The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 13–15 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.

The qualifying heats were held on 13 February with the quarterfinal, the semifinal and the final were held on 15 February.

The 2010 Olympic Champion was Lee Jung-Su of South Korea, who did not run. The defending World Champion was Sin Da-woon, also of South Korea. He did not win a medal.

Viktor Ahn and Vladimir Grigorev, both of Russia, won the gold and the silver medals, respectively. Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands became third. The medals of Ahn and Grigorev became the first ever gold and silver medals of Russia in short track speed skating, whereas the medal of Knegt became the first ever medal of the Netherlands in short track speed skating.

Gold medal won in this event featured Chelyabinsk meteor fragment to commemorate at first anniversary of this meteor strike.

Qualification Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013. A nation may enter a maximum of three athletes per event. For this event a total of 32 athletes representing 14 nations qualified to compete.

Results The final results:

Preliminaries Q – qualified for Quarterfinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Charle Cournoyer 1:24.787 Q 2 1 Chris Creveling 1:25.069 Q 3 1 Niels Kerstholt 1:25.695 4 1 Jon Eley 1:25.748 1 2 Olivier Jean 1:26.089 Q 2 2 Sjinkie Knegt 1:26.091 Q 3 2 Mackenzie Blackburn 1:26.814 4 2 Bence Béres 1:27.735 1 3 Vladimir Grigorev 1:26.422 Q 2 3 Han Tianyu 1:26.530 Q 3 3 Vladislav Bykanov 1:27.796 4 3 Richard Shoebridge 1:27.806 1 4 Wu Dajing 1:24.950 Q 2 4 Viktor Knoch 1:25.426 Q 3 4 Sébastien Lepape 1:49.311 ADV – 4 Freek van der Wart PEN 1 5 Charles Hamelin 1:25.742 Q 2 5 Eddy Alvarez 1:26.070 Q 3 5 Jack Whelbourne 1:26.086 4 5 Liang Wenhao 1:28.065 1 6 J. R. Celski 1:25.428 Q 2 6 Semion Elistratov 1:26.121 Q 3 6 Ryosuke Sakazume 1:26.468 4 6 Maxime Chataignier 2:20.479 1 7 Viktor Ahn 1:25.834 Q 2 7 Sin Da-woon 1:25.893 Q 3 7 Yuzo Takamido 1:25.905 4 7 Robert Seifert 1:29.468 1 8 Lee Han-bin 1:26.502 Q 2 8 Yuri Confortola 1:26.956 Q 3 8 Sándor Liu Shaolin 1:35.935 ADV 4 8 Thibaut Fauconnet 2:00.795

Quarterfinal Q – qualified for the semifinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty YC – yellow card

Rank Quarterfinal Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Lee Han-bin 1:24.444 Q 2 1 Han Tianyu 1:24.490 Q 3 1 Chris Creveling 1:24.691 4 1 Sándor Liu Shaolin 1.24.966 5 1 Charle Cournoyer 1:25.204 1 2 Wu Dajing 1:24.753 Q 2 2 Vladimir Grigorev 1:24.868 Q 3 2 Sébastien Lepape 1:25.368 4 2 Yuri Confortola 1:25.428 5 2 Viktor Knoch 1:25.673 1 3 Viktor Ahn 1:25.666 Q 2 3 Sjinkie Knegt 1:25.695 Q 3 3 Eddy Alvarez 1:39.092 4 3 Charles Hamelin 1:40.408 1 4 Sin Da-woon 1:24.215 Q 2 4 Semion Elistratov 1:24.239 Q 3 4 Olivier Jean 1:24.935 – 4 J. R. Celski DNF

Semifinals

Rank Semifinal Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Vladimir Grigorev 1:25.346 QA 2 1 Sin Da-woon 1:25.564 QA 3 1 Sjinkie Knegt 1:27.258 ADV – 1 Lee Han-bin PEN 1 2 Viktor Ahn 1:24.102 QA 2 2 Wu Dajing 1:24.239 QA 3 2 Semion Elistratov 1:24.275 QB 4 2 Han Tianyu 1:24.611 QB

Finals Final B (Classification Round) Rank Name Country Time Notes 5 Han Tianyu 1:29.334 6 Semion Elistratov 1:29.429

Final A (Medal Round)

Rank Name Country Time Notes Viktor Ahn 1:25.325 Vladimir Grigorev 1:25.399 Sjinkie Knegt 1:25.611 4 Wu Dajing 1:25.772 – Sin Da-woon PEN

Final standings The final overall standings were:

Rank Name Country Viktor Ahn Vladimir Grigorev Sjinkie Knegt Wu Dajing Han Tianyu Semion Elistratov Sin Da-woon Lee Han-bin Olivier Jean 10 Chris Creveling 11 Eddy Alvarez 12 Sébastien Lepape 13 J. R. Celski 14 Charles Hamelin 15 Yuri Confortola 16 Sándor Liu Shaolin 17 Charle Cournoyer 18 Viktor Knoch 19 Niels Kerstholt 20 Yuzo Takamido 21 Jack Whelbourne 22 Ryosuke Sakazume 23 Mackenzie Blackburn 24 Vladislav Bykanov 25 Jon Eley 26 Bence Béres 27 Richard Shoebridge 28 Liang Wenhao 29 Robert Seifert 30 Thibaut Fauconnet 31 Maxime Chataignier – Freek van der Wart

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