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

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Men's 1000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for short track
Venue Salt Lake Ice Center
Dates13–16 February
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning time1:29.109
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Steven Bradbury Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Apolo Anton Ohno Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Mathieu Turcotte Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1998
2006  

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 13 to 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center. This event is remembered for the victory of Australian Steven Bradbury, who benefited from all four other skaters in the final going down ahead of him, while Bradbury stayed on his feet and won gold. It was the first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for Australia. [1] [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: [3]

World recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Robillard  (CAN)1:25.985 Calgary, Canada 14 October 2001
Olympic recordFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Satoru Terao  (JPN)1:29.398 Nagano, Japan 17 February 1998

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateRoundTeamTimeORWR
13 FebruaryHeat 7Flag of the United States.svg  Rusty Smith  (USA)1:28.183OR
16 FebruaryQuarterfinal 3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mathieu Turcotte  (CAN)1:27.185OR

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 13 February. There were eight heats of four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals. [3]

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Wim De Deyne Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:30.950Q
2 Satoru Terao Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:31.025Q
3 Mark Jackson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:32.276
4 Miroslav Boyadzhiev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:32.421
Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Steven Bradbury Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:30.956Q
2 Nicola Rodigari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:30.991Q
3 Balázs Knoch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:31.061
4 Pieter Gysel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:31.290
Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Feng Kai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:32.554Q
2 Mark McNee Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:39.325Q
Gregory Durand Flag of France.svg  France DQ
Volodymyr Hryhor'iev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DQ
Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Naoya Tamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:28.867Q
2 Leon Flack Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:29.584Q
3 Krystian Zdrojkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:30.026
Martin Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DQ
Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Fabio Carta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:28.520Q
2 Marc Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:28.718Q
3 Cees Juffermans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:29.249
4 Matúš Užák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:17.608
Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Kim Dong-sung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:32.091Q
2 Apolo Anton Ohno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:33.167Q
3 Arian Nachbar Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:33.585
4 Battulgyn Oktyabri Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1:47.213
Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Rusty Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:28.183Q OR
2 Mathieu Turcotte Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:28.229Q
3 Bruno Loscos Flag of France.svg  France 1:28.532
4 Kiril Pandov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:31.842
Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Ahn Hyun-soo Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:30.252Q
2 Li Jiajun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:30.447Q
3 Kornél Szántó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:31.391
4 Nicky Gooch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:38.034

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 16 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. [3] In quarterfinal 2, Canada's Marc Gagnon was disqualified and Japan's Naoya Tamura advanced.

Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Fabio Carta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:28.186Q
2 Satoru Terao Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:28.241Q
3 Feng Kai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:28.424
4 Leon Flack Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:28.604
Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Apolo Anton Ohno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:28.650Q
2 Steven Bradbury Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:29.265Q
3 Naoya Tamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:29.864ADV
Marc Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DQ
Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Mathieu Turcotte Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:27.185Q OR
2 Ahn Hyun-soo Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:27.201Q
3 Nicola Rodigari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:27.578
4 Wim De Deyne Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:27.785
Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Kim Dong-sung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:27.429Q
2 Li Jiajun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:27.467Q
3 Rusty Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:28.078
4 Mark McNee Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:46.701

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 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. [3] In the first semifinal, Japan's Satoru Terao was disqualified, with Canada's Mathieu Turcotte, who finished third in the race, advancing to the A final.

Semifinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Steven Bradbury Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:29.189QA
2 Li Jiajun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:30.592QA
3 Mathieu Turcotte Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:35.156ADV
4 Kim Dong-sung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:52.645QB
Satoru Terao Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DQ
Semifinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Apolo Anton Ohno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:27.428QA
2 Ahn Hyun-soo Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:27.469QA
3 Fabio Carta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:27.492QB
4 Naoya Tamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:27.751QB

Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while three others raced for 6th place in Final B. [3] As a result of Li Jiajun's disqualification, however, the winner of the B final finished 5th.

Final A
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Steven Bradbury Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:29.109
Silver medal icon.svg Apolo Anton Ohno Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:30.160
Bronze medal icon.svg Mathieu Turcotte Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:30.563
4 Ahn Hyun-soo Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:32.519
Li Jiajun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DQ
Final B
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
5 Kim Dong-sung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:35.582
6 Fabio Carta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:35.589
7 Naoya Tamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:35.823

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References

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  2. "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.