov | 6:42.100 OR |
United States (USA) Eddy Alvarez J. R. Celski Christopher Creveling Jordan Malone | 6:42.371 | China (CHN) Chen Dequan Han Tianyu Shi Jingnan Wu Dajing | 6:48.341 |
At 31 years and 191 days, Vladimir Grigorev became the oldest man to win a short track Olympic medal, winning silver at the 1000m event.[3] On 21 February 2014, he won the gold in the 5000m relay, upping the oldest short track male athlete record for both medals and gold medals.[4]
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Li Jianrou China | 45.263 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 51.250 | Park Seung-hi South Korea | 54.207 |
| 1000 metres |
Park Seung-hi South Korea | 1:30.761 | Fan Kexin China | 1:30.811 | Shim Suk-hee South Korea | 1:31.027 |
| 1500 metres |
Zhou Yang China | 2:19.140 | Shim Suk-hee South Korea | 2:19.239 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 2:19.416 |
| 3000 metre relay |
South Korea (KOR) Shim Suk-hee Park Seung-hi Cho Ha-ri Kim A-lang Kong Sang-jeong | 4:09.498 | Canada (CAN) Marie-Ève Drolet Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais | 4:10.641 | Italy (ITA) Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani | 4:14.014 |
Notes
Viktor Ahn became the first short track speedskater to win all four Olympic golds (500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m relay). He also became the short track speedskater with the most Olympic gold medals, with 6, winning 3 golds in 2014, and 3 in 2006. With his 4 medals from 2006 and 4 from 2014, he tied Apolo Anton Ohno with the most Olympic short track medals, at 8.[5][6]
Qualification
A total quota of 120 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games (60 men and 60 women). Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classification that were held at two World cups in November 2013. A nation may have entered a maximum of five athletes per gender if it had qualified a relay team and three if it does not. Hosts Russia were guaranteed the full quota of 10 athletes.[7] For the 500m, and 1000m there were 32 qualifiers, for the 1500m 36 qualifiers, and the relay 8. The ISU released quotas on 22 November 2013.[8]
Participating nations
116 athletes from 25 countries participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Two nations, Chinese Taipei and Lithuania made their Olympic debuts in the sport, while Hong Kong qualified its first male athlete at the Winter Olympics in this event.[9]
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References
- ↑ "Iceberg Skating Palace". SOOC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ↑ "Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ Beth Harris (15 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn wins 1st Olympic gold and 2nd short track medal for his adopted Russia". Associated Press. Yahoo Sports.
- ↑ ESPN (21 February 2014). "Results Fri, Feb 21". Sochi 2014 Olympics. ESPN Winter Olympics. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ↑ AP (21 February 2014). "Russia's Ahn wins only short track gold that eluded him: 500m". Fox Sports.
- ↑ Beth Harris (21 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn of Russia wins 2 short track golds". AP. Yahoo! Sports.
- ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Skating Union. September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ↑ "Skater is Hong Kong's first male Winter Olympian". The Times of India. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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