Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for short track
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Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia |
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| Dates | 10 February (qualifying heats, semifinal, and final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:14.985 | ||||||||||||
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Charles Hamelin |
 Canada
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Han Tianyu |
 China
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Viktor Ahn |
 Russia
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The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.
The qualifying heats, semifinal, and the final were held on 10 February.
The defending Olympic Champion was Lee Jung-su of South Korea, while the defending World Champion was Sin Da-woon also of South Korea.
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 18 nations qualified to compete.
The final results:
The final overall standings were:
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