Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Short Track - 1500 m (women)

1500 m short track of the women of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games
Winner	Choi Min-jeong
Competitions
500 m	Women	Men
1000 m	Women	Men
1500 m	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men

The short track competition over the women's 1500 meters at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang was held on February 17, 2018 in the Gangneung Ice Arena and consisted of six heats and three semi-finals as well as an A and B final. A total of 36 starters from 17 nations took part in the competition.

The world record holder Choi Min-jeong from South Korea secured the Olympic victory ahead of Li Jinyu from China. The bronze medal went to the Canadian Kim Boutin . With Anna Seidel and Bianca Walter , two German starters took part in the competition. While Walter was eliminated in the preliminary runs, Anna Seidel reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there. There were no athletes from Austria, Switzerland or Liechtenstein at the start.

Records

World record	Choi Min-jeong	2: 14.354 min	Salt Lake City	February 20, 2010
Olympic record	Zhou Yang	2: 16.993 min	Vancouver	November 12, 2016

Results

Prelims

At the Olympic competition, a total of six preliminary runs were carried out, in each of which six athletes competed. The three fastest qualified for the semi-finals and are marked in green. If a starter has been rated as ADV (advanced) by the jury and has been promoted to the next round, the starter is marked in blue. The starters marked in red are those who have been disqualified by the jury.

Forward 1

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Arianna Fontana	Italy	2: 28.494 min
2	Jorien ter Mors	Netherlands	2: 28.587 min
3	Sumire Kikuchi	Japan	2: 29.665 min
4th	Kim Yeong-a	Kazakhstan	2: 29.875 min
5	Shim Suk-hee	South Korea	2: 39.984 min
-	Sára Luca Bácskai	Hungary	DSQ

Forward 2

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Han Yutong	People's Republic of China	2: 31.158 min
2	Marianne St-Gelais	Canada	2: 31.274 min
3	Martina Valcepina	Italy	2: 31.370 min
4th	Kathryn Thomson	Great Britain	2: 32.891 min
5	Anna Seidel	Germany	2: 56.976 min
-	Jessica Kooreman	United States	DSQ

Forward 3

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Suzanne Schulting	Netherlands	2: 27.730 min
2	Deanna Lockett	Australia	2: 28.996 min
3	Charlotte Gilmartin	Great Britain	2: 29.005 min
4th	Michaela Sejpalová	Czech Republic	2: 30.012 min
5	Cheyenne Goh	Singapore	2: 36.971 min
-	Ekaterina Yefremenkova	Olympic athletes from Russia	DSQ

Forward 4

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Kim A-lang	South Korea	2: 20.891 min
2	Kim Boutin	Canada	2: 21.149 min
3	Véronique Pierron	France	2: 22.119 min
4th	Magdalena Warakomska	Poland	2: 23.693 min
-	Anastasija Krestova	Kazakhstan	DSQ
-	Yuki Kikuchi	Japan	DSQ

Forward 5

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Elise Christie	Great Britain	2: 29.316 min
2	Zhou Yang	People's Republic of China	2: 29.587 min
3	Valérie Maltais	Canada	2: 29.877 min
4th	Tifany Huot-Marchand	France	2: 29.996 min
5	Bianca Walter	Germany	2: 30.819 min
6th	Maame Biney	United States	2: 31.819 min

Forward 6

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Choi Min-jeong	South Korea	2: 24.595 min
2	Petra Jászapáti	Hungary	2: 25.022 min
3	Li Jinyu	People's Republic of China	2: 25.034 min
4th	Sofia Proswirnova	Olympic athletes from Russia	2: 25.553 min
5	Lana Gehring	United States	2: 27.336 min
6th	Shione Kaminaga	Japan	2: 28.719 min

Semifinals

A total of three semi-finals were held at the Olympic competition. While seven athletes competed in the first semi-final due to the jury's decision in favor of Anna Seidel , only six athletes started in the other two semi-finals. The two fastest qualified for the A final and are marked in green. The starters who have qualified for the B-final are marked with light green color. If a starter has been rated as ADV (advanced) by the jury and has been promoted to the A-final, the starter is marked in blue. The starters marked in red are those who have been disqualified by the jury.

Semi-final 1

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Kim A-lang	South Korea	2: 22.691 min
2	Kim Boutin	Canada	2: 22.799 min
3	Han Yutong	People's Republic of China	2: 22.826 min
4th	Martina Valcepina	Italy	2: 24.171 min
5	Véronique Pierron	France	2: 28.023 min
6th	Anna Seidel	Germany	3: 00.658 min
-	Marianne St-Gelais	Canada	DSQ

Semi-final 2

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Jorien ter Mors	Netherlands	2: 34.385 min
2	Arianna Fontana	Italy	2: 34.489 min
3	Sumire Kikuchi	Japan	2: 34.526 min
4th	Suzanne Schulting	Netherlands	2: 34.632 min
5	Charlotte Gilmartin	Great Britain	3: 00.691
6th	Deanna Lockett	Australia	3: 01.928

Semi-final 3

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Choi Min-jeong	South Korea	2: 22.295 min
2	Petra Jászapáti	Hungary	2: 23.210 min
3	Zhou Yang	People's Republic of China	2: 23.485 min
4th	Li Jinyu	People's Republic of China	2: 33.005 min
-	Valérie Maltais	Canada	DSQ
-	Elise Christie	Great Britain	DSQ

Finals

A B-final and an A-final were held at the Olympic competition. Due to the jury's decision in favor of the Chinese Li Jinyu , the B final consisted of only 5 and the A final of 7 starters. If a starter has been disqualified by the jury, she is marked in red.

B final

rank	Athlete	nation	time
08th	Zhou Yang	People's Republic of China	2: 35.241 min
09	Han Yutong	People's Republic of China	2: 36.548 min
10	Suzanne Schulting	Netherlands	2: 37.163 min
11	Sumire Kikuchi	Japan	2: 54.450 min
12	Martina Valcepina	Italy	DSQ

A final

rank	Athlete	nation	time
1	Choi Min-jeong	South Korea	2: 24.948 min
2	Li Jinyu	People's Republic of China	2: 25.703 min
3	Kim Boutin	Canada	2: 25.834 min
4th	Kim A-lang	South Korea	2: 25.941 min
5	Jorien ter Mors	Netherlands	2: 25.955 min
6th	Petra Jászapáti	Hungary	2: 26.138 min
7th	Arianna Fontana	Italy	2: 27.475 min

Web links

• Results: heats , semi-finals , finals on shorttrack.sportresult.com