Short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

Men's 1000 metres
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Men's 1000 metres; at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for short track
Venue	La halle de glace Olympique
Dates	February 18–20
Competitors	28 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:30.76
Medalists
	1994 →

Last updated December 07, 2024

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 18 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:33.21	Q OR
2	Hugo Herrnhof	Italy	1:33.35	Q
3	Chris Nicholson	New Zealand	1:33.45
4	Tibor Kun Bálint	Hungary	1:36.86

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:38.67	Q
2	Tsutomu Kawasaki	Japan	1:38.75	Q
3	Gisle Elvebakken	Norway	1:41.50
4	Nicky Gooch	Great Britain	2:24.43

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Jasper	Great Britain	1:36.82	Q
2	Dmitry Yershov	Unified Team	1:37.71	Q
3	Toshinobu Kawai	Japan	1:42.28
–	Li Won-ho	North Korea	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:38.66	Q
2	Mark Velzeboer	Netherlands	1:38.74	Q
3	Richard Nizielski	Australia	1:38.80

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:39.19	Q
2	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:39.30	Q
–	Andy Gabel	United States	DQ

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	1:37.79	Q
2	Li Lianli	China	1:37.85	Q
3	Song Jae-kun	South Korea	1:37.86

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:33.79	Q
2	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Japan	1:34.11	Q
3	Andrew Murtha	Australia	1:34.71

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:33.57	Q
2	Alain De Ruyter	Belgium	1:34.18	Q
3	Marc Bella	France	1:34.22
4	Orazio Fagone	Italy	1:34.91

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 20 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.^[1]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:33.51	Q
2	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:33.66	Q
3	Matthew Jasper	Great Britain	1:34.69
4	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Japan	1:34.86

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	1:33.62	Q
2	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:33.71	Q
3	Dmitry Yershov	Unified Team	1:34.02
4	Alain De Ruyter	Belgium	1:34.60

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:32.67	Q
2	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:32.69	Q
3	Mark Velzeboer	Netherlands	1:33.86
4	Li Lianli	China	1:33.90

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:34.68	Q
2	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:34.83	Q
3	Hugo Herrnhof	Italy	1:34.85
4	Tsutomu Kawasaki	Japan	1:35.66

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 20 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.^[1]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:31.27	QA
2	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:31.60	QA
3	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:32.10	QB
4	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	2:05.04	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:32.12	QA
2	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:32.23	QA
3	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:32.30	QB
4	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:33.04	QB

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.^[1]

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:30.76
	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:31.11
	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:31.16
4	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:31.32

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
5	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	1:36.24
6	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:36.28
7	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:36.28
8	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:37.10

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
↑ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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[OfficialReport-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2014.

[SR-2] "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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v t e Olympic champions in men's 1000 m short track speed skating
As exhibition sport	1988: Wilf O'Reilly (GBR)
As official sport	1992: Kim Ki-hoon (KOR) 1994: Kim Ki-hoon (KOR) 1998: Kim Dong-sung (KOR) 2002: Steven Bradbury (AUS) 2006: Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) 2010: Lee Jung-su (KOR) 2014: Viktor Ahn (RUS) 2018: Samuel Girard (CAN) 2022: Ren Ziwei (CHN)