The men's 1000 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February (heats) and 12 February (finals), 2026 at the Forum di Milano in Milan. Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands won the event. Sun Long of China won the silver medal and Rim Jong-un of South Korea bronze. For all of them, these were the first Olympic medals.

Background The defending champion, Ren Ziwei, was not available to defend the title. The 2022 silver medalist, Li Wenlong, was selected for the Olympics but did not race 1000 m. The bronze medalist Shaoang Liu qualified, though he switched from representing Hungary to China. Before the Olympics, Pietro Sighel was leading the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour 1000 m standings, and William Dandjinou led the overall standings. Steven Dubois was the 1000 m 2025 World champion.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. A total of 32 athletes from 17 nations qualified for the event.

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

Results

Heats 10 February 2026, 11:10 Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Pietro Sighel 1:25.740 Q 2 1 Quentin Fercoq 1:25.818 Q 3 1 Denis Nikisha 1:25.987 4 1 Brendan Corey 1:26.052 1 2 Luca Spechenhauser 1:25.422 Q 2 2 Rim Jong-un 1:25.558 Q 3 2 Stijn Desmet 1:25.581 4 2 Kwok Tsz Fung 1:27.237 1 3 Shaoang Liu 1:26.814 Q 2 3 Thomas Nadalini 1:26.882 Q 3 3 Shogo Miyata 1:26.997 4 3 Bence Nógrádi 1:27.132 1 4 Kazuki Yoshinaga 1:25.944 Q 2 4 Clayton DeClemente 1:26.189 Q 3 4 Steven Dubois 1:50.137 4 4 Niall Treacy 1:54.040 1 5 William Dandjinou 1:24.672 Q 2 5 Shin Dong-min 1:24.870 Q 3 5 Moon Won-jun 1:25.048 q 4 5 Étienne Bastier 1:25.908 1 6 Félix Roussel 1:23.828 Q 2 6 Hwang Dae-heon 1:24.133 Q 3 6 Teun Boer 1:24.395 q 4 6 Félix Pigeon 1:26.271 1 7 Jens van 't Wout 1:25.237 Q 2 7 Reinis Bērziņš 1:25.741 Q 3 7 Lin Xiaojun 1:26.314 ADV 7 Ivan Posashkov PEN 1 8 Michał Niewiński 1:25.135 Q 2 8 Sun Long 1:25.339 Q 3 8 Roberts Krūzbergs 1:25.341 ADV 8 Brandon Kim PEN

Quarterfinals 12 February 2026, 20:34 Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 Félix Roussel 1:24.227 Q 2 1 Shaoang Liu 1:24.292 Q 3 1 Teun Boer 1:26.638 ADV 4 1 Thomas Nadalini 1:34.487 1 Hwang Dae-heon PEN 1 2 William Dandjinou 1:23.781 Q 2 2 Shin Dong-min 1:23.971 Q 3 2 Moon Won-jun 1:23.988 4 2 Kazuki Yoshinaga 1:24.079 5 2 Clayton DeClemente 1:24.244 1 3 Sun Long 1:26.563 Q 2 3 Roberts Krūzbergs 1:27.133 Q 3 3 Michał Niewiński 1:46.369 ADV 3 Pietro Sighel PEN 3 Quentin Fercoq PEN 1 4 Jens van 't Wout 1:25.199 Q 2 4 Rim Jong-un 1:25.213 Q 3 4 Luca Spechenhauser 1:25.260 4 4 Reinis Bērziņš 1:25.379 5 4 Lin Xiaojun 1:25.782

Semifinals 12 February 2026, 21:12 Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes 1 1 William Dandjinou 1:23.520 QA 2 1 Sun Long 1:23.585 QA 3 1 Roberts Krūzbergs 1:23.700 qA 4 1 Teun Boer 1:24.209 QB 5 1 Shin Dong-min 1:24.327 QB 1 2 Rim Jong-un 1:24.025 QA 2 2 Jens van 't Wout 1:24.664 QA 3 2 Michał Niewiński 1:25.617 QB 4 2 Shaoang Liu 1:26.102 QB 5 2 Félix Roussel 1:57.163 QB

Finals Final B 12 February 2026, 21:52 Rank Name Country Time Notes 6 Shaoang Liu 1:27.211 7 Teun Boer 1:27.267 8 Shin Dong-min 1:27.453 9 Michał Niewiński 1:27.521 10 Félix Roussel 1:28.007

Final A 12 February 2026, 21:58 Rank Name Country Time Notes Jens van 't Wout 1:24.537 Sun Long 1:24.565 Rim Jong-un 1:24.611 4 William Dandjinou 1:24.671 5 Roberts Krūzbergs 1:24.681

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