Short-track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1000 metres
Games:	1994 Winter
Venue:	Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Dates:	22 February
Competitors:	31
Nations:	16
Win Value:	1:34.57
Gold:	Kim Ki-hoon
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Chae Ji-hoon
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Marc Gagnon
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1992
Next:	1998

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 22 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.^[1] ^[2]

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 22 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:32.52	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:32.96	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:33.51
4	align=left	align=left	1:40.41

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:32.32	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:32.42	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:32.50
4	align=left	align=left	1:32.65

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:31.11	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:32.05	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:32.92
4	align=left	align=left	1:44.38

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:33.63	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:33.71	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:34.37

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:32.11	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:32.19	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:33.07
4	align=left	align=left	1:34.18

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:33.67	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:34.52	Q
3	align=left	align=left	2:01.89
–	align=left	align=left	DQ

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:33.00	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:33.14	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:33.57
4	align=left	align=left	1:33.93

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:32.11	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:32.35	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:32.67
4	align=left	align=left	1:34.91

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 22 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.^[1]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:31.40	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:31.82	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:32.34
–	align=left	align=left	DQ

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:29.58	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:29.64	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:29.70
4	align=left	align=left	1:29.93

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:30.83	Q
2	align=left	align=lef t	1:30.89	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:30.96
4	align=left	align=left	1:32.16

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:31.93	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:32.00	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:33.59
–	align=left	align=left	DQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 February. The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.^[1]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:31.69	QA
2	align=left	align=left	1:31.77	QA
3	align=left	align=left	1:31.93	QB
4	align=left	align=left	2:16.27	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:31.56	QA
2	align=left	align=left	1:36.12	QA
3	align=left	align=left	1:41.71	QB
4	align=left	align=left	1:43.58	QB

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.^[1] Having left the track early due to a lap counting error, Derrick Campbell failed to finish the final, not completing the sufficient number of laps, and Nicky Gooch was disqualified, so the winner of the B final, Marc Gagnon was awarded the bronze medal.

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Time
	align=left	align=left	1:34.57
	align=left	align=left	1:34.92
–	align=left	align=left		DQ
–	align=left	align=left		DNF

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Time
	align=left	align=left	1:33.03
4	align=left	align=left	1:33.39
5	align=left	align=left	1:44.99
–	align=left	align=left		DQ

Notes and References

Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee . 1994 . 16 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202195105/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF . 2 December 2010 .
Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224711/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/mens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 9 November 2019.