The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 20 to 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

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 23 February Quarterfinal 1 1:31.235 OR

Results

Heats The first round was held on 20 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (S) 1:40.632 Q 2 Marie-Ève Drolet 1:40.646 Q 3 Christy Ren 1:50.094

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Evgeniya Radanova 1:49.496 Q 2 Christin Priebst 1:49.569 Q 3 Nataliya Dmitriyeva 1:50.132

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Jo Williams 1:39.672 Q 2 Nina Yevteyeva 1:46.673 Q 3 Cordia Tsoi 1:48.445 4 Erin Porter 1:56.409

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Choi Eun-kyung 1:37.609 Q 2 Caroline Hallisey 1:37.716 Q 3 Anna Krasteva 1:39.195 – Katia Zini DQ

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (A) 1:37.039 Q 2 Stéphanie Bouvier 1:37.684 Q 3 Szandra Lajtos 1:40.688

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ko Gi-hyun 1:42.093 Q 2 Sarah Lindsay 1:42.157 Q 3 Katalin Kristo 1:42.276 4 Kateřina Novotná 1:42.495

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Alanna Kraus 1:33.622 Q 2 Mara Zini 1:33.697 Q 3 Ikue Teshigawara 1:33.855 4 Marianna Nagy 1:39.648

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chikage Tanaka 1:42.332 Q 2 Yvonne Kunze 1:42.389 Q 3 Olga Danilov 1:42.767

Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were held on 23 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (A) 1:31.235 Q 2 Ko Gi-hyun 1:31.349 Q 3 Caroline Hallisey 1:33.007 4 Nina Yevteyeva 1:36.519

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Alanna Kraus 1:36.683 Q 2 Evgeniya Radanova 1:36.727 Q 3 Sarah Lindsay 1:36.753 4 Christin Priebst 1:36.848

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Choi Eun-kyung 1:34.842 Q 2 Chikage Tanaka 1:34.960 Q 3 Stéphanie Bouvier 1:35.409 4 Yvonne Kunze 1:35.830

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (S) 1:33.561 Q 2 Marie-Ève Drolet 1:33.578 Q 3 Mara Zini 1:33.880 4 Jo Williams 1:34.373

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 23 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 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marie-Ève Drolet 1:37.916 QA 2 Yang Yang (A) 1:38.037 QA 3 Chikage Tanaka 1:38.269 QB 4 Choi Eun-kyung 1:38.523 QB

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (S) 1:35.072 QA 2 Ko Gi-hyun 1:35.172 QA 3 Alanna Kraus 1:35.510 QB 4 Evgeniya Radanova 1:35.607 QB

Finals The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.

Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Yang Yang (A) 1:36.391 Ko Gi-hyun 1:36.427 Yang Yang (S) 1:37.008 4 Marie-Ève Drolet 1:37.563

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 5 Evgeniya Radanova 1:34.702 6 Choi Eun-kyung 1:34.808 7 Chikage Tanaka 1:35.125 8 Alanna Kraus 1:35.642

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