# Short-track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 13 to 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center. This event is remembered for the victory of Australian Steven Bradbury, who benefited from all four other skaters in the final going down ahead of him, while Bradbury stayed on his feet and won gold. It was the first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for Australia.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Steve Robillard (CAN) | 1:25.985 | Calgary, Canada | 14 October 2001 |
| Olympic record | Satoru Terao (JPN) | 1:29.398 | Nagano, Japan | 17 February 1998 |
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
| 13 February | Heat 7 | Rusty Smith (USA) | 1:28.183 | OR | |
| 16 February | Quarterfinal 3 | Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) | 1:27.185 | OR | |

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 13 February. There were eight heats of four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 1:30.950 | Q |
| 2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:31.025 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Jackson | New Zealand | 1:32.276 | |
| 4 | Miroslav Boyadzhiev | Bulgaria | 1:32.421 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 1:30.956 | Q |
| 2 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 1:30.991 | Q |
| 3 | Balázs Knoch | Hungary | 1:31.061 | |
| 4 | Pieter Gysel | Belgium | 1:31.290 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Feng Kai | China | 1:32.554 | Q |
| 2 | Mark McNee | Australia | 1:39.325 | Q |
| – | Gregory Durand | France | | DQ |
| – | Volodymyr Hryhor'iev | Ukraine | | DQ |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:28.867 | Q |
| 2 | Leon Flack | Great Britain | 1:29.584 | Q |
| 3 | Krystian Zdrojkowski | Poland | 1:30.026 | |
| – | Martin Johansson | Sweden | | DQ |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:28.520 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 1:28.718 | Q |
| 3 | Cees Juffermans | Netherlands | 1:29.249 | |
| 4 | Matúš Užák | Slovakia | 2:17.608 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:32.091 | Q |
| 2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:33.167 | Q |
| 3 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 1:33.585 | |
| 4 | Battulgyn Oktyabri | Mongolia | 1:47.213 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:28.183 | Q OR |
| 2 | Mathieu Turcotte | Canada | 1:28.229 | Q |
| 3 | Bruno Loscos | France | 1:28.532 | |
| 4 | Kiril Pandov | Bulgaria | 1:31.842 | |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 1:30.252 | Q |
| 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:30.447 | Q |
| 3 | Kornél Szántó | Hungary | 1:31.391 | |
| 4 | Nicky Gooch | Great Britain | 1:38.034 | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 16 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal 2, Canada's Marc Gagnon was disqualified and Japan's Naoya Tamura advanced.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:28.186 | Q |
| 2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:28.241 | Q |
| 3 | Feng Kai | China | 1:28.424 | |
| 4 | Leon Flack | Great Britain | 1:28.604 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:28.650 | Q |
| 2 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 1:29.265 | Q |
| 3 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:29.864 | ADV |
| – | Marc Gagnon | Canada | | DQ |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mathieu Turcotte | Canada | 1:27.185 | Q OR |
| 2 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 1:27.201 | Q |
| 3 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 1:27.578 | |
| 4 | Wim De Deyne | Belgium | 1:27.785 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:27.429 | Q |
| 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:27.467 | Q |
| 3 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:28.078 | |
| 4 | Mark McNee | Australia | 1:46.701 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 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 the first semifinal, Japan's Satoru Terao was disqualified, with Canada's Mathieu Turcotte, who finished third in the race, advancing to the A final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 1:29.189 | QA |
| 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:30.592 | QA |
| 3 | Mathieu Turcotte | Canada | 1:35.156 | ADV |
| 4 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:52.645 | QB |
| – | Satoru Terao | Japan | DQ | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:27.428 | QA |
| 2 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 1:27.469 | QA |
| 3 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:27.492 | QB |
| 4 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:27.751 | QB |

### Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while three others raced for 6th place in Final B. As a result of Li Jiajun's disqualification, however, the winner of the B final finished 5th.

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 1:29.109 | |
| | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:30.160 | |
| | Mathieu Turcotte | Canada | 1:30.563 | |
| 4 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 1:32.519 | |
| – | Li Jiajun | China | | DQ |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 5 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:35.582 |
| 6 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:35.589 |
| 7 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:35.823 |