The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 22 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.
Results Heats The first round was held on 22 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marc Gagnon 1:32.52 Q 2 Kieran Hansen 1:32.96 Q 3 Mirko Vuillermin 1:33.51 4 Batchuluuny Bat–Orgil 1:40.41
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Andy Gabel 1:32.32 Q 2 Richard Nizielski 1:32.42 Q 3 Martin Johansson 1:32.50 4 Mike McMillen 1:32.65
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Satoru Terao 1:31.11 Q 2 Nicky Gooch 1:32.05 Q 3 John Coyle 1:32.92 4 Igor Ozerov 1:44.38
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim Ki-hoon 1:33.63 Q 2 Eric Flaim 1:33.71 Q 3 Erik Duyvelshoff 1:34.37
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Frédéric Blackburn 1:32.11 Q 2 Orazio Fagone 1:32.19 Q 3 Sergey Kobyzev 1:33.07 4 Andrew Nicholson 1:34.18
Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Lee Joon-ho 1:33.67 Q 2 Li Lianli 1:34.52 Q 3 Steven Bradbury 2:01.89 – Geert Blanchart DQ
Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Derrick Campbell 1:33.00 Q 2 Li Jiajun 1:33.14 Q 3 Wilf O'Reilly 1:33.57 4 Bruno Loscos 1:33.93
Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chae Ji-hoon 1:32.11 Q 2 Bjørnar Elgetun 1:32.35 Q 3 Jun Uematsu 1:32.67 4 Chris Nicholson 1:34.91
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were held on 22 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chae Ji-hoon 1:31.40 Q 2 Derrick Campbell 1:31.82 Q 3 Kieran Hansen 1:32.34 – Orazio Fagone DQ
Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Lee Joon-ho 1:29.58 Q 2 Satoru Terao 1:29.64 Q 3 Eric Flaim 1:29.70 4 Richard Nizielski 1:29.93
Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Frédéric Blackburn 1:30.83 Q 2 Kim Ki-hoon 1:30.89 Q 3 Bjørnar Elgetun 1:30.96 4 Li Lianli 1:32.16
Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marc Gagnon 1:31.93 Q 2 Nicky Gooch 1:32.00 Q 3 Andy Gabel 1:33.59 – Li Jiajun DQ
Semifinals The semifinals were held on 22 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 Kim Ki-hoon 1:31.69 QA 2 Nicky Gooch 1:31.77 QA 3 Lee Joon-ho 1:31.93 QB 4 Marc Gagnon 2:16.27 QB
Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Chae Ji-hoon 1:31.56 QA 2 Derrick Campbell 1:36.12 QA 3 Frédéric Blackburn 1:41.71 QB 4 Satoru Terao 1:43.58 QB
Finals The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B. Having left the track early due to a lap counting error, Derrick Campbell failed to finish the final, not completing the sufficient number of laps, and Nicky Gooch was disqualified, so the winner of the B final, Marc Gagnon was awarded the bronze medal.
Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Kim Ki-hoon 1:34.57 Chae Ji-hoon 1:34.92 – Nicky Gooch DQ – Derrick Campbell DNF
Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Marc Gagnon 1:33.03 4 Satoru Terao 1:33.39 5 Lee Joon-ho 1:44.99 – Frédéric Blackburn DQ
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