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1,500 metres, Women

Date	15 February 2014
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets Zimnego Sporta Aisberg, Coastal Cluster, Adler
Participants	36 from 19 countries
Format	Placements 1-12 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on placements in earlier rounds, and best time skated.
Olympic Record	2:16.993 / Zhou Yang CHN / 20 February 2010

The 2013-2014 World Cup season had been dominated by Shim Seok-Hui, who had won three out of four races. Shim had also placed 2nd in the 2013 Worlds, just behind her compatriot Park Seong-Hui, who did not race in this event in Sochi. Defending champion Zhou Yang of China was also in competition

For Elise Christie (GBR) who was disqualified in the final of the 500 metres, things seemed to go from bad to worse. Apparently winning the second heat of the event she was amazed to find herself recorded as )did not finish). When the race was examined it was found she had skated a fraction inside the blue finishing line and so was eliminated.

The final was a close event until around halfway through when Kim A-Lang, trying to overtake, collided with and brought down Emily Scott and Li Jianrou, leaving four competitors, Arianna Fontana, Jorien ter Mors, Shim and reigning champion Zhou Yang (CHN). Shim led ahead of Zhou, but the champion came through towards the end to retain her title comfortably ahead of Shim. Fontana held on for third place to take her second medal of the Games. Ter Mors placed 4th, but would later go on to win the Olympic 1,500 m on the long-track oval.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Positions	Best Time
1	113	Zhou Yang	CHN	AF-1	1-1	2:18.825	Gold
2	139	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	AF-2	2-1	2:18.966	Silver
3	124	Arianna Fontana	ITA	AF-3	1-1	2:19.336	Bronze
4	142	Jorien ter Mors	NED	AF-4	2-1	2:19.382
5	155	Emily Scott	USA	AF-5	5-1	2:22.641
6	107	Valérie Maltais	CAN	BF-1	3-2	2:23.069
7	156	Jessica Smith	USA	BF-2	4-2	2:20.259
8	104	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	BF-3	3-2	2:19.516
9	120	Bernadett Heidum	HUN	BF-4	3-2	2:20.196
10	115	Véronique Pierron	FRA	BF-5	4-5	2:20.216
11	102	Veronika Windisch	AUT	BF-6	4-3	2:23.042
12	111	Li Jianrou	CHN	AF-DNF	1-3	2:22.866
13	136	Kim A-Rang	KOR	AF-DQ	2-2	2:22.864
14	148	Olga Belyakova	RUS	SF-5	5-2	2:20.391
15	144	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	SF-5	5-3	2:20.291
16	140	Agnė Sereikaitė	LTU	SF-6	6-3	2:20.398
17	118	Anna Seidel	GER	SF-6	6-3	2:20.405
18	129	Ayuko Ito	JPN	SF-7	7-3	2:30.354
19	135	Jo Hae-Ri	KOR	SF-DQ	0-1	2:27.629
20	126	Lucia Peretti	ITA	R1-4	0-4	2:22.953
21	112	Liu Qiuhong	CHN	R1-4	0-4	2:24.640
22	108	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	R1-4	0-4	2:27.071
23	127	Martina Valcepina	ITA	R1-4	0-4	2:27.212
24	154	Aly Dudek	USA	R1-4	0-4	2:27.899
25	134	Inna Simonova	KAZ	R1-4	0-4	2:30.499
26	101	Deanna Lockett	AUS	R1-5	0-5	2:25.140
27	131	Yui Sakai	JPN	R1-5	0-5	2:27.198
28	117	Charlotte Gilmartin	GBR	R1-5	0-5	2:27.935
29	152	Tatiana Bodóva	SVK	R1-5	0-5	2:31.788
30	122	Zsófia Kónya	HUN	R1-5	0-5	2:55.523
31	114	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	R1-6	0-6	2:27.232
32	103	Volha Talayeva	BLR	R1-6	0-6	2:27.817
33	132	Biba Sakurai	JPN	R1-6	0-6	2:28.127
DNF	116	Elise Christie	GBR	R1-DNF	0-0	–
DNF	149	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	R1-DNF	0-0	–
DQ	151	Valeriya Reznik	RUS	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–

Round One (15 February 2014 — 14:00)

Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One (14:00)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	6	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	2:24.765	Q
2	1	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	2:24.859	Q
3	2	Anna Seidel	GER	2:25.700	Q
4	4	Martina Valcepina	ITA	2:27.212
5	5	Véronique Pierron	FRA	2:55.658	ADV
DQ	3	Valeriya Reznik	RUS	–

Heat Two (14:05)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Arianna Fontana	ITA	2:29.645	Q
2	6	Olga Belyakova	RUS	2:29.880	Q
3	5	Ayuko Ito	JPN	2:30.354	Q
4	4	Inna Simonova	KAZ	2:30.499
5	1	Tatiana Bodóva	SVK	2:31.788
DNF	2	Elise Christie	GBR	2:29.644		1

Heat Three (14:10)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Jo Hae-Ri	KOR	2:27.629	Q
2	5	Valérie Maltais	CAN	2:27.721	Q
3	4	Li Jianrou	CHN	2:27.758	Q
4	1	Aly Dudek	USA	2:27.899
5	2	Charlotte Gilmartin	GBR	2:27.935
6	6	Biba Sakurai	JPN	2:28.127

Heat Four (14:15)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	5	Jorien ter Mors	NED	2:21.626	Q
2	2	Bernadett Heidum	HUN	2:21.826	Q
3	3	Agnė Sereikaitė	LTU	2:21.900	Q
4	1	Lucia Peretti	ITA	2:22.953
5	6	Deanna Lockett	AUS	2:25.140
6	4	Volha Talayeva	BLR	2:27.817

Heat Five (14:20)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Zhou Yang	CHN	2:26.543	Q
2	1	Jessica Smith	USA	2:26.703	Q
3	2	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	2:26.809	Q
4	6	Marianne St-Gelais	CAN	2:27.071
5	5	Yui Sakai	JPN	2:27.198
6	3	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	2:27.232

Heat Six (14:25)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	5	Emily Scott	USA	2:22.641	Q
2	1	Kim A-Rang	KOR	2:22.864	Q
3	3	Veronika Windisch	AUT	2:23.042	Q
4	2	Liu Qiuhong	CHN	2:24.640
5	4	Zsófia Kónya	HUN	2:55.523
DNF	6	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	–

Semi-Finals (15 February 2014 — 15:12)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (15:12)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Zhou Yang	CHN	2:18.825	Q
2	1	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	2:18.966	Q
3	2	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	2:19.516	QB
4	5	Jessica Smith	USA	2:20.259	QB
5	6	Yara van Kerkhof	NED	2:20.291
6	3	Anna Seidel	GER	2:20.405

Heat Two (15:18)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Arianna Fontana	ITA	2:19.336	Q
2	1	Jorien ter Mors	NED	2:19.382	Q
3	2	Bernadett Heidum	HUN	2:20.196	QB
4	7	Véronique Pierron	FRA	2:20.216	QB
5	5	Olga Belyakova	RUS	2:20.391
6	3	Agnė Sereikaitė	LTU	2:20.398
7	6	Ayuko Ito	JPN	2:56.961

Heat Three (15:24)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	6	Li Jianrou	CHN	2:22.866	Q
2	2	Kim A-Rang	KOR	2:22.928	Q
3	5	Valérie Maltais	CAN	2:23.069	QB
4	3	Veronika Windisch	AUT	2:23.241	QB
5	1	Emily Scott	USA	2:23.439	ADV
DQ	4	Jo Hae-Ri	KOR	–

Final Round (15 February 2014 — 16:06)

B Final (16:06)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	5	Valérie Maltais	CAN	2:24.711
2	4	Jessica Smith	USA	2:25.787
3	1	Marie-Ève Drolet	CAN	2:25.870
4	2	Bernadett Heidum	HUN	2:26.004
5	3	Véronique Pierron	FRA	2:26.066
6	6	Veronika Windisch	AUT	2:26.296

A Final (16:12)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Zhou Yang	CHN	2:19.140
2	2	Sim Seok-Hui	KOR	2:19.239
3	3	Arianna Fontana	ITA	2:19.416
4	4	Jorien ter Mors	NED	2:19.656
5	7	Emily Scott	USA	2:39.436
DNF	5	Li Jianrou	CHN	–
DQ	6	Kim A-Rang	KOR	–