Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

Men's 1000 metres at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
Venue	La halle de glace Olympique
Dates	February 18–20
Competitors	28 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:30.76
Medalists
Kim Ki-hoon  South Korea Frédéric Blackburn  Canada Lee Joon-ho  South Korea

Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
500 m				women
1000 m		men
3000 m relay				women
5000 m relay		men

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place from 18 to 20 February at the La halle de glace Olympique.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 18 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:33.21	Q OR
2	Hugo Herrnhof	Italy	1:33.35	Q
3	Chris Nicholson	New Zealand	1:33.45
4	Tibor Kun Bálint	Hungary	1:36.86

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:38.67	Q
2	Tsutomu Kawasaki	Japan	1:38.75	Q
3	Gisle Elvebakken	Norway	1:41.50
4	Nicky Gooch	Great Britain	2:24.43

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Jasper	Great Britain	1:36.82	Q
2	Dmitry Yershov	Unified Team	1:37.71	Q
3	Toshinobu Kawai	Japan	1:42.28
–	Li Won-Ho	North Korea	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:38.66	Q
2	Mark Velzeboer	Netherlands	1:38.74	Q
3	Richard Nizielski	Australia	1:38.80

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:39.19	Q
2	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:39.30	Q
–	Andy Gabel	United States	DQ

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	1:37.79	Q
2	Li Lianli	China	1:37.85	Q
3	Song Jae-kun	South Korea	1:37.86

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:33.79	Q
2	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Japan	1:34.11	Q
3	Andrew Murtha	Australia	1:34.71

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:33.57	Q
2	Alain De Ruyter	Belgium	1:34.18	Q
3	Marc Bella	France	1:34.22
4	Orazio Fagone	Italy	1:34.91

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 20 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:33.51	Q
2	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:33.66	Q
3	Matthew Jasper	Great Britain	1:34.69
4	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Japan	1:34.86

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	1:33.62	Q
2	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:33.71	Q
3	Dmitry Yershov	Unified Team	1:34.02
4	Alain De Ruyter	Belgium	1:34.60

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:32.67	Q
2	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:32.69	Q
3	Mark Velzeboer	Netherlands	1:33.86
4	Li Lianli	China	1:33.90

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:34.68	Q
2	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:34.83	Q
3	Hugo Herrnhof	Italy	1:34.85
4	Tsutomu Kawasaki	Japan	1:35.66

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 20 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	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:31.27	QA
2	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:31.60	QA
3	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:32.10	QB
4	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	2:05.04	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:32.12	QA
2	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:32.23	QA
3	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:32.30	QB
4	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:33.04	QB

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 Ki-hoon	South Korea	1:30.76
	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1:31.11
	Lee Joon-ho	South Korea	1:31.16
4	Mike McMillen	New Zealand	1:31.32

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
5	Wilf O'Reilly	Great Britain	1:36.24
6	Geert Blanchart	Belgium	1:36.28
7	Mark Lackie	Canada	1:36.28
8	Michel Daignault	Canada	1:37.10

External links

• Sports-Reference Albertville 1992 - Men's 1000 metres