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.
Three Olympic records and two world records were set during the competition.
Results
Heats
- Q – qualified for the quarterfinals[3]
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
Quarterfinals
- Q – qualified for the semifinals[4]
- ADV – advanced
- PEN – penalty
Semifinals
- QA – qualified for Final A[6]
- QB – qualified for Final B
Final B
Final A
The final was held on 22 February 2018 at 20:15.[5]
References
- ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
