2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres

2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
500 m	men	women
1000 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
3000 m relay		women
5000 m relay	men
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The men's 1500 metre at the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place 11 March at the Sheffield Arena.^[1]

Results[]

Quarterfinals[]

Top 2 athletes from each heat qualified for semifinals.^[2]

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Charles Hamelin  Canada 2:17.644 Q 2 Jeff Simon  United States 2:17.843 Q 3 Bartosz Konopko  Poland 2:18.721 4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:20.123 5  Slovakia 2:21.772 6  Belarus 2:25.372 Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Liang Wenhao  China 2:21.262 Q 2 Lee Ho-Suk  South Korea 2:21.424 Q 3 Paul Herrmann  Germany 2:21.600 4 Csaba Burjan  Hungary 2:22.413 5  Latvia 2:23.275 6  Croatia 2:29.305 Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Francois Hamelin  Canada 2:29.322 Q 2 Travis Jayner  United States 2:29.856 Q 3  Hungary 2:31.232 4 Blake Skjellerup  New Zealand 2:31.995 5  Spain 2:37.875 - Vladislav Bykanov  Israel - PEN Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Liu Xianwei  China 2:26.966 Q 2 Niels Kerstholt  Netherlands 2:27.161 Q 3 Robert Seifert  Germany 2:28.805 4  Ukraine 2:29.478 5  Slovakia 3:06.624 - Dariusz Kulesza  Poland PEN Heat 9 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Noh Jin-Kyu  South Korea 2:29.315 Q 2 Yuzo Takamido  Japan 2:29.542 Q 3 Jack Whelbourne  United Kingdom 2:30.116 4  Ukraine 2:33.953 5  Belarus 2:36.084 6  Romania 2:36.812

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Thibaut Fauconnet  France 2:23.588 Q 2 Jon Eley  United Kingdom 2:23.824 Q 3 Nicola Rodigari  Italy 2:23.869 4 Pierre Boda  Australia 2:24.039 5  Turkey 2:28.614 Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Song Weilong  China 2:23.211 Q 2 Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands 2:23.334 Q 3 Jeremy Masson  France 2:24.645 4  Chinese Taipei 2:26.053 5  Bulgaria 2:31.358 6  Argentina 2:34.105 Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Um Cheon-Ho  South Korea 2:24.230 Q 2 Ruslan Zakharov  Russia 2:24.746 Q 3  Japan 2:25.037 4 Assen Pandov  Bulgaria 2:32.683 5  Spain 2:35.049 - Maxime Chataignier  France - PEN Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Olivier Jean  Canada 2:26.500 Q 2 Simon Cho  United States 2:26.812 Q 3  Italy 3:04.740 4  Hong Kong 3:05.643 -  Russia - PEN

Semifinals[]

Top 2 athletes from each heat qualify for the final.^[3]

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Noh Jin-Kyu  South Korea 2:17.807 Q 2 Jeff Simon  United States 2:17.921 Q 3 Yuzo Takamido  Japan 2:18.137 4 Olivier Jean  Canada 2:18.575 5 Liang Wenhao  China 2:19.457 6 Ruslan Zakharov  Russia 2:20.951 Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Lee Ho-Suk  South Korea 2:20.615 Q 2 Simon Cho  United States 2:20.851 Q 3 Song Weilong  China 2:21.696 ADV 4 Francois Hamelin  Canada 2:22.690 - Thibaut Fauconnet  France - PEN - Niels Kerstholt  Netherlands - PEN

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Um Cheon-Ho  South Korea 2:19.737 Q 2 Charles Hamelin  Canada 2:19.753 Q 3 Liu Xianwei  China 2:19.846 4 Sjinkie Knegt  Netherlands 2:19.935 5 John Eley  United Kingdom 2:20.185 6 Travis Jayner  United States 2:22.277

Final[]

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Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Noh Jin-Kyu	South Korea	2:18.291
	Charles Hamelin	Canada	2:18.676
	Jeff Simon	United States	2:18.725
4	Song Weilong	China	2:19.675
5	Simon Cho	United States	2:20.702
6	Um Cheon-Ho	South Korea	2:22.314
7	Lee Ho-Suk	South Korea	2:24.285

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