The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 13 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Samuel Girard won gold, John-Henry Krueger took the silver medal, and Seo Yi-ra won bronze. For all of them, this was their first Olympic medal.

Charles Hamelin set an Olympic record in the heats but was disqualified in semifinals. In Final A, Sándor Liu Shaolin, trying to pass from the inside, interfered with one of the competitors, which resulted in the fall of both Lim Hyo-jun and Seo Yi-ra. The two remaining contenders, Girard and Krueger, became gold and silver medalists. Liu Shaolin was disqualified, and Seo Yi-ra won the bronze medal by standing after the fall and crossing the finish line first.

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

One Olympic record was set during the competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref 13 February Heat 5 Charles Hamelin 1:23.407 OR

Results Heats Q – qualified for the quarterfinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty YC – yellow card OR - olympic record

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 John-Henry Krueger 1:25.913 Q 2 1 Farrell Treacy 1:26.762 Q 3 1 Ryosuke Sakazume ADV 1 Shaoang Liu PEN 1 2 Lim Hyo-jun 1:23.971 Q 2 2 Kazuki Yoshinaga 1:24.030 Q 3 2 Charle Cournoyer 1:24.051 4 2 Daan Breeuwsma 1:24.429 1 3 Samuel Girard 1:23.894 Q 2 3 Semion Elistratov 1:23.979 Q 3 3 Keita Watanabe 1:24.078 4 3 Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev 1:24.271 1 4 Sjinkie Knegt 1:23.823 Q 2 4 Thibaut Fauconnet 1:24.381 Q 3 4 Roberts Zvejnieks 1:26.408 ADV 4 Ren Ziwei PEN 1 5 Charles Hamelin 1:23.407 Q, OR 2 5 Wu Dajing 1:23.463 Q 3 5 Sébastien Lepape 1:23.489 4 5 Aleksandr Shulginov 1:31.133 1 6 Itzhak de Laat 1:24.639 Q 2 6 Seo Yi-ra 1:24.734 Q 3 6 Tommaso Dotti 1:25.369 6 Han Tianyu PEN 1 7 Hwang Dae-heon 1:24.457 Q 2 7 Yuri Confortola 1:25.297 Q 3 7 Josh Cheetham 1:26.223 7 Vladislav Bykanov PEN 1 8 Sándor Liu Shaolin 1:31.547 Q 2 8 Roberto Puķītis 1:31.635 Q 3 8 J. R. Celski 1:31.812 8 Pavel Sitnikov PEN

Quarterfinals Q – qualified for Semifinals ADV – advanced PEN – penalty YC – yellow card

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes1 1 Seo Yi-ra 1:24.053 Q2 1 Lim Hyo-jun 1:24.095 Q3 1 Thibaut Fauconnet 1:24.344 1 Hwang Dae-heon PEN1 2 Samuel Girard 1:24.289 Q2 2 Yuri Confortola 1:24.383 Q3 2 Itzhak de Laat 1:24.423 4 2 Kazuki Yoshinaga 1:24.649 1 3 Semion Elistratov 1:23.893 Q 2 3 Ryosuke Sakazume 1:24.099 Q 3 3 John-Henry Krueger 1:24.598 ADV 4 3 Farrell Treacy 1:25.080 3 Sjinkie Knegt PEN 1 4 Sándor Liu Shaolin 1:24.012 Q 2 4 Charles Hamelin 1:24.015 Q 3 4 Roberto Puķītis 1:24.022 4 4 Roberts Zvejnieks 1:24.306 4 Wu Dajing PEN

Semifinals QA – qualified for Final A QB – qualified for Final B ADV – advanced PEN – penalty YC – yellow card

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Lim Hyo-jun 1:26.463 QA 2 1 Sándor Liu Shaolin 1:26.488 QA 3 1 Yuri Confortola 1:26.626 QB 4 1 Semion Elistratov 1:26.773 QB 1 2 John-Henry Krueger 1:24.187 QA 2 2 Seo Yi-ra 1:24.252 QA 3 2 Ryosuke Sakazume 1:24.317 QB 4 2 Samuel Girard 1:25.102 ADV 2 Charles Hamelin PEN

Final B Rank Name Country Time Notes 5 Ryosuke Sakazume 1:27.522 6 Semion Elistratov 1:27.621 7 Yuri Confortola 1:27.712

Final A The final was held on 17 February 2018 at 21:24.Final results

Rank Name Country Time Notes Samuel Girard 1:24.650 John-Henry Krueger 1:24.864 Seo Yi-ra 1:31.619 4 Lim Hyo-jun 1:33.312 8 Sándor Liu Shaolin PEN

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