The Women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

Results

Heats The first round was held on 26 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Sylvie Daigle 1:41.88 Q 2 Sandrine Daudet 1:41.91 Q 3 Evgeniya Radanova 1:45.67 4 Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina 1:59.84

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Isabelle Charest 1:39.55 Q 2 Zhang Yanmei 1:39.72 Q 3 Katia Mosconi 1:41.51 – Yelena Sinitsina DQ

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim So-hee 1:43.76 Q 2 Amy Peterson 1:45.38 Q 3 Katia Colturi 1:46.89 4 Penèlope di Lella 1:47.54

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Marina Pylayeva 1:44.38 Q 2 Yang Yang (S) 1:46.53 Q 3 Cindy Meyer 1:47.85 4 Anke Jannie Landman 1:58.09

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ayako Tsubaki 1:39.61 Q 2 Marinella Canclini 1:39.74 Q 3 Sofie Pintens 1:41.12 4 Laure Drouet 1:41.21

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Karen Gardiner-Kah 1:41.64 Q 2 Cathy Turner 1:47.03 Q 3 Yelena Tikhanina 1:53.92

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Won Hye-kyung 1:42.75 Q 2 Wang Xiulan 1:43.71 Q 3 Debbie Palmer 1:44.72 4 Valérie Barizza 1:52.30

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nathalie Lambert 1:40.45 Q 2 Chun Lee-kyung 1:40.49 Q 3 Bea Pintens 1:43.16

Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were held on 26 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nathalie Lambert 1:38.75 Q 2 Yang Yang (S) 1:38.96 Q 3 Won Hye-kyung 1:39.03 4 Marinella Canclini 1:39.20

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Isabelle Charest 1:40.29 Q 2 Chun Lee-kyung 1:40.30 Q 3 Wang Xiulan 1:40.58 4 Marina Pylayeva 1:42.15

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim So-hee 1:38.61 Q 2 Cathy Turner 1:38.98 Q 3 Ayako Tsubaki 1:39.12 4 Sandrine Daudet 1:40.83

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Sylvie Daigle 1:38.82 Q 2 Zhang Yanmei 1:39.02 Q 3 Amy Peterson 1:39.51 4 Karen Gardiner-Kah 1:39.93

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 26 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 semifinal 2, China's Yang Yang (S) was advanced to the final, and Canada's Sylvie Daigle was disqualified.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim So-hee 1:37.17 QA 2 Zhang Yanmei 1:37.26 QA 3 Isabelle Charest 1:37.89 QB – Cathy Turner DQ

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nathalie Lambert 1:38.82 QA 2 Chun Lee-kyung 1:55.07 QA 3 Yang Yang (S) 2:12.06 QB – Sylvie Daigle DQ

Finals The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while Canada's Isabelle Charest raced alone for 5th place in Final B.

Final A Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Chun Lee-kyung 1:36.87 Nathalie Lambert 1:36.97 Kim So-hee 1:37.09 4 Zhang Yanmei 1:37.80 5 Yang Yang (S) 1:47.10

Final B Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 6 Isabelle Charest 1:37.49

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