Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres
The Women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.
Results
Heats
The first round was held on 26 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.;Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sylvie Daigle | 1:41.88 | Q | |
| 2 | Sandrine Daudet | 1:41.91 | Q | |
| 3 | Evgeniya Radanova | 1:45.67 | ||
| 4 | Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina | 1:59.84 |
;Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Isabelle Charest | 1:39.55 | Q | |
| 2 | Zhang Yanmei | 1:39.72 | Q | |
| 3 | Katia Mosconi | 1:41.51 | ||
| – | Yelena Sinitsina | DQ |
;Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim So-hee | 1:43.76 | Q | |
| 2 | Amy Peterson | 1:45.38 | Q | |
| 3 | Katia Colturi | 1:46.89 | ||
| 4 | Penèlope di Lella | 1:47.54 |
;Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marina Pylayeva | 1:44.38 | Q | |
| 2 | Yang Yang | 1:46.53 | Q | |
| 3 | Cindy Meyer | 1:47.85 | ||
| 4 | Anke Jannie Landman | 1:58.09 |
;Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ayako Tsubaki | 1:39.61 | Q | |
| 2 | Marinella Canclini | 1:39.74 | Q | |
| 3 | Sofie Pintens | 1:41.12 | ||
| 4 | Laure Drouet | 1:41.21 |
;Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karen Gardiner-Kah | 1:41.64 | Q | |
| 2 | Cathy Turner | 1:47.03 | Q | |
| 3 | Yelena Tikhonova | 1:53.92 |
;Heat 7
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Won Hye-kyung | 1:42.75 | Q | |
| 2 | Wang Xiulan | 1:43.71 | Q | |
| 3 | Debbie Palmer | 1:44.72 | ||
| 4 | Valérie Barizza | 1:52.30 |
;Heat 8
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathalie Lambert | 1:40.45 | Q | |
| 2 | Chun Lee-kyung | 1:40.49 | Q | |
| 3 | Bea Pintens | 1:43.16 |
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on 26 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.;Quarterfinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathalie Lambert | 1:38.75 | Q | |
| 2 | Yang Yang | 1:38.96 | Q | |
| 3 | Won Hye-kyung | 1:39.03 | ||
| 4 | Marinella Canclini | 1:39.20 |
;Quarterfinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Isabelle Charest | 1:40.29 | Q | |
| 2 | Chun Lee-kyung | 1:40.30 | Q | |
| 3 | Wang Xiulan | 1:40.58 | ||
| 4 | Marina Pylayeva | 1:42.15 |
;Quarterfinal 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim So-hee | 1:38.61 | Q | |
| 2 | Cathy Turner | 1:38.98 | Q | |
| 3 | Ayako Tsubaki | 1:39.12 | ||
| 4 | Sandrine Daudet | 1:40.83 |
;Quarterfinal 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sylvie Daigle | 1:38.82 | Q | |
| 2 | Zhang Yanmei | 1:39.02 | Q | |
| 3 | Amy Peterson | 1:39.51 | ||
| 4 | Karen Gardiner-Kah | 1:39.93 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 26 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. In semifinal 2, China's Yang Yang was advanced to the final, and Canada's Sylvie Daigle was disqualified.;Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim So-hee | 1:37.17 | QA | |
| 2 | Zhang Yanmei | 1:37.26 | QA | |
| 3 | Isabelle Charest | 1:37.89 | QB | |
| – | Cathy Turner | DQ |
;Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathalie Lambert | 1:38.82 | QA | |
| 2 | Chun Lee-kyung | 1:55.07 | QA | |
| 3 | Yang Yang | 2:12.06 | QB | |
| – | Sylvie Daigle | DQ |
Finals
The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while Canada's Isabelle Charest raced alone for 5th place in Final B.;Final A
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| Chun Lee-kyung | 1:36.87 | |||
| Nathalie Lambert | 1:36.97 | |||
| Kim So-hee | 1:37.09 | |||
| 4 | Zhang Yanmei | 1:37.80 | ||
| 5 | Yang Yang | 1:47.10 |
;Final B
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 6 | Isabelle Charest | 1:37.49 |