Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
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The Men's 1500 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February 2026 at the Forum di Milano in Milan.[1][2] Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands won the event. Hwang Dae-heon of South Korea won silver and Roberts Krūzbergs of Latvia bronze. Krūzbergs's medal became the first Olympic medal for Latvia in short-track speed skating.[3][4] Final A, unusually, featured nine athletes since some of them, including Krūzbergs, were advanced there as a result of collisions.
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| Venue | Forum di Milano, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 14 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:12.219 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Hwang Dae-heon, qualified for the Olympics, as did the silver medalist. Steven Dubois. The bronze medalist, Semion Elistratov, did not compete internationally after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before the Olympics, William Dandjinou led the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour 1500 m standings as well as the overall standings. He was also the 1500 m 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. A total of 35 athletes from 18 nations qualified for the event.
Records
Prior to this competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Sjinkie Knegt (NLD) | 2:07.943 | Salt Lake City, United States | 13 November 2016 |
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| Olympic record |  Shaolin Sándor Liu (HUN) | 2:09.213 | Beijing, China | 9 February 2022 |
Results
Quarterfinals
14 February 2026, 20:15
Semifinals
14 February 2026, 21:49
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | William Dandjinou |  Canada | 2:15.619 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Hwang Dae-heon |  South Korea | 2:15.823 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Luca Spechenhauser |  Italy | 2:15.895 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Andrew Heo |  United States | 2:16.150 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Keita Watanabe |  Japan | 2:16.368 | QB |
| 6 | 1 | Shaoang Liu |  China | 2:31.859 | ADVA |
| 1 | Shogo Miyata | Japan | PEN | ||
| 1 | 2 | Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands | 2:14.988 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Sun Long | China | 2:15.160 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Brandon Kim | United States | 2:15.817 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Nicolas Andermann |  Austria | 2:16.519 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Brendan Corey |  Australia | 2:16.575 | |
| 6 | 2 | Steven Dubois | Canada | 2:19.273 | ADVA |
| 2 | Thomas Nadalini | Italy | PEN | ||
| 1 | 3 | Niall Treacy |  Great Britain | 2:16.816 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | Shin Dong-min | South Korea | 2:17.192 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | Daniil Eybog |  Uzbekistan | 2:18.000 | QB |
| 4 | 3 | Oleh Handei |  Ukraine | 2:18.408 | QB |
| 5 | 3 | Félix Pigeon |  Poland | 2:40.503 | |
| 6 | 3 | Roberts Krūzbergs |  Latvia | 2:53.239 | ADVA |
| 3 | Félix Roussel | Canada | YC |
Finals
Final B
14 February 2026, 22:37
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 10 | Luca Spechenhauser | Italy | 2:34.359 | |
| 11 | Andrew Heo | United States | 2:34.460 | |
| 12 | Keita Watanabe | Japan | 2:34.631 | |
| 13 | Nicolas Andermann | Austria | 2:34.939 | |
| 14 | Daniil Eybog | Uzbekistan | 2:35.103 | |
| 15 | Brandon Kim | United States | 2:35.254 | |
| 16 | Oleh Handei | Ukraine | 2:37.184 |
Final A
14 February 2026, 22:45
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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 | Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands | 2:12.219 | |
 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | 2:12.304 | |
 | Roberts Krūzbergs | Latvia | 2:12.376 | |
| 4 | Shin Dong-min | South Korea | 2:12.556 | |
| 5 | William Dandjinou | Canada | 2:12.639 | |
| 6 | Steven Dubois | Canada | 2:36.955 | |
| 7 | Shaoang Liu | China | 3:15.414 | |
| 8 | Sun Long | China | DNF | |
| 9 | Niall Treacy | Great Britain | PEN |