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

The men's 1500 metre at the 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place 11 March at the Sheffield Arena.

## Results
### Quarterfinals

Top 2 athletes from each heat qualified for semifinals.
| 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 | Edin Brankovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:20.123 | |
| 5 | Peter Jelen | Slovakia | 2:21.772 | |
| 6 | Yauheni Ryzhou | Belarus | 2:25.372 | |
| 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 | Jekabs Saulitis | Latvia | 2:23.275 | |
| 6 | Jakov Domitrek | Croatia | 2:29.305 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francois Hamelin | Canada | 2:29.322 | Q |
| 2 | Travis Jayner | United States | 2:29.856 | Q |
| 3 | Bence Olah | Hungary | 2:31.232 | |
| 4 | Blake Skjellerup | New Zealand | 2:31.995 | |
| 5 | Jonathan Lopez | Spain | 2:37.875 | |
| - | Vladislav Bykanov | Israel | - | PEN |
| 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 | Oleksiy Koshelenko | Ukraine | 2:29.478 | |
| 5 | Andrej Valach | Slovakia | 3:06.624 | |
| - | Dariusz Kulesza | Poland | | PEN |
| 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 | Dmytro Poltavets | Ukraine | 2:33.953 | |
| 5 | Siarhei Yakushkou | Belarus | 2:36.084 | |
| 6 | Istvan Gal-Oravecz | Romania | 2:36.812 | |
| 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 | Selim Tanrikulu | Turkey | 2:28.614 | |
| 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 | Yang-Chun Wang | Chinese Taipei | 2:26.053 | |
| 5 | Kiril Pandov | Bulgaria | 2:31.358 | |
| 6 | Jose Ignacio Fazio | Argentina | 2:34.105 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Um Cheon-Ho | South Korea | 2:24.230 | Q |
| 2 | Ruslan Zakharov | Russia | 2:24.746 | Q |
| 3 | Daisuke Uemura | Japan | 2:25.037 | |
| 4 | Assen Pandov | Bulgaria | 2:32.683 | |
| 5 | Alvaro Pena | Spain | 2:35.049 | |
| - | Maxime Chataignier | France | - | PEN |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olivier Jean | Canada | 2:26.500 | Q |
| 2 | Simon Cho | United States | 2:26.812 | Q |
| 3 | Edoardo Reggiani | Italy | 3:04.740 | |
| 4 | Liu Pan To Barton | Hong Kong | 3:05.643 | |
| - | Sergey Prankevich | Russia | - | PEN |

### Semifinals

Top 2 athletes from each heat qualify for the final.
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | 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 |