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

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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 |