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


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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateRoundTeamTimeORWR
23 FebruaryQuarterfinal 11:31.235OR

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 20 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.
;Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Yang Yang 1:40.632Q
2Marie-Ève Drolet1:40.646Q
3Christy Ren1:50.094

;Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Evgeniya Radanova1:49.496Q
2Christin Priebst1:49.569Q
3Nataliya Dmitriyeva1:50.132

;Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Jo Williams1:39.672Q
2Nina Yevteyeva1:46.673Q
3Cordia Tsoi1:48.445
4Erin Porter1:56.409

;Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Choi Eun-kyung1:37.609Q
2Caroline Hallisey1:37.716Q
3Anna Krasteva1:39.195
Katia ZiniDQ

;Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Yang Yang 1:37.039Q
2Stéphanie Bouvier1:37.684Q
3Szandra Lajtos1:40.688

;Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ko Gi-hyun1:42.093Q
2Sarah Lindsay1:42.157Q
3Katalin Kristo1:42.276
4Kateřina Novotná1:42.495

;Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Alanna Kraus1:33.622Q
2Mara Zini1:33.697Q
3Ikue Teshigawara1:33.855
4Marianna Nagy1:39.648

;Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Chikage Tanaka1:42.332Q
2Yvonne Kunze1:42.389Q
3Olga Danilov1:42.767

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 23 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.
;Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Yang Yang 1:31.235Q
2Ko Gi-hyun1:31.349Q
3Caroline Hallisey1:33.007
4Nina Yevteyeva1:36.519

;Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Alanna Kraus1:36.683Q
2Evgeniya Radanova1:36.727Q
3Sarah Lindsay1:36.753
4Christin Priebst1:36.848

;Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Choi Eun-kyung1:34.842Q
2Chikage Tanaka1:34.960Q
3Stéphanie Bouvier1:35.409
4Yvonne Kunze1:35.830

;Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Yang Yang 1:33.561Q
2Marie-Ève Drolet1:33.578Q
3Mara Zini1:33.880
4Jo Williams1:34.373

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.
;Semifinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Marie-Ève Drolet1:37.916QA
2Yang Yang 1:38.037QA
3Chikage Tanaka1:38.269QB
4Choi Eun-kyung1:38.523QB

;Semifinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Yang Yang 1:35.072QA
2Ko Gi-hyun1:35.172QA
3Alanna Kraus1:35.510QB
4Evgeniya Radanova1:35.607QB

Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.
;Final A
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Yang Yang 1:36.391
Ko Gi-hyun1:36.427
Yang Yang 1:37.008
4Marie-Ève Drolet1:37.563

;Final B
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
5Evgeniya Radanova1:34.702
6Choi Eun-kyung1:34.808
7Chikage Tanaka1:35.125
8Alanna Kraus1:35.642