Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres


The women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.
The qualifying heats, semifinal and the final were held on 15 February.
The defending Olympic Champion is Zhou Yang of China, while the defending World Champion is Park Seung-hi of South Korea.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 36 athletes representing 19 nations qualified to compete.

Results

The results are:

Heats

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Shim Suk-hee2:24.765Q
21Marie-Ève Drolet2:24.859Q
31Anna Seidel2:25.700Q
41Martina Valcepina2:27.212
51Véronique Pierron2:55.658ADV
–1Valeriya ReznikPEN
12Arianna Fontana2:29.645Q
22Olga Belyakova2:29.880Q
32Ayuko Ito2:30.354Q
42Inna Simonova2:30.499
52Tatiana Bodova2:31.788
–2Elise ChristieDNF
13Cho Ha-ri2:27.629Q
23Valérie Maltais2:27.721Q
33Li Jianrou2:27.758Q
43Alyson Dudek2:27.899
53Charlotte Gilmartin2:27.935
63Biba Sakurai2:28.127
14Jorien ter Mors2:21.626Q
24Bernadett Heidum2:21.826Q
34Agnė Sereikaitė2:21.900Q
44Lucia Peretti2:22.953
54Deanna Lockett2:25.140
64Volha Talayeva2:27.817
15Zhou Yang2:26.543Q
25Jessica Smith2:26.703Q
35Yara van Kerkhof2:26.809Q
45Marianne St-Gelais2:27.071
55Yui Sakai2:27.198
65Kateřina Novotná2:27.232
16Emily Scott2:22.641Q
26Kim A-lang2:22.864Q
36Veronika Windisch2:23.042Q
46Liu Qiuhong2:24.640
56Zsófia Kónya2:55.523
–6Tatiana BorodulinaDNF

Semifinals

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Zhou Yang2:18.825QA
21Shim Suk-hee2:18.966QA
31Marie-Ève Drolet2:19.516QB
41Jessica Smith2:20.259QB
51Yara van Kerkhof2:20.291
61Anna Seidel2:20.405
12Arianna Fontana2:19.336QA
22Jorien ter Mors2:19.382QA
32Bernadett Heidum2:20.196QB
42Véronique Pierron2:20.216QB
52Olga Belyakova2:20.391
62Agnė Sereikaitė2:20.398
72Ayuko Ito2:56.961
13Li Jianrou2:22.866QA
23Kim A-lang2:22.928QA
33Valérie Maltais2:23.069QB
43Veronika Windisch2:23.241QB
53Emily Scott2:23.439ADV
–3Cho Ha-riPEN

Finals

Final B (classification round)

Final A (medal round)

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
Zhou Yang2:19.140
Shim Suk-hee2:19.239
Arianna Fontana2:19.416
Jorien ter Mors2:19.656
Emily Scott2:39.436
–Li JianrouDNF
–Kim A-langPEN

Final standings

The final overall standings were:
RankNameCountry
Zhou Yang
Shim Suk-hee
Arianna Fontana
Jorien ter Mors
Emily Scott
Valérie Maltais
Jessica Smith
Marie-Ève Drolet
Bernadett Heidum
10Véronique Pierron
11Veronika Windisch
12Li Jianrou
13Kim A-lang
14Olga Belyakova
15Yara van Kerkhof
16Agnė Sereikaitė
17Anna Seidel
18Ayuko Ito
19Cho Ha-ri
20Lucia Peretti
21Liu Qiuhong
22Marianne St-Gelais
23Martina Valcepina
24Alyson Dudek
25Inna Simonova
26Deanna Lockett
27Yui Sakai
28Charlotte Gilmartin
29Tatiana Bodova
30Zsófia Kónya
31Kateřina Novotná
32Volha Talayeva
33Biba Sakurai
–Elise Christie
–Tatiana Borodulina
–Valeriya Reznik