Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1000 metres
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	White Ring
Dates:	17 February
Competitors:	30
Nations:	16
Win Value:	1:32.375
Gold:	Kim Dong-sung
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Li Jiajun
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Éric Bédard
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February at the White Ring.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 17 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:35.240	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:35.323	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:36.005
4	align=left		align=left		1:36.076

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:31.168	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:31.315	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:32.493
4	align=left		align=left		1:33.555

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:31.515	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:31.672	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:31.724
4	align=left		align=left		1:33.133

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:32.879	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:32.975	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:33.108

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:32.949	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:33.039	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:33.638

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:32.709	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:32.731	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:32.748
4	align=left		align=left		1:39.913

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:30.466	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:30.476	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:30.805
4	align=left		align=left		1:31.110

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:33.326	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:34.023	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:34.220
–	align=left		align=left		DSQ

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 17 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal 1, Canada's Marc Gagnon was disqualified, and South Korea's Lee Jun-hwan was advanced. In quarterfinal 4, Japan's Hiotshi Uematsu was disqualified, and USA's Andy Gabel was advanced.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:29.398	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:31.798	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:38.115	ADV
–	align=left		align=left		DSQ

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:32.358	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:32.423	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:32.513
4	align=left		align=left		1:33.047

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:29.509	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:29.622	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:29.784
4	align=left		align=left		1:39.775

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:34.510	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:34.902	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:35.641	ADV
–	align=left		align=left		DSQ

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 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	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:32.985	QA
2	align=left		align=left		1:36.233	QA
3	align=left		align=left		1:39.402	QB
4	align=left		align=left		1:42.908	QB
–	align=left		align=left		DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:32.036	QA
2	align=left		align=left		1:32.183	QA
3	align=left		align=left		1:32.549	QB
4	align=left		align=left		1:32.634	QB
5	align=left		align=left		1:32.636

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.^[1]

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		1:32.375
	align=left		align=left		1:32.428
	align=left		align=left		1:32.661
4	align=left		align=left		1:33.518

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
5	align=left		align=left		1:32.927
6	align=left		align=left		1:33.015
7	align=left		align=left		1:33.131
8	align=left		align=left		1:34.285

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . 16 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . 26 February 2008 .
2. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224710/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/STK/mens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 10 November 2019.