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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Round Team Time OR WR 13 February Heat 7 1:28.183 OR 16 February Quarterfinal 3 1:27.185 OR

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.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Wim De Deyne 1:30.950 Q 2 Satoru Terao 1:31.025 Q 3 Mark Jackson 1:32.276 4 Miroslav Boyadzhiev 1:32.421

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Steven Bradbury 1:30.956 Q 2 Nicola Rodigari 1:30.991 Q 3 Balázs Knoch 1:31.061 4 Pieter Gysel 1:31.290

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Feng Kai 1:32.554 Q 2 Mark McNee 1:39.325 Q – Gregory Durand DQ – Volodymyr Hryhor'iev DQ

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Naoya Tamura 1:28.867 Q 2 Leon Flack 1:29.584 Q 3 Krystian Zdrojkowski 1:30.026 – Martin Johansson DQ

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fabio Carta 1:28.520 Q 2 Marc Gagnon 1:28.718 Q 3 Cees Juffermans 1:29.249 4 Matúš Užák 2:17.608

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim Dong-sung 1:32.091 Q 2 Apolo Anton Ohno 1:33.167 Q 3 Arian Nachbar 1:33.585 4 Battulgyn Oktyabri 1:47.213

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Rusty Smith 1:28.183 Q 2 Mathieu Turcotte 1:28.229 Q 3 Bruno Loscos 1:28.532 4 Kiril Pandov 1:31.842

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ahn Hyun-soo 1:30.252 Q 2 Li Jiajun 1:30.447 Q 3 Kornél Szántó 1:31.391 4 Nicky Gooch 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. In quarterfinal 2, Canada's Marc Gagnon was disqualified and Japan's Naoya Tamura advanced.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fabio Carta 1:28.186 Q 2 Satoru Terao 1:28.241 Q 3 Feng Kai 1:28.424 4 Leon Flack 1:28.604

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Apolo Anton Ohno 1:28.650 Q 2 Steven Bradbury 1:29.265 Q 3 Naoya Tamura 1:29.864 ADV – Marc Gagnon DQ

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Mathieu Turcotte 1:27.185 Q 2 Ahn Hyun-soo 1:27.201 Q 3 Nicola Rodigari 1:27.578 4 Wim De Deyne 1:27.785

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim Dong-sung 1:27.429 Q 2 Li Jiajun 1:27.467 Q 3 Rusty Smith 1:28.078 4 Mark McNee 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. 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 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Steven Bradbury 1:29.189 QA 2 Li Jiajun 1:30.592 QA 3 Mathieu Turcotte 1:35.156 ADV 4 Kim Dong-sung 1:52.645 QB – Satoru Terao DQ

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Apolo Anton Ohno 1:27.428 QA 2 Ahn Hyun-soo 1:27.469 QA 3 Fabio Carta 1:27.492 QB 4 Naoya Tamura 1:27.751 QB

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

Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Steven Bradbury 1:29.109 Apolo Anton Ohno 1:30.160 Mathieu Turcotte 1:30.563 4 Ahn Hyun-soo 1:32.519 – Li Jiajun DQ

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 5 Kim Dong-sung 1:35.582 6 Fabio Carta 1:35.589 7 Naoya Tamura 1:35.823

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