Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres explained

Event:Men's 1000 metres
Games:2002 Winter
Venue:Utah Olympic Oval
Dates:February 16
Competitors:44
Nations:18
Longnames:yes
Win Value:1:07.18 WR
Gold:Gerard van Velde
Goldnoc:NED
Silver:Jan Bos
Silvernoc:NED
Bronze:Joey Cheek
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1998
Next:2006

The men's 1000 m speed skating competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Gerard van Velde, who had finished 4th in the Olympics twice already, delivered a surprise by skating a world record and winning the gold medal.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time OR WR
February 16 Pair 1 1:09.79 OR
February 16 Pair 2 1:09.15 OR
February 16 Pair 14 1:08.81 OR
February 16 Pair 15 1:07.18 OR WR

Results

Rank Pair Name Country Time Time behind Notes
15 1:07.18
19 1:07.53 +0.35
20 1:07.61 +0.43
4 17 1:07.89 +0.71
5 22 1:07.95 +0.77
6 18 1:07.97 +0.79
7 19 1:08.15 +0.97
8 16 1:08.37 +1.19
9 15 1:08.41 +1.23
10 16 1:08.45 +1.27
11 21 1:08.64 +1.46
12 14 1:08.81 +1.63
13 22 1:08.82 +1.64
14 21 1:08.88 +1.70
15 18 1:08.90 +1.72
16 20 1:08.95 +1.77
17 2 1:09.15 +1.97
18 12 1:09.20 +2.02
19 11 1:09.21 +2.03
20 13 1:09.26 +2.08
21 13 1:09.48 +2.30
22 14 1:09.50 +2.32
23 4 1:09.55 +2.37
24 17 1:09.64 +2.46
25 1 1:09.79 +2.61
26 6 1:09.81 +2.63
27 1 1:10.13 +2.95
28 11 1:10.14 +2.96
29 10 1:10.21 +3.03
30 5 1:10.38 +3.20
31 6 1:10.57 +3.39
32 4 1:10.67 +3.49
33 7 1:10.70 +3.52
34 2 1:10.71 +3.53
35 3 1:10.78 +3.60
36 5 1:10.96 +3.78
37 8 1:11.04 +3.86
38 3 1:11.26 +4.08
39 10 1:11.31 +4.13
40 7 1:12.07 +4.89
41 9 1:12.33 +5.15
42 8 1:13.73 +6.55
43 9 1:14.05 +6.87
44 12 1:49.18 +42.00

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225541/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/SSK/mens-1000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 7 November 2019.