Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
Men's 500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Salt Lake Ice Center | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 23 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 41.802 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m relay | women | |
5000 m relay | men | |
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[1]
World record | 41.514 | Calgary, Canada | 13 October 2001 | |
Olympic record | 42.756 | Nagano, Japan | 21 February 1998 |
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
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23 February | Heat 7 | 42.326 | OR | ||
23 February | Quarterfinal 3 | 41.806 | OR | ||
23 February | A Final | 41.802 | OR |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on 23 February. There were eight heats of four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[1]
- Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Li Jiajun | 43.690 | Q | |
2 | Arian Nachbar | 44.057 | Q | |
3 | Matúš Užák | 44.499 | ||
4 | Asen Pandov | 77.124 |
- Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Simon Van Vossel | 43.119 | Q | |
2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | 43.214 | Q | |
3 | Cees Juffermans | 43.253 | ||
4 | Andrew McNee | 44.289 |
- Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Takafumi Nishitani | 43.211 | Q | |
2 | Marc Gagnon | 43.395 | Q | |
3 | Krisztián Szabó | 44.143 | ||
4 | Volodymyr Hryhor'iev | 70.431 |
- Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kim Dong-sung | 42.834 | Q | |
2 | Rusty Smith | 42.849 | Q | |
3 | Dave Allardice | 42.980 | ||
4 | Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun | 52.225 |
- Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Fabio Carta | 43.787 | Q | |
2 | Bruno Loscos | 43.864 | Q | |
3 | Leon Flack | 43.965 | ||
4 | Mark Jackson | 44.064 |
- Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Feng Kai | 43.084 | Q | |
2 | Wim De Deyne | 43.205 | Q | |
3 | Martin Johansson | 43.435 | ||
4 | Krystian Zdrojkowski | 44.117 |
- Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jonathan Guilmette | 42.326 | Q OR | |
2 | Satoru Terao | 42.334 | Q | |
3 | Balázs Knoch | 42.533 | ||
4 | Miroslav Boyadzhiev | 43.462 |
- Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nicola Franceschina | 42.876 | Q | |
2 | Steven Bradbury | 43.226 | Q | |
3 | Ludovic Mathieu | 43.790 | ADV | |
– | Lee Seung-jae | DQ |
Quarterfinals
The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1]
- Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jonathan Guilmette | 42.809 | Q | |
2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | 42.895 | Q | |
3 | Fabio Carta | 43.113 | ||
4 | Arian Nachbar | 43.626 |
- Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rusty Smith | 42.359 | Q | |
2 | Marc Gagnon | 42.384 | Q | |
3 | Takafumi Nishitani | 42.535 | ||
– | Nicola Franceschina | DQ |
- Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kim Dong-sung | 41.806 | Q OR | |
2 | Wim De Deyne | 41.832 | Q | |
3 | Li Jiajun | 64.514 | ||
4 | Bruno Loscos | 99.879 |
- Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Satoru Terao | 42.692 | Q | |
2 | Feng Kai | 42.820 | Q | |
3 | Steven Bradbury | 44.982 | ||
4 | Ludovic Mathieu | 73.328 | ||
– | Simon Van Vossel | DQ |
Semifinals
The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.[1] In the second semifinal, American Apolo Anton Ohno caused Japan's Satoru Terao to fall, resulting in Ohno's disqualification, while Terao was advanced to the A final.[2]
- Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rusty Smith | 41.916 | QA | |
2 | Marc Gagnon | 41.981 | QA | |
3 | Kim Dong-sung | 41.990 | QB | |
4 | Wim De Deyne | 42.823 | QB |
- Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jonathan Guilmette | 42.201 | QA | |
2 | Feng Kai | 42.266 | QA | |
3 | Satoru Terao | 65.790 | ADV | |
– | Apolo Anton Ohno | DQ |
Finals
The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.[1]
- Final A
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Marc Gagnon | 41.802 | |||
Jonathan Guilmette | 41.994 | |||
Rusty Smith | 42.027 | |||
4 | Feng Kai | 42.112 | ||
5 | Satoru Terao | 42.219 |
- Final B
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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6 | Kim Dong-sung | 42.076 | ||
7 | Wim De Deyne | 42.961 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-20.
- ↑ "Ohno disqualified in 500, U.S. falls in 5,000 relay". ESPN. February 23, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2014.