Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres


The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February at the White Ring.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 17 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.
;Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Chae Ji-hoon1:35.240Q
2Satoru Terao1:35.323Q
3Yevhen Yakovlev1:36.005
4Ludovic Mathieu1:36.076

;Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Naoya Tamura1:31.168Q
2Fabio Carta1:31.315Q
3Arian Nachbar1:32.493
4Maciej Pryczek1:33.555

;Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Martin Johansson1:31.515Q
2Andy Gabel1:31.672Q
3Feng Kai1:31.724
4Yun Chol1:33.133

;Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Lee Jun-hwan1:32.879Q
2Éric Bédard1:32.975Q
3Steven Bradbury1:33.108

;Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1François Drolet1:32.949Q
2Kim Dong-sung1:33.039Q
3Nicky Gooch1:33.638

;Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Matt Jasper1:32.709Q
2An Yulong1:32.731Q
3Dave Versteeg1:32.748
4Boldyn Sansarbileg1:39.913

;Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Hitoshi Uematsu1:30.466Q
2Marc Gagnon1:30.476Q
3Bruno Loscos1:30.805
4Scott Koons1:31.110

;Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Rusty Smith1:33.326Q
2Li Jiajun1:34.023Q
3Han Sang-guk1:34.220
–Michele AntonioliDSQ

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 17 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal 1, Canada's Marc Gagnon was disqualified, and South Korea's Lee Jun-hwan was advanced. In quarterfinal 4, Japan's Hiotshi Uematsu was disqualified, and USA's Andy Gabel was advanced.
;Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Satoru Terao1:29.398Q
2Matt Jasper1:31.798Q
3Lee Jun-hwan1:38.115ADV
–Marc GagnonDSQ

;Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Fabio Carta1:32.358Q
2Kim Dong-sung1:32.423Q
3François Drolet1:32.513
4Martin Johansson1:33.047

;Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Naoya Tamura1:29.509Q
2Éric Bédard1:29.622Q
3An Yulong1:29.784
4Rusty Smith1:39.775

;Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Li Jiajun1:34.510Q
2Chae Ji-hoon1:34.902Q
3Andy Gabel1:35.641ADV
–Hitoshi UematsuDSQ

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.
;Semifinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Andy Gabel1:32.985QA
2Éric Bédard1:36.233QA
3Fabio Carta1:39.402QB
4Naoya Tamura1:42.908QB
–Chae Ji-hoonDSQ

;Semifinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Kim Dong-sung1:32.036QA
2Li Jiajun1:32.183QA
3Matt Jasper1:32.549QB
4Lee Jun-hwan1:32.634QB
5Satoru Terao1:32.636

Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.
;Final A
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Kim Dong-sung1:32.375
Li Jiajun1:32.428
Éric Bédard1:32.661
4Andy Gabel1:33.518

;Final B
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
5Naoya Tamura1:32.927
6Fabio Carta1:33.015
7Lee Jun-hwan1:33.131
8Matt Jasper1:34.285