Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres


The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 13–15 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.
The qualifying heats were held on 13 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 15 February.
The 2010 Olympic Champion was Lee Jung-Su of South Korea, who did not run. The defending World Champion was Sin Da-woon, also of South Korea. He did not win a medal.
Viktor Ahn and Vladimir Grigorev, both of Russia, won the gold and the silver medals, respectively. Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands became third. The medals of Ahn and Grigorev became the first ever gold and silver medals of Russia in short track speed skating, whereas the medal of Knegt became the first ever medal of the Netherlands in short track speed skating.
Gold medal won in this event featured Chelyabinsk meteor fragment to commemorate at first anniversary of this meteor strike.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 14 nations qualified to compete.

Results

The final results:

Preliminaries

RankHeatNameCountryTimeNotes
11Charle Cournoyer1:24.787Q
21Chris Creveling1:25.069Q
31Niels Kerstholt1:25.695
41Jon Eley1:25.748
12Olivier Jean1:26.089Q
22Sjinkie Knegt1:26.091Q
32Mackenzie Blackburn1:26.814
42Bence Béres1:27.735
13Vladimir Grigorev1:26.422Q
23Han Tianyu1:26.530Q
33Vladislav Bykanov1:27.796
43Richard Shoebridge1:27.806
14Wu Dajing1:24.950Q
24Viktor Knoch1:25.426Q
34Sébastien Lepape1:49.311ADV
–4Freek van der WartPEN
15Charles Hamelin1:25.742Q
25Eddy Alvarez1:26.070Q
35Jack Whelbourne1:26.086
45Liang Wenhao1:28.065
16J. R. Celski1:25.428Q
26Semion Elistratov1:26.121Q
36Ryosuke Sakazume1:26.468
46Maxime Chataignier2:20.479
17Viktor Ahn1:25.834Q
27Sin Da-woon1:25.893Q
37Yuzo Takamido1:25.905
47Robert Seifert1:29.468
18Lee Han-bin1:26.502Q
28Yuri Confortola1:26.956Q
38Sándor Liu Shaolin1:35.935ADV
48Thibaut Fauconnet2:00.795

Quarterfinal

RankQuarterfinalNameCountryTimeNotes
11Lee Han-bin1:24.444Q
21Han Tianyu1:24.490Q
31Chris Creveling1:24.691
41Sándor Liu Shaolin1.24.966
51Charle Cournoyer1:25.204
12Wu Dajing1:24.753Q
22Vladimir Grigorev1:24.868Q
32Sébastien Lepape1:25.368
42Yuri Confortola1:25.428
52Viktor Knoch1:25.673
13Viktor Ahn1:25.666Q
23Sjinkie Knegt1:25.695Q
33Eddy Alvarez1:39.092
43Charles Hamelin1:40.408
14Sin Da-woon1:24.215Q
24Semion Elistratov1:24.239Q
34Olivier Jean1:24.935
–4J. R. CelskiDNF

Semifinals

RankSemifinalNameCountryTimeNotes
11Vladimir Grigorev1:25.346QA
21Sin Da-woon1:25.564QA
31Sjinkie Knegt1:27.258ADV
–1Lee Han-binPEN
12Viktor Ahn1:24.102QA
22Wu Dajing1:24.239QA
32Semion Elistratov1:24.275QB
42Han Tianyu1:24.611QB

Finals

Final B (Classification Round)

Final A (Medal Round)

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
Viktor Ahn1:25.325
Vladimir Grigorev1:25.399
Sjinkie Knegt1:25.611
4Wu Dajing1:25.772
–Sin Da-woonPEN

Final standings

The final overall standings were:
RankNameCountry
Viktor Ahn
Vladimir Grigorev
Sjinkie Knegt
Wu Dajing
Han Tianyu
Semion Elistratov
Sin Da-woon
Lee Han-bin
Olivier Jean
10Chris Creveling
11Eddy Alvarez
12Sébastien Lepape
13J. R. Celski
14Charles Hamelin
15Yuri Confortola
16Sándor Liu Shaolin
17Charle Cournoyer
18Viktor Knoch
19Niels Kerstholt
20Yuzo Takamido
21Jack Whelbourne
22Ryosuke Sakazume
23Mackenzie Blackburn
24Vladislav Bykanov
25Jon Eley
26Bence Béres
27Jon Eley
28Liang Wenhao
29Robert Seifert
30Thibaut Fauconnet
31Maxime Chataignier
–Freek van der Wart