Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 1000 metres
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Salt Lake Ice Center
Dates:	20–23 February
Competitors:	28
Nations:	16
Win Value:	1:36.391
Gold:	Yang Yang (A)
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Ko Gi-hyun
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Yang Yang (S)
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 20 to 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2]

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 20 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:40.632	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:40.646	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.094

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.496	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.569	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.132

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:39.672	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:46.673	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:48.445
4	align=left		align=left		1:56.409

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:37.609	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:37.716	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:39.195
–	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:37.039	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:37.684	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:40.688

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:42.093	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:42.157	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:42.276
4	align=left		align=left		1:42.495

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:33.622	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:33.697	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:33.855
4	align=left		align=left		1:39.648

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:42.332	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:42.389	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:42.767

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 23 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.^[2]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:31.235	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:31.349	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:33.007
4	align=left		align=left		1:36.519

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:36.683	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:36.727	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:36.753
4	align=left		align=left		1:36.848

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:34.842	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:34.960	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:35.409
4	align=left		align=left		1:35.830

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:33.561	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:33.578	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:33.880
4	align=left		align=left		1:34.373

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 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.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:37.916	QA
2	align=left		align=left		1:38.037	QA
3	align=left		align=left		1:38.269	QB
4	align=left		align=left		1:38.523	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:35.072	QA
2	align=left		align=left		1:35.172	QA
3	align=left		align=left		1:35.510	QB
4	align=left		align=left		1:35.607	QB

Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.^[2]

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		1:36.391
	align=left		align=left		1:36.427
	align=left		align=left		1:37.008
4	align=left		align=left		1:37.563

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
5	align=left		align=left		1:34.702
6	align=left		align=left		1:34.808
7	align=left		align=left		1:35.125
8	align=left		align=left		1:35.642

Notes and References

1. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224729/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/STK/womens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 November 2019.
2. Web site: Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Salt Lake Organizing Committee . 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220084643/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf . 20 February 2012 .