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.[1]
Men's 500 metres at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Pictogram for short track | |||||||||||||
Venue | Salt Lake Ice Center | ||||||||||||
Dates | 23 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 41.802 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]
World record | Jeffrey Scholten (CAN) | 41.514 | Calgary, Canada | 13 October 2001 |
Olympic record | Takafumi Nishitani (JPN) | 42.756 | Nagano, Japan | 21 February 1998 |
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 February | Heat 7 | Jonathan Guilmette (CAN) | 42.326 | OR | |
23 February | Quarterfinal 3 | Kim Dong-sung (KOR) | 41.806 | OR | |
23 February | A Final | Marc Gagnon (CAN) | 41.802 | OR |
Results
editHeats
editThe 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.[2]
- Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Li Jiajun | China | 43.690 | Q |
2 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 44.057 | Q |
3 | Matúš Užák | Slovakia | 44.499 | |
4 | Asen Pandov | Bulgaria | 77.124 |
- Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Van Vossel | Belgium | 43.119 | Q |
2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 43.214 | Q |
3 | Cees Juffermans | Netherlands | 43.253 | |
4 | Andrew McNee | Australia | 44.289 |
- Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Takafumi Nishitani | Japan | 43.211 | Q |
2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 43.395 | Q |
3 | Krisztián Szabó | Hungary | 44.143 | |
4 | Volodymyr Hryhor'iev | Ukraine | 70.431 |
- Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 42.834 | Q |
2 | Rusty Smith | United States | 42.849 | Q |
3 | Dave Allardice | Great Britain | 42.980 | |
4 | Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun | Mongolia | 52.225 |
- Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 43.787 | Q |
2 | Bruno Loscos | France | 43.864 | Q |
3 | Leon Flack | Great Britain | 43.965 | |
4 | Mark Jackson | New Zealand | 44.064 |
- Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Feng Kai | China | 43.084 | Q |
2 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 43.205 | Q |
3 | Martin Johansson | Sweden | 43.435 | |
4 | Krystian Zdrojkowski | Poland | 44.117 |
- Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 42.326 | Q OR |
2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.334 | Q |
3 | Balázs Knoch | Hungary | 42.533 | |
4 | Miroslav Boyadzhiev | Bulgaria | 43.462 |
- Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicola Franceschina | Italy | 42.876 | Q |
2 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 43.226 | Q |
3 | Ludovic Mathieu | France | 43.790 | ADV |
– | Lee Seung-jae | South Korea | DQ |
Quarterfinals
editThe top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[2]
- Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 42.809 | Q |
2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 42.895 | Q |
3 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 43.113 | |
4 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 43.626 |
- Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rusty Smith | United States | 42.359 | Q |
2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 42.384 | Q |
3 | Takafumi Nishitani | Japan | 42.535 | |
– | Nicola Franceschina | Italy | DQ |
- Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 41.806 | Q OR |
2 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 41.832 | Q |
3 | Li Jiajun | China | 64.514 | |
4 | Bruno Loscos | France | 99.879 |
- Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.692 | Q |
2 | Feng Kai | China | 42.820 | Q |
3 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 44.982 | |
4 | Ludovic Mathieu | France | 73.328 | |
– | Simon Van Vossel | Belgium | DQ |
Semifinals
editThe 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.[2] 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.[3]
- Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rusty Smith | United States | 41.916 | QA |
2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 41.981 | QA |
3 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 41.990 | QB |
4 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 42.823 | QB |
- Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 42.201 | QA |
2 | Feng Kai | China | 42.266 | QA |
3 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 65.790 | ADV |
– | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | DQ |
Finals
editThe five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.[2]
- Final A
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marc Gagnon | Canada | 41.802 | ||
Jonathan Guilmette | Canada | 41.994 | ||
Rusty Smith | United States | 42.027 | ||
4 | Feng Kai | China | 42.112 | |
5 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.219 |
- Final B
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 42.076 | |
7 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 42.961 |
References
edit- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Ohno disqualified in 500, U.S. falls in 5,000 relay". ESPN. 23 February 2002. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2014.