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

    Q – qualified for Quarterfinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Charle Cournoyer | Canada | 1:24.787 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Chris Creveling | United States | 1:25.069 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | 1:25.695 | |
| 4 | 1 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 1:25.748 | |
| 1 | 2 | Olivier Jean | Canada | 1:26.089 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 1:26.091 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mackenzie Blackburn | Chinese Taipei | 1:26.814 | |
| 4 | 2 | Bence Béres | Hungary | 1:27.735 | |
| 1 | 3 | Vladimir Grigorev | Russia | 1:26.422 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Han Tianyu | China | 1:26.530 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Vladislav Bykanov | Israel | 1:27.796 | |
| 4 | 3 | Richard Shoebridge | Great Britain | 1:27.806 | |
| 1 | 4 | Wu Dajing | China | 1:24.950 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary | 1:25.426 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sébastien Lepape | France | 1:49.311 | ADV |
| – | 4 | Freek van der Wart | Netherlands | | PEN |
| 1 | 5 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 1:25.742 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Eddy Alvarez | United States | 1:26.070 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jack Whelbourne | Great Britain | 1:26.086 | |
| 4 | 5 | Liang Wenhao | China | 1:28.065 | |
| 1 | 6 | J. R. Celski | United States | 1:25.428 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Semion Elistratov | Russia | 1:26.121 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 1:26.468 | |
| 4 | 6 | Maxime Chataignier | France | 2:20.479 | |
| 1 | 7 | Viktor Ahn | Russia | 1:25.834 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea | 1:25.893 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Yuzo Takamido | Japan | 1:25.905 | |
| 4 | 7 | Robert Seifert | Germany | 1:29.468 | |
| 1 | 8 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea | 1:26.502 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 1:26.956 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary | 1:35.935 | ADV |
| 4 | 8 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France | 2:00.795 | |

**Quarterfinal**


    Q – qualified for the semifinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card

| Rank | Quarterfinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea | 1:24.444 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Han Tianyu | China | 1:24.490 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Chris Creveling | United States | 1:24.691 | |
| 4 | 1 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary | 1.24.966 | |
| 5 | 1 | Charle Cournoyer | Canada | 1:25.204 | |
| 1 | 2 | Wu Dajing | China | 1:24.753 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Vladimir Grigorev | Russia | 1:24.868 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sébastien Lepape | France | 1:25.368 | |
| 4 | 2 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 1:25.428 | |
| 5 | 2 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary | 1:25.673 | |
| 1 | 3 | Viktor Ahn | Russia | 1:25.666 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 1:25.695 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Eddy Alvarez | United States | 1:39.092 | |
| 4 | 3 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 1:40.408 | |
| 1 | 4 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea | 1:24.215 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Semion Elistratov | Russia | 1:24.239 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Olivier Jean | Canada | 1:24.935 | |
| – | 4 | J. R. Celski | United States | DNF | |

**Semifinals**

| Rank | Semifinal | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Vladimir Grigorev | Russia | 1:25.346 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea | 1:25.564 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 1:27.258 | ADV |
| – | 1 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Viktor Ahn | Russia | 1:24.102 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Wu Dajing | China | 1:24.239 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Semion Elistratov | Russia | 1:24.275 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Han Tianyu | China | 1:24.611 | QB |

### Finals

**Final B (Classification Round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Han Tianyu | China | 1:29.334 | |
| 6 | Semion Elistratov | Russia | 1:29.429 | |

**Final A (Medal Round)**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Viktor Ahn | Russia | 1:25.325 | |
| | Vladimir Grigorev | Russia | 1:25.399 | |
| | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 1:25.611 | |
| 4 | Wu Dajing | China | 1:25.772 | |
| – | Sin Da-woon | South Korea | | PEN |

## Final standings

The final overall standings were:

| Rank | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Viktor Ahn | Russia |
| | Vladimir Grigorev | Russia |
| | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands |
| 4 | Wu Dajing | China |
| 5 | Han Tianyu | China |
| 6 | Semion Elistratov | Russia |
| 7 | Sin Da-woon | South Korea |
| 8 | Lee Han-bin | South Korea |
| 9 | Olivier Jean | Canada |
| 10 | Chris Creveling | United States |
| 11 | Eddy Alvarez | United States |
| 12 | Sébastien Lepape | France |
| 13 | J. R. Celski | United States |
| 14 | Charles Hamelin | Canada |
| 15 | Yuri Confortola | Italy |
| 16 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary |
| 17 | Charle Cournoyer | Canada |
| 18 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary |
| 19 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands |
| 20 | Yuzo Takamido | Japan |
| 21 | Jack Whelbourne | Great Britain |
| 22 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan |
| 23 | Mackenzie Blackburn | Chinese Taipei |
| 24 | Vladislav Bykanov | Israel |
| 25 | Jon Eley | Great Britain |
| 26 | Bence Béres | Hungary |
| 27 | Richard Shoebridge | Great Britain |
| 28 | Liang Wenhao | China |
| 29 | Robert Seifert | Germany |
| 30 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France |
| 31 | Maxime Chataignier | France |
| – | Freek van der Wart | Netherlands |
