Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres explained

The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Zetra Ice Rink.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3] ^[4]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Time	Time behind
	10	o	1:15.80
	4	i	1:16.63
	5	i	1:16.75
4	5	o	1:16.85
5	2	o	1:17.33
6	3	i	1:17.42
7	8	o	1:17.46
7	8	i	1:17.46
9	1	o	1:17.49
10	3	o	1:17.57
11	6	o	1:17.64
12	2	i	1:18.12
13	14	i	1:18.57
14	12	i	1:18.64
15	9	o	1:18.65
16	1	i	1:18.73
17	4	o	1:18.74
18	22	o	1:18.77
19	9	i	1:18.79
20	6	i	1:18.81
21	10	i	1:18.95
22	13	o	1:19.05
23	19	i	1:19.13
23	21	i	1:19.13
25	17	i	1:19.14
26	20	i	1:19.39
27	7	i	1:19.53
28	11	o	1:19.55
29	11	i	1:19.92
30	19	o	1:19.94
31	7	o	1:19.95
32	20	i	1:20.89
33	16	o	1:20.98
34	12	o	1:21.14
35	17	i	1:21.16
36	18	o	1:22.04
37	15	i	1:22.10
38	22	i	1:22.26
39	13	i	1:24.20
40	16	i	1:24.21
41	21	o	1:26.63	+10.83
42	18	o	1:30.59	+14.79
43	15	i	1:33.33	+20.59

Web site: Sarajevo 1984 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. 1984. 29 January 2014.
Web site: Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212932/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/mens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 2 November 2019.
Web site: 1000m Ladies World Record Progression. International Skating Union. 2 November 2016.
Web site: 1000m Ladies Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. 2 November 2016.