Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres
# Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Samuel Girard won gold, John-Henry Krueger took the silver medal, and Seo Yi-ra won bronze. For all of them, this was their first Olympic medal.

Charles Hamelin set an Olympic record in the heats but was disqualified in semifinals. In Final A, Sándor Liu Shaolin, trying to pass from the inside, interfered with one of the competitors, which resulted in the fall of both Lim Hyo-jun and Seo Yi-ra. The two remaining contenders, Girard and Krueger, became gold and silver medalists. Liu Shaolin was disqualified, and Seo Yi-ra won the bronze medal by standing after the fall and crossing the finish line first.

## Records

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

| World record | Hwang Dae-heon (KOR) | 1:20.875 | Salt Lake City, United States | 12 November 2016 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Lee Jung-su (KOR) | 1:23.747 | Vancouver, Canada | 20 February 2010 |

One Olympic record was set during the competition.

| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 February | Heat 5 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 1:23.407 | OR | |

## Results

### Heats

    Q – qualified for the quarterfinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card
    OR - olympic record

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | John-Henry Krueger | United States | 1:25.913 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Farrell Treacy | Great Britain | 1:26.762 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | DNF | ADV |
| | 1 | Shaoang Liu | Hungary | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 1:23.971 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kazuki Yoshinaga | Japan | 1:24.030 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Charle Cournoyer | Canada | 1:24.051 | |
| 4 | 2 | Daan Breeuwsma | Netherlands | 1:24.429 | |
| 1 | 3 | Samuel Girard | Canada | 1:23.894 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Semion Elistratov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 1:23.979 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Keita Watanabe | Japan | 1:24.078 | |
| 4 | 3 | Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev | Kazakhstan | 1:24.271 | |
| 1 | 4 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | 1:23.823 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France | 1:24.381 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Roberts Zvejnieks | Latvia | 1:26.408 | ADV |
| | 4 | Ren Ziwei | China | | PEN |
| 1 | 5 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 1:23.407 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 5 | Wu Dajing | China | 1:23.463 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sébastien Lepape | France | 1:23.489 | |
| 4 | 5 | Aleksandr Shulginov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 1:31.133 | |
| 1 | 6 | Itzhak de Laat | Netherlands | 1:24.639 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Seo Yi-ra | South Korea | 1:24.734 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Tommaso Dotti | Italy | 1:25.369 | |
| | 6 | Han Tianyu | China | | PEN |
| 1 | 7 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | 1:24.457 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 1:25.297 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Josh Cheetham | Great Britain | 1:26.223 | |
| | 7 | Vladislav Bykanov | Israel | | PEN |
| 1 | 8 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary | 1:31.547 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Roberto Puķītis | Latvia | 1:31.635 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | J. R. Celski | United States | 1:31.812 | |
| | 8 | Pavel Sitnikov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | | PEN |

### Quarterfinals

    Q – qualified for Semifinals
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Seo Yi-ra | South Korea | 1:24.053 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 1:24.095 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Thibaut Fauconnet | France | 1:24.344 | |
| | 1 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | | PEN |
| 1 | 2 | Samuel Girard | Canada | 1:24.289 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 1:24.383 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Itzhak de Laat | Netherlands | 1:24.423 | |
| 4 | 2 | Kazuki Yoshinaga | Japan | 1:24.649 | |
| 1 | 3 | Semion Elistratov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 1:23.893 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 1:24.099 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | John-Henry Krueger | United States | 1:24.598 | ADV |
| 4 | 3 | Farrell Treacy | Great Britain | 1:25.080 | |
| | 3 | Sjinkie Knegt | Netherlands | | PEN |
| 1 | 4 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary | 1:24.012 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 1:24.015 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Roberto Puķītis | Latvia | 1:24.022 | |
| 4 | 4 | Roberts Zvejnieks | Latvia | 1:24.306 | |
| | 4 | Wu Dajing | China | | PEN |

### Semifinals

    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B
    ADV – advanced
    PEN – penalty
    YC – yellow card

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 1:26.463 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary | 1:26.488 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 1:26.626 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Semion Elistratov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 1:26.773 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | John-Henry Krueger | United States | 1:24.187 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Seo Yi-ra | South Korea | 1:24.252 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 1:24.317 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Samuel Girard | Canada | 1:25.102 | ADV |
| | 2 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | | PEN |

### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Ryosuke Sakazume | Japan | 1:27.522 |
| 6 | Semion Elistratov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 1:27.621 |
| 7 | Yuri Confortola | Italy | 1:27.712 |

### Final A

The final was held on 17 February 2018 at 21:24.

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Samuel Girard | Canada | 1:24.650 | |
| | John-Henry Krueger | United States | 1:24.864 | |
| | Seo Yi-ra | South Korea | 1:31.619 | |
| 4 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 1:33.312 | |
| 8 | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Hungary | | PEN |
