Short-track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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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]
| Short track speed skating at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia |
| Dates | 10–21 February 2014 |
| No. of events | 8 |
| Competitors | 116 from 25 nations |
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for all eight events.[2] Completed events that include the event finals are shown in bold.
All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10 February | 13:45 | Women's 3000 metre relay |
| Women's 500 metres | ||
| Men's 1500 metres | ||
| 13 February | 14:00 | Men's 5000 metre relay |
| Men's 1000 metres | ||
| Women's 500 metres | ||
| 15 February | 14:00 | Women's 1500 metres |
| Men's 1000 metres | ||
| 18 February | 13:30 | Women's 1000 metres |
| Men's 500 metres | ||
| Women's 3000 metre relay | ||
| 21 February | 20:30 | Women's 1000 metres |
| Men's 500 metres | ||
| Men's 5000 metre relay |
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 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 Viktor Ahn Semion Elistratov Vladimir Grigorev Ruslan Zakharov | 6:42.100 OR |
United States Eddy Alvarez J. R. Celski Christopher Creveling Jordan Malone | 6:42.371 | China 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Shim Suk-hee Park Seung-hi Cho Ha-ri Kim A-lang Kong Sang-jeong | 4:09.498 | Canada Marie-Ève Drolet Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais | 4:10.641 | Italy 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 (for South Korea). 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
A total of 116 athletes from 25 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown 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]
Australia (2)
Austria (1)
Belarus (2)
Canada (10)
China (10)
Czech Republic (2)
France (4)
Germany (2)
Great Britain (5)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (8)
Israel (1)
Italy (10)
Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (6)
Latvia (1)
Lithuania (1)
Netherlands (10)
Poland (1)
Russia (10)
Slovakia (1)
South Korea (10)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Ukraine (1)
United States (8)
