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Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

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The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.[1] Wu Dajing of China set an Olympic record (heat) and 2 world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all 3 contests en route to capturing the gold.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record J. R. Celski (USA)39.937 Calgary, Canada21 October 2012
Olympic record Charles Hamelin (CAN)40.770 Vancouver, Canada26 February 2010

Three Olympic records and two world records were set during the competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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Results

Heats

Q – qualified for the quarterfinals[3]
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
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Quarterfinals

Q – qualified for the semifinals[4]
ADV – advanced
PEN – penalty
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Semifinals

QA – qualified for Final A[6]
QB – qualified for Final B
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Final B

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Final A

The final was held on 22 February 2018 at 20:15.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Wu Dajing dominates the field in 500m win". nbcolympics.com. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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    "Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Heats Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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    "Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Quarterfinals Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
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    "Short Track Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Finals Results" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
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