Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1000 metres
Games:	2018 Winter
Venue:	Gangneung Ice Arena Gangneung, South Korea
Dates:	13 February (heats) 17 February (quarterfinals, semifinals, final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	14
Win Value:	1:24.650
Gold:	Samuel Girard
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	John-Henry Krueger
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Seo Yi-ra
Bronzenoc:	KOR
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea.^[1] Samuel Girard won gold, John-Henry Krueger took the silver medal, and Seo Yi-ra won bronze. For all of them, this was their first Olympic medal.

Charles Hamelin set an Olympic record in the heats but was disqualified in semifinals. In Final A, Sándor Liu Shaolin, trying to pass from the inside, interfered with one of the competitors, which resulted in the fall of both Lim Hyo-jun and Seo Yi-ra. The two remaining contenders, Girard and Krueger, became gold and silver medalists. Liu Shaolin was disqualified, and Seo Yi-ra won the bronze medal by standing after the fall and crossing the finish line first.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.One Olympic record was set during the competition.

Results

Heats

Q – qualified for the quarterfinals^[3]

ADV – advanced

PEN – penalty

YC – yellow card

OR - olympic record

Rank	Heat	Name	Time
1	1	align=left	align=left	1:25.913	Q
2	1	align=left	align=left	1:26.762	Q
3	1	align=left	align=left		ADV
	1	align=left	align=left		PEN
1	2	align=left	align=left	1:23.971	Q
2	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.030	Q
3	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.051
4	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.429
1	3	align=left	align=left	1:23.894	Q
2	3	align=left	align=left	1:23.979	Q
3	3	align=left	align=left	1:24.078
4	3	align=left	align=left	1:24.271
1	4	align=left	align=left	1:23.823	Q
2	4	align=left	align=left	1:24.381	Q
3	4	align=left	align=left	1:26.408	ADV
	4	align=left	align=left		PEN
1	5	align=left	align=left	1:23.407	Q, OR
2	5	align=left	align=left	1:23.463	Q
3	5	align=left	align=left	1:23.489
4	5	align=left	align=left	1:31.133
1	6	align=left	align=left	1:24.639	Q
2	6	align=left	align=left	1:24.734	Q
3	6	align=left	align=left	1:25.369
	6	align=left	align=left		PEN
1	7	align=left	align=left	1:24.457	Q
2	7	align=left	align=left	1:25.297	Q
3	7	align=left	align=left	1:26.223
	7	align=left	align=left		PEN
1	8	align=left	align=left	1:31.547	Q
2	8	align=left	align=left	1:31.635	Q
3	8	align=left	align=left	1:31.812
	8	align=left	align=left		PEN

Quarterfinals

Q – qualified for Semifinals^[4]

ADV – advanced

PEN – penalty

YC – yellow card

Rank	Heat	Name	Time
1	1	align=left	align=left	1:24.053	Q
2	1	align=left	align=left	1:24.095	Q
3	1	align=left	align=left	1:24.344
	1	align=left	align=left		PEN
1	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.289	Q
2	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.383	Q
3	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.423
4	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.649
1	3	align=left	align=left	1:23.893	Q
2	3	align=left	align=left	1:24.099	Q
3	3	align=left	align=left	1:24.598	ADV
4	3	align=left	align=left	1:25.080
	3	align=left	align=left		PEN
1	4	align=left	align=left	1:24.012	Q
2	4	align=left	align=left	1:24.015	Q
3	4	align=left	align=left	1:24.022
4	4	align=left	align=left	1:24.306
	4	align=left	align=left		PEN

Semifinals

QA – qualified for Final A^[5]

QB – qualified for Final B

ADV – advanced

PEN – penalty

YC – yellow card

Rank	Heat	Name	Time
1	1	align=left	align=left	1:26.463	QA
2	1	align=left	align=left	1:26.488	QA
3	1	align=left	align=left	1:26.626	QB
4	1	align=left	align=left	1:26.773	QB
1	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.187	QA
2	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.252	QA
3	2	align=left	align=left	1:24.317	QB
4	2	align=left	align=left	1:25.102	ADV
	2	align=left	align=left		PEN

Final B

Rank	Name	Time
5	align=left	align=left	1:27.522
6	align=left	align=left	1:27.621
7	align=left	align=left	1:27.712

Final A

The final was held on 17 February 2018 at 21:24.^[6]

Rank	Name	Time
	align=left	align=left	1:24.650
	align=left	align=left	1:24.864
	align=left	align=left	1:31.619
4	align=left	align=left	1:33.312
8	align=left	align=left		PEN

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule. POCOG. 13 January 2018. 5 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule. dead.
Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 1,000m Heats (남자 1,000m 예선 / 1 000 m hommes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). PDF. Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. 13 February 2018.
Web site: Heats results . 2018-02-17 . 2019-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191220103801/https://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt%3D11213100000056%26gen%3Dm%26ref%3D18702%26view%3Drou . dead .
Web site: Quarterfinals results . 2018-02-17 . 2018-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180319035052/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000056&gen=m&ref=18707&view=rou . dead .
Web site: Semifinals results . 2018-02-17 . 2018-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180323124718/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000056&gen=m&ref=18709&view=rou . dead .
http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000056&gen=m&ref=18711&view=rou Final results