# Short-track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' 1000 metres

The boys' 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held on 18 January at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.

## Results

    QAB – qualified for the semifinals A/B
    QCD – qualified for the semifinals C/D
    DNF – did not finish

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kei Saito | Japan | 1:30.502 | QAB |
| 2 | 1 | Thomas Hong | United States | 1:30.615 | QAB |
| 3 | 1 | Lu Xiucheng | China | 1:30.764 | QCD |
| 4 | 1 | Tamás Farkas | Hungary | 1:33.101 | QCD |
| 1 | 2 | Xu Hongzhi | China | 1:34.610 | QAB |
| 2 | 2 | Jack Burrows | Great Britain | 1:34.981 | QAB |
| 3 | 2 | Denis Ayrapetyan | Russia | 1:47.810 | QCD |
| 4 | 2 | Chang Yin-cheng | Chinese Taipei | 1:53.640 | QCD |
| 1 | 3 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 1:32.445 | QAB |
| 2 | 3 | Yoann Martinez | France | 1:33.762 | QAB |
| 3 | 3 | Michal Prokop | Czech Republic | 1:36.489 | QCD |
| | 3 | Josse Antonissen | Netherlands | DNF | |
| 1 | 4 | Yoon Su-min | South Korea | 1:31.887 | QAB |
| 2 | 4 | Milan Grugni | Italy | 1:33.540 | QAB |
| 3 | 4 | Aydin Djemal | Great Britain | 1:33.582 | QCD |
| 4 | 4 | Dominic Andermann | Austria | 1:39.869 | QCD |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinals C/D

    QC – qualified for Final C
    QD – qualified for Final D
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Aydin Djemal | Great Britain | 1:37.035 | QC |
| 2 | 1 | Chang Yin-cheng | Chinese Taipei | 1:37.806 | QC |
| 3 | 1 | Michal Prokop | Czech Republic | 1:38.044 | QD |
| 4 | 1 | Dominic Andermann | Austria | 1:38.822 | QD |
| 1 | 2 | Lu Xiucheng | China | 1:32.822 | QC |
| 2 | 2 | Denis Ayrapetyan | Russia | 1:33.689 | QC |
| 3 | 2 | Tamás Farkas | Hungary | 1:55.852 | QD |

#### Semifinals A/B

    QA – qualified for Final A
    QB – qualified for Final B
    DNF – did not finish
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 1:29.442 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Kei Saito | Japan | 1:29.689 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Jack Burrows | Great Britain | 1:33.700 | QB |
| | 1 | Thomas Hong | United States | DNF | |
| 1 | 2 | Yoon Su-min | South Korea | 1:31.239 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Xu Hongzhi | China | 1:31.377 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Yoann Martinez | France | 1:32.564 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Milan Grugni | Italy | 1:33.183 | QB |

### Finals

    PEN – penalty

#### Final D

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 12 | Tamás Farkas | Hungary | 1:34.395 |
| 13 | Michal Prokop | Czech Republic | 1:36.324 |
| 14 | Dominic Andermann | Austria | 1:39.097 |

#### Final C

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 9 | Lu Xiucheng | China | 1:32.369 | |
| 10 | Aydin Djemal | Great Britain | 1:33.689 | |
| 11 | Chang Yin-cheng | Chinese Taipei | 1:59.205 | |
| 15 | Denis Ayrapetyan | Russia | | PEN |

#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 5 | Milan Grugni | Italy | 1:40.766 |
| 6 | Yoann Martinez | France | 1:40.840 |
| 7 | Jack Burrows | Great Britain | 1:41.172 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Lim Hyo-jun | South Korea | 1:29.284 |
| | Yoon Su-min | South Korea | 1:29.428 |
| | Xu Hongzhi | China | 1:29.576 |
| 4 | Kei Saito | Japan | 1:30.142 |