Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1000 metres
Games:	1988 Winter
Venue:	Olympic Oval
Dates:	18 February
Competitors:	40
Nations:	16
Win Value:	1:13.03
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Nikolay Gulyayev
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Uwe-Jens Mey
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Igor Zhelezovski
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 18 February, at the Olympic Oval.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

The following new World and Olympic records was set during the competition.

Date	Pair	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
18 February	Pair 2			1:14.36	OR
18 February	Pair 3			1:13.03	OR

Results

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Rank	Pair	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	3	i			1:13.03	-
	5	o			1:13.11	+0.08
	5	i			1:13.19	+0.16
4	6	i			1:13.53	+0.50
5	19	i			1:13.77	+0.74
6	12	o			1:13.84	+0.81
7	4	i			1:14.16	+1.13
8	13	i			1:14.19	+1.16
9	20	i			1:14.36	+1.33
	2	o			1:14.36	+1.33
11	15	o			1:14.39	+1.36
12	20	o			1:14.41	+1.38
13	3	o			1:14.43	+1.40
14	9	o			1:14.61	+1.58
15	8	i			1:14.62	+1.59
	11	i			1:14.62	+1.59
17	2	i			1:14.68	+1.65
18	1	i			1:14.71	+1.68
19	17	o			1:14.72	+1.69
20	1	o			1:15.05	+2.02
21	15	i			1:15.07	+2.04
22	14	i			1:15.13	+2.10
23	8	o			1:15.28	+2.25
24	10	i			1:15.34	+2.31
25	9	i			1:15.39	+2.36
26	16	i			1:15.42	+2.39
27	14	o			1:15.79	+2.76
28	18	i			1:16.16	+3.13
29	19	o			1:16.32	+3.29
30	10	o			1:16.33	+3.30
31	12	i			1:16.38	+3.35
32	7	o			1:16.62	+3.59
33	13	o			1:17.91	+4.88
34	17	i			1:18.60	+5.57
35	15	o			1:23.88	+10.85
36	16	o			1:57.30	+44.27
-	7	i			DNF
-	4	o			DNF
-	6	o			DNF
-	11	o			DQ

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calgary 1988 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. 1988. 16 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 1,00 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1988/SSK/mens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 3 November 2019.
3. Web site: 1000m Men World Record Progression. International Skating Union. 2 November 2016.
4. Web site: 1000m Men Olympic Record Progression. International Skating Union. 2 November 2016.