Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for short track
VenueSalt Lake Ice Center
DatesFebruary 23
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning time41.802
Medalists
 Marc Gagnon  Canada
 Jonathan Guilmette  Canada
 Rusty Smith  United States
Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m relay women
5000 m relay men

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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[1]

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

Heats

The 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.[1]

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

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1]

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

The 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.[1] 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.[2]

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

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.[1]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st Marc Gagnon Canada 41.802
2nd Jonathan Guilmette Canada 41.994
3rd 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002.
  2. ↑ "Ohno disqualified in 500, U.S. falls in 5,000 relay". ESPN. February 23, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

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