The Men's 1500 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February 2026 at the Forum di Milano in Milan. Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands won the event. Hwang Dae-heon of South Korea won silver and Roberts Krūzbergs of Latvia bronze. Krūzbergs's medal became the first Olympic medal for Latvia in short-track speed skating. Final A, unusually, featured nine athletes since some of them, including Krūzbergs, were advanced there as a result of collisions.

Background The defending champion, Hwang Dae-heon, qualified for the Olympics, as did the silver medalist. Steven Dubois. The bronze medalist, Semion Elistratov, did not compete internationally after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Before the Olympics, William Dandjinou led the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour 1500 m standings as well as the overall standings. He was also the 1500 m 2025 World champion.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. A total of 35 athletes from 18 nations qualified for the event.

Records Prior to this competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results Quarterfinals 14 February 2026, 20:15 Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Luca Spechenhauser 2:12.485 Q 2 1 William Dandjinou 2:12.610 Q 3 1 Brendan Corey 2:12.741 Q 4 1 Keita Watanabe 2:12.851 q 5 1 Itzhak de Laat 2:12.974 6 1 Michał Niewiński 2:15.853 1 2 Roberts Krūzbergs 2:18.237 Q 2 2 Thomas Nadalini 2:18.543 Q 3 2 Félix Pigeon 2:18.687 Q 4 2 Stijn Desmet 2:18.802 5 2 Ivan Posashkov 2:19.117 6 2 Clayton DeClemente 2:32.539 1 3 Hwang Dae-heon 2:23.283 Q 2 3 Shaoang Liu 2:23.370 Q 3 3 Shogo Miyata 2:23.454 Q 4 3 Étienne Bastier 2:23.760 5 3 Moon Won-jun 2:23.997 6 3 Kwok Tsz Fung 2:25.707 1 4 Jens van 't Wout 2:20.657 Q 2 4 Andrew Heo 2:20.826 Q 3 4 Sun Long 2:20.897 Q 4 4 Kazuki Yoshinaga 2:21.044 5 4 Bence Nógrádi 2:22.207 6 4 Lin Xiaojun 1 5 Félix Roussel 2:17.276 Q 2 5 Niall Treacy 2:17.365 Q 3 5 Shin Dong-min 2:17.365 Q 4 5 Nicolas Andermann 2:17.869 q 5 5 Quentin Fercoq 2:18.492 6 5 Rim Jong-un 2:38.452 1 6 Steven Dubois 2:15.888 Q 2 6 Brandon Kim 2:16.154 Q 3 6 Daniil Eybog 2:16.963 Q 4 6 Oleh Handei 2:58.831 ADV 5 6 Pietro Sighel 3:09.757 6 Friso Emons PEN

Semifinals 14 February 2026, 21:49 Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 William Dandjinou 2:15.619 QA 2 1 Hwang Dae-heon 2:15.823 QA 3 1 Luca Spechenhauser 2:15.895 QB 4 1 Andrew Heo 2:16.150 QB 5 1 Keita Watanabe 2:16.368 QB 6 1 Shaoang Liu 2:31.859ADVA 1 Shogo Miyata PEN 1 2 Jens van 't Wout 2:14.988 QA 2 2 Sun Long 2:15.160 QA 3 2 Brandon Kim 2:15.817 QB 4 2 Nicolas Andermann 2:16.519 QB 5 2 Brendan Corey 2:16.575 6 2 Steven Dubois 2:19.273 ADVA 2 Thomas Nadalini PEN 1 3 Niall Treacy 2:16.816 QA 2 3 Shin Dong-min 2:17.192 QA 3 3 Daniil Eybog 2:18.000 QB 4 3 Oleh Handei 2:18.408 QB 5 3 Félix Pigeon 2:40.503 6 3 Roberts Krūzbergs 2:53.239 ADVA 3 Félix Roussel YC

Finals Final B 14 February 2026, 22:37 Rank Name Country Time Notes 10 Luca Spechenhauser 2:34.359 11 Andrew Heo 2:34.460 12 Keita Watanabe 2:34.631 13 Nicolas Andermann 2:34.939 14 Daniil Eybog 2:35.103 15 Brandon Kim 2:35.254 16 Oleh Handei 2:37.184

Final A 14 February 2026, 22:45 Rank Name Country Time Notes Jens van 't Wout 2:12.219 Hwang Dae-heon 2:12.304 Roberts Krūzbergs 2:12.376 4 Shin Dong-min 2:12.556 5 William Dandjinou 2:12.639 6 Steven Dubois 2:36.955 7 Shaoang Liu 3:15.414 8 Sun Long DNF 9 Niall Treacy PEN

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