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Host City: Salt Lake City, United States
Venue(s): Utah Olympic Oval, Kearns, Utah
Date Started: February 19, 2002
Date Finished: February 19, 2002
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There were countless potential medalists in this event. Among them were the gold and silver medalists of 1998, [à dne Søndrål] and [Ids Postma], who had divided the four World Championships held since the Nagano Games between them, the Norwegian winning in 1998 and 2001, and the Dutchman in 1999 and 2000. In the running season, World Cup races had also been won by [Dustin Molicki], [Derek Parra] and [Petter Andersen]. The latter had shared his victory with [Jakko Jan Leeuwangh], who didn't even make the Dutch team, as had [Martin Hersman] and [Erben Wennemars], also World Cup medalists earlier in the season.
Not among those favorites was [Jochem Uytdehaage], whose selection at the Dutch Olympic Trials had been somewhat controversial due to his lack of previous achievements at the distance. But with an Olympic gold medal from the 5,000 m in the pocket, the Dutchman skated the best 1,500 m of his life. With the best final lap of the competition, he broke [Lee Gyu-Hyeok]'s world record and lowered it to 1:44.57. Of the pre-race favorites, only one man was able to beat this time. Having finished second behind Uytdehaage in the 5,000 m, Derek Parra now took home the gold. A former inline skating World Champion, he had switched to speed skating in 1996 for a chance to compete in the Olympics. Having been an alternate in 1998, his results slowly improved, winning his first international prize at the 2001 World Single Distance Champions; a silver medal in the 1,500 m. He confirmed his status in that event by winning a World Cup race in November 2001, his only international win prior to his Olympic title.
The duel for the bronze was an interesting one, between Søndrål and [Joey Cheek]. Primarily a sprinter, Cheek had taken off incredibly fast, leading Parra's splits by four tenths at the bell, and Søndrål by a full 1.75 seconds. As Cheek struggled on the final lap, Søndrål made up for the difference, beating the American by just 0.08 at the finish line.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | T | 3c | 7c | 1.1k | |
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1 | Derek Parra | 31 | United States | USA | Gold | 1:43.95 | 23.57 | 49.06 | 1:15.54 | WR |
2 | Jochem Uytdehaage | 25 | Netherlands | NED | Silver | 1:44.57 | 23.83 | 49.88 | 1:16.94 | WR |
3 | à dne Søndrål | 30 | Norway | NOR | Bronze | 1:45.26 | 23.70 | 49.73 | 1:16.85 | |
4 | Joey Cheek | 22 | United States | USA | 1:45.34 | 23.10 | 48.36 | 1:15.10 | ||
5 | Ids Postma | 28 | Netherlands | NED | 1:45.41 | 23.67 | 50.36 | 1:17.56 | ||
6 | Nick Pearson | 22 | United States | USA | 1:45.51 | 23.71 | 49.55 | 1:16.65 | OR | |
7 | Jan Bos | 26 | Netherlands | NED | 1:45.63 | 23.47 | 49.68 | 1:16.95 | ||
8 | Lee Gyu-Hyeok | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 1:45.82 | 23.22 | 49.09 | 1:16.75 | ||
9 | Rintje Ritsma | 31 | Netherlands | NED | 1:45.86 | 23.68 | 49.99 | 1:17.17 | ||
10 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | 20 | Russia | RUS | 1:45.97 | 23.66 | 49.87 | 1:17.28 | ||
11 | Dmitry Shepel | 23 | Russia | RUS | 1:45.98 | 23.88 | 49.84 | 1:16.98 | OR | |
12 | Dustin Molicki | 26 | Canada | CAN | 1:46.00 | 23.66 | 49.93 | 1:17.31 | ||
13 | Janne Hänninen | 26 | Finland | FIN | 1:46.04 | 23.16 | 49.35 | 1:16.53 | ||
14 | J. P. Shilling | 30 | United States | USA | 1:46.29 | 23.73 | 49.83 | 1:17.06 | ||
15 | Hiroyuki Noake | 27 | Japan | JPN | 1:46.38 | 23.31 | 49.34 | 1:16.76 | ||
16 | Sergey Tsybenko | 28 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 1:46.40 | 23.90 | 50.24 | 1:17.74 | ||
17 | Kevin Marshall | 29 | Canada | CAN | 1:46.75 | 24.02 | 50.45 | 1:17.82 | ||
18 | Steven Elm | 26 | Canada | CAN | 1:46.99 | 24.43 | 50.88 | 1:18.12 | ||
19 | Radik Bikchentayev | 29 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 1:47.04 | 24.04 | 50.68 | 1:18.39 | ||
20 | Petter Andersen | 28 | Norway | NOR | 1:47.21 | 23.68 | 50.16 | 1:17.66 | ||
21 | Choi Jae-Bong | 21 | South Korea | KOR | 1:47.26 | 23.65 | 50.24 | 1:18.05 | ||
22 | Aleksandr Kibalko | 28 | Russia | RUS | 1:47.63 | 23.91 | 50.64 | 1:18.39 | ||
23 | Takaharu Nakajima | 19 | Japan | JPN | 1:47.64 | 23.13 | 48.97 | 1:16.98 | ||
24 | Stefano Donagrandi | 25 | Italy | ITA | 1:47.72 | 24.51 | 51.27 | 1:18.71 | ||
25 | Keiji Shirahata | 28 | Japan | JPN | 1:47.78 | 24.37 | 51.63 | 1:19.32 | ||
26 | Enrico Fabris | 20 | Italy | ITA | 1:47.83 | 24.66 | 51.80 | 1:19.37 | ||
27 | Vesa Rosendahl | 26 | Finland | FIN | 1:48.02 | 24.07 | 51.08 | 1:18.87 | ||
28 | Philippe Marois | 21 | Canada | CAN | 1:48.13 | 24.80 | 51.59 | 1:19.08 | ||
29 | Cédric Kuentz | 28 | France | FRA | 1:48.20 | 24.49 | 51.19 | 1:19.10 | ||
30 | Zsolt Baló | 30 | Hungary | HUN | 1:48.27 | 24.20 | 51.16 | 1:18.98 | ||
31 | Roberto Sighel | 34 | Italy | ITA | 1:48.40 | 24.01 | 50.82 | 1:19.10 | ||
32 | Risto Rosendahl | 22 | Finland | FIN | 1:48.57 | 24.42 | 51.52 | 1:19.36 | ||
33 | Mun Jun | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 1:48.58 | 23.84 | 50.86 | 1:19.38 | ||
34 | Yusuke Imai | 24 | Japan | JPN | 1:48.76 | 23.55 | 49.68 | 1:17.51 | ||
35 | Eskil Ervik | 27 | Norway | NOR | 1:49.24 | 24.71 | 51.61 | 1:19.65 | ||
36 | Nikolay Uliyanin | 24 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 1:49.42 | 24.27 | 51.55 | 1:19.78 | ||
37 | Vadim Sayutin | 31 | Russia | RUS | 1:49.45 | 24.47 | 51.55 | 1:19.98 | ||
38 | Johan Röjler | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 1:49.50 | 24.73 | 52.10 | 1:20.28 | ||
39 | Vladimir Kostin | 26 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 1:49.57 | 24.31 | 51.47 | 1:19.94 | ||
40 | Igor Makovetsky | 17 | Belarus | BLR | 1:50.15 | 24.52 | 51.72 | 1:20.17 | ||
41 | Jan Friesinger | 21 | Germany | GER | 1:50.26 | 24.01 | 51.05 | 1:19.46 | ||
42 | Yeo Sang-Yeop | 17 | South Korea | KOR | 1:50.70 | 23.88 | 50.72 | 1:19.81 | ||
43T | Andriy Fomin | 24 | Ukraine | UKR | 1:51.02 | 24.15 | 51.69 | 1:20.65 | ||
43T | Frank Dittrich | 34 | Germany | GER | 1:51.02 | 25.52 | 53.80 | 1:22.28 | ||
45 | Ma Yongbin | 20 | China | CHN | 1:51.81 | 24.84 | 52.82 | 1:21.72 | ||
46 | Liu Guangbin | 22 | China | CHN | 1:52.01 | 25.35 | 53.17 | 1:21.84 | ||
47 | Aleksey Khatylyov | 18 | Belarus | BLR | 1:52.87 | 24.54 | 52.87 | 1:21.93 | ||
AC | Christian Breuer | 25 | Germany | GER | 23.54 | DNF/fall |