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 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chae Ji-hoon 1:35.240 Q 2 Satoru Terao 1:35.323 Q 3 Yevhen Yakovlev 1:36.005 4 Ludovic Mathieu 1:36.076
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Naoya Tamura 1:31.168 Q 2 Fabio Carta 1:31.315 Q 3 Arian Nachbar 1:32.493 4 Maciej Pryczek 1:33.555
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Martin Johansson 1:31.515 Q 2 Andy Gabel 1:31.672 Q 3 Feng Kai 1:31.724 4 Yun Chol 1:33.133
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Lee Jun-hwan 1:32.879 Q 2 Éric Bédard 1:32.975 Q 3 Steven Bradbury 1:33.108
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 François Drolet 1:32.949 Q 2 Kim Dong-sung 1:33.039 Q 3 Nicky Gooch 1:33.638
Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Matt Jasper 1:32.709 Q 2 An Yulong 1:32.731 Q 3 Dave Versteeg 1:32.748 4 Boldyn Sansarbileg 1:39.913
Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Hitoshi Uematsu 1:30.466 Q 2 Marc Gagnon 1:30.476 Q 3 Bruno Loscos 1:30.805 4 Scott Koons 1:31.110
Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Rusty Smith 1:33.326 Q 2 Li Jiajun 1:34.023 Q 3 Han Sang-guk 1:34.220 – Michele Antonioli DSQ
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 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Satoru Terao 1:29.398 Q 2 Matt Jasper 1:31.798 Q 3 Lee Jun-hwan 1:38.115 ADV – Marc Gagnon DSQ
Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Fabio Carta 1:32.358 Q 2 Kim Dong-sung 1:32.423 Q 3 François Drolet 1:32.513 4 Martin Johansson 1:33.047
Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Naoya Tamura 1:29.509 Q 2 Éric Bédard 1:29.622 Q 3 An Yulong 1:29.784 4 Rusty Smith 1:39.775
Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Li Jiajun 1:34.510 Q 2 Chae Ji-hoon 1:34.902 Q 3 Andy Gabel 1:35.641 ADV – Hitoshi Uematsu DSQ
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 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Andy Gabel 1:32.985 QA 2 Éric Bédard 1:36.233 QA 3 Fabio Carta 1:39.402 QB 4 Naoya Tamura 1:42.908 QB – Chae Ji-hoon DSQ
Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim Dong-sung 1:32.036 QA 2 Li Jiajun 1:32.183 QA 3 Matt Jasper 1:32.549 QB 4 Lee Jun-hwan 1:32.634 QB 5 Satoru Terao 1:32.636
Finals The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B.
Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Kim Dong-sung 1:32.375 Li Jiajun 1:32.428 Éric Bédard 1:32.661 4 Andy Gabel 1:33.518
Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 5 Naoya Tamura 1:32.927 6 Fabio Carta 1:33.015 7 Lee Jun-hwan 1:33.131 8 Matt Jasper 1:34.285
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