# Short-track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 15 February, with the final on 18 February, at the Torino Palavela.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Li Jiajun (CHN) | 1:24.674 | Bormio, Italy | 14 February 2004 |
| Olympic record | Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) | 1:27.185 | Salt Lake City, United States | 16 February 2002 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Team | Time | OR |
| 15 February | Heat 1 | Li Ye (CHN) | 1:27.048 | OR |
| 18 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Rusty Smith (USA) | 1:27.000 | OR |
| 18 February | Final A | Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) | 1:26.739 | OR |

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 15 February. There were seven heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers and the two fastest third-place finishers also moving on to the quarterfinals. As two skaters tied for the second-fastest third-place time, three skaters advanced through this method. Two other skaters were advanced after being interfered with.
Heats
| Heat | Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Li Ye | China | 1:27.048 | Q OR |
| 1 | 2 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 1:27.184 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Jean Charles Mattei | France | 1:28.009 | |
| 1 | 4 | Paul Stanley | Great Britain | 1:28.511 | |
| 2 | 1 | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 1:28.925 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:29.090 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 1:29.147 | |
| 2 | 4 | Mark McNee | Australia | 1:30.033 | |
| 3 | 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 1:27.372 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:27.508 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Peter Darazs | Hungary | 1:27.929 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 1:35.634 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Matus Uzak | Slovakia | 1:35.989 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan | Russia | 1:36.070 | |
| 5 | 1 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 1:28.274 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dariusz Kulesza | Poland | 1:29.102 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Sebastian Praus | Germany | 1:35.375 | ADV |
| 5 | – | Maxime Chataignier | France | DQ | |
| 6 | 1 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:27.765 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:27.826 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Pieter Gysel | Belgium | 1:27.994 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 1:27.994 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:36.120 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Volodymyr Grygoriev | Ukraine | 1:36.397 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Mikhail Rajine | Russia | 1:42.677 | ADV |
| 7 | – | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | DQ | |

### Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:27.000 | Q OR |
| 2 | Li Ye | China | 1:27.078 | Q |
| 3 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 1:27.240 | |
| 4 | Mikhail Rajine | Russia | 1:32.432 | |
| – | Matus Uzak | Slovakia | DQ | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Ahn Hyun-Soo | South Korea | 1:29.371 | Q |
| 2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:29.650 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastian Praus | Germany | 1:29.820 | |
| 4 | Dariusz Kulesza | Poland | 1:30.556 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Li Juajun | China | 1:28.179 | Q |
| 2 | Pieter Gysel | Belgium | 1:28.335 | Q |
| 3 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:28.499 | |
| 4 | Peter Darazs | Hungary | 1:28.738 | |
| – | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | DQ | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 1:27.265 | Q |
| 2 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 1:27.546 | Q |
| 3 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:27.656 | |
| 4 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 1:27.679 | |
| 5 | Volodymyr Grygoriev | Ukraine | 1:29.168 | |

### Semifinals

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, China's Li Ye fell, but he was advanced to the final after Belgium's Pieter Gysel was disqualified.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 1:29.150 | QA |
| 2 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:29.515 | QA |
| 3 | Li Ye | China | 1:47.965 | ADV |
| – | Pieter Gysel | Belgium | DQ | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Ahn Hyun-Soo | South Korea | 1:27.900 | QA |
| 2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:28.080 | QA |
| 3 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:29.183 | QB |
| – | Éric Bédard | Canada | DQ | |

### Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A. Since only one skater qualified for the B Final (the two disqualified semifinalists did not advance), it was not contested, and China's Li Jiajun was awarded 6th place.

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 1:26.739 | OR |
| | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 1:26.764 | |
| | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 1:26.927 | |
| 4 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:27.435 | |
| 5 | Li Ye | China | 1:29.918 | |