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1,500 metres, Men

Date	10 February 2018
Status	Olympic
Location	Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung Olympic Park, Coastal Cluster, Gangneung
Participants	37 from 18 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	2:10.949 / Lee Jeong-Su KOR / 13 February 2010

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Positions	Best Time
1	189	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	AF-1	1-1	2:10.485		Gold
2	2	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	AF-2	1-3	2:10.555		Silver
3	12	Semyon Yelistratov	ROC	AF-3	1-3	2:10.687		Bronze
4	3	Samuel Girard	CAN	AF-4	6-2	2:11.176
5	10	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	AF-5	5-1	2:11.520
6	65	Itzhak de Laat	NED	AF-6	3-2	2:11.781
7	32	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	AF-7	2	2:12.049
8	9	Han Tianyu	CHN	BF-1	4-5	2:11.827
9	1	Seo I-Ra	KOR	BF-2	3-1	2:11.126
10	64	Pascal Dion	CAN	BF-3	3-5	2:12.640
11	204	Roberto Puķītis	LAT	BF-4	4-2	2:11.165
12	106	Aaron Tran	USA	BF-5	4-3	2:13.487
13	8	Charles Hamelin	CAN	AF-DQ	2-1	2:11.124
14	58	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	AF-DNF	2-1	2:11.469
15	128	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	SF-5	5-2	2:11.967
16	30	Andy Jung	AUS	SF-5	5-4	2:11.183
17	26	Jens Almey	BEL	SF-6	6-2	2:12.998
18	70	Xu Hongzhi	CHN	SF-6	6-5	2:19.310
19	44	John-Henry Krueger	USA	SF-DQ	0-1	2:15.671
20	5	Shaoang Liu	HUN	SF-DQ	0-3	2:14.160
21	6	Wu Dajing	CHN	SF-DQ	0-3	2:15.823
22	13	J. R. Celski	USA	SF-DQ	0-3	2:19.028
23	88	Hiroki Yokoyama	JPN	R1-4	0-4	2:13.323
24	21	Denis Nikisha	KAZ	R1-4	0-4	2:14.847
25	27	Tommaso Dotti	ITA	R1-4	0-4	2:16.177
26	19	Keita Watanabe	JPN	R1-4	0-4	2:19.205
27	74	Pavel Sitnikov	ROC	R1-4	0-4	2:33.653
28	28	Maksim Siarheyu	BLR	R1-5	0-5	2:15.242
29	123	Ward Pétré	BEL	R1-5	0-5	2:17.362
30	183	Csaba Burján	HUN	R1-5	0-5	2:19.284
31	111	Choe Un-Song	PRK	R1-6	0-5	2:18.213
32	82	Aleksandr Shulginov	ROC	R1-6	0-5	2:19.308
DNF	48	Farrell Treacy	GBR	R1-DNF	0-0	–
DNF	41	Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev	KAZ	R1-DNF	0-0	–
DQ	22	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–
DQ	105	Yuri Confortola	ITA	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–
DQ	73	Kazuki Yoshinaga	JPN	[R1-DQ]	[0-0]	–

Round One (10 February 2018 — 19:00)

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

Heat One (19:00)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	4	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	2:12.835	Q
2	5	Samuel Girard	CAN	2:12.923	Q
3	6	Semyon Yelistratov	ROC	2:13.087	Q
4	3	Hiroki Yokoyama	JPN	2:13.323
5	2	Ward Pétré	BEL	2:17.362
DNF	1	Farrell Treacy	GBR	–

Heat Two (19:04)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Charles Hamelin	CAN	2:12.130	Q
2	2	Jens Almey	BEL	2:12.998	Q
3	5	Aaron Tran	USA	2:14.133	Q
4	3	Andy Jung	AUS	2:16.995	ADV
5	4	Han Tianyu	CHN	2:38.865	ADV
DQ	6	Yuri Confortola	ITA	–

Heat Three (19:08)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	2:15.561	Q
2	1	Itzhak de Laat	NED	2:15.691	Q
3	7	Wu Dajing	CHN	2:15.823	Q
4	2	Tommaso Dotti	ITA	2:16.177
5	5	Pascal Dion	CAN	2:16.856	ADV
6	6	Choe Un-Song	PRK	2:18.213
DQ	4	Vladislav Bykanov	ISR	–

Heat Four (19:12)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	2:13.891	Q
2	6	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	2:13.965	Q
3	5	Shaoang Liu	HUN	2:14.160	Q
4	4	Denis Nikisha	KAZ	2:14.847
5	2	Maksim Siarheyu	BLR	2:15.242
DQ	1	Kazuki Yoshinaga	JPN	–

Heat Five (19:16)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Seo I-Ra	KOR	2:18.750	Q
2	5	Roberto Puķītis	LAT	2:18.825	Q
3	3	J. R. Celski	USA	2:19.028	Q
4	2	Keita Watanabe	JPN	2:19.205
5	6	Csaba Burján	HUN	2:19.284
6	4	Aleksandr Shulginov	ROC	2:19.308

Heat Six (19:20)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	John-Henry Krueger	USA	2:15.671	Q
2	5	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	2:15.768	Q
3	1	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	2:15.949	Q
4	3	Pavel Sitnikov	ROC	2:33.653
5	4	Xu Hongzhi	CHN	2:35.641	ADV
DNF	6	Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev	KAZ	–

Semi-Finals (10 February 2018 — 20:21)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (20:21)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Semyon Yelistratov	ROC	2:11.003	Q
2	1	Charles Hamelin	CAN	2:11.124	Q
3	5	Seo I-Ra	KOR	2:11.126	QB
4	6	Roberto Puķītis	LAT	2:11.165	QB
5	4	Andy Jung	AUS	2:11.183
6	2	Samuel Girard	CAN	–	ADV
DQ	7	J. R. Celski	USA	–

Heat Two (20:25)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	6	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	2:11.900	Q
2	5	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	2:12.049	Q
3	7	Pascal Dion	CAN	2:12.640	QB
4	3	Aaron Tran	USA	2:13.487	QB
5	1	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	2:45.709	ADV
DNF	2	Jens Almey	BEL	–
DQ	4	John-Henry Krueger	USA	–

Heat Three (20:29)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	2:11.389	Q
2	4	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	2:11.469	Q
3	5	Itzhak de Laat	NED	2:11.781	ADV
4	8	Han Tianyu	CHN	2:11.827	QB
5	2	Sébastien Lepape	FRA	2:11.967
6	7	Xu Hongzhi	CHN	2:19.310
DQ	3	Shaoang Liu	HUN	–
DQ	6	Wu Dajing	CHN	–

Final Round (10 February 2018 — 21:22)

B Final (21:22)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Han Tianyu	CHN	2:26.281
2	1	Seo I-Ra	KOR	2:26.346
3	4	Pascal Dion	CAN	2:26.412
4	2	Roberto Puķītis	LAT	2:26.525
5	5	Aaron Tran	USA	2:27.127

A Final (21:26)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	3	Im Hyo-Jun	KOR	2:10.485	OR
2	6	Sjinkie Knegt	NED	2:10.555
3	1	Semyon Yelistratov	ROC	2:10.687
4	9	Samuel Girard	CAN	2:11.176
5	8	Shaolin Sándor Liu	HUN	2:11.520
6	5	Itzhak de Laat	NED	2:12.362
7	7	Thibaut Fauconnet	FRA	2:53.150
DNF	4	Hwang Dae-Heon	KOR	–
DQ	2	Charles Hamelin	CAN	–