# Short-track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics began on 24 February, with the final held on 26 February, at the Pacific Coliseum.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Wang Meng | China | 1:29.495 | Harbin, China | March 15, 2008 |
| Olympic record | Yang Yang | China | 1:31.235 | Salt Lake City, United States | February 23, 2002 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | WR | OR |
| February 24 | Heat 2 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 1:31.033 | | OR |
| February 24 | Heat 5 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 1:30.508 | | OR |
| February 26 | Quarterfinals | Zhou Yang | China | 1:29.849 | | OR |
| February 26 | Semifinals | Zhou Yang | China | 1:29.049 | WR | OR |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 1:31.885 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Tania Vicent | Canada | 1:37.561 | Q |
| – | 1 | Allison Baver | United States | | DSQ |
| – | 1 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | | DSQ |
| 1 | 2 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 1:31.033 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Bernadett Heidum | Hungary | 1:31.125 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Elise Christie | Great Britain | 1:31.363 | |
| 4 | 2 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 1:45.300 | |
| 1 | 3 | Tatiana Borodulina | Australia | 1:32.509 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mika Ozawa | Japan | 1:32.577 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Cecilia Maffei | Italy | 1:32.615 | |
| – | 3 | Liesbeth Mau Asam | Netherlands | | DSQ |
| 1 | 4 | Jessica Gregg | Canada | 1:32.565 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 1:32.640 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Veronika Windisch | Austria | 1:32.775 | |
| 4 | 4 | Evgenia Radanova | Bulgaria | 1:32.829 | |
| 1 | 5 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 1:30.508 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 5 | Sun Linlin | China | 1:30.629 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ayuko Ito | Japan | 1:31.137 | |
| 4 | 5 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 1:31.302 | |
| 1 | 6 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 1:35.953 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 1:36.199 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Biba Sakurai | Japan | 1:36.416 | |
| 4 | 6 | Valeriya Potemkina | Russia | 1:36.438 | |
| 1 | 7 | Wang Meng | China | 1:30.958 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Annita van Doorn | Netherlands | 1:31.516 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Kimberly Derrick | United States | 1:31.663 | |
| 4 | 7 | Han Yueshuang | Hong Kong | 1:38.115 | |
| 1 | 8 | Zhou Yang | China | 1:30.781 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Paula Bzura | Poland | 1:31.338 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Aika Klein | Germany | 1:58.857 | ADV |
| – | 8 | Erika Huszar | Hungary | | DSQ |

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 1:30.769 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 1:30.769 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Annita van Doorn | Netherlands | 1:32.067 | |
| 4 | 1 | Mika Ozawa | Japan | 1:32.183 | |
| 1 | 2 | Zhou Yang | China | 1:29.849 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 2 | Jessica Gregg | Canada | 1:30.207 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bernadett Heidum | Hungary | 1:30.313 | |
| 4 | 2 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 1:30.420 | |
| 1 | 3 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 1:29.955 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 1:30.543 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sun Linlin | China | 1:30.589 | |
| 4 | 3 | Aika Klein | Germany | 1:51.552 | |
| – | 3 | Tania Vicent | Canada | | DSQ |
| 1 | 4 | Wang Meng | China | 1:32.267 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Tatiana Borodulina | Australia | 1:32.465 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Arianna Fontana | Italy | 1:32.472 | |
| 4 | 4 | Paula Bzura | Poland | 1:32.662 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Zhou Yang | China | 1:29.049 | QA, WR |
| 2 | 1 | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 1:29.165 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Tatiana Borodulina | Australia | 1:29.663 | QB |
| 4 | 1 | Jessica Gregg | Canada | 1:33.139 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Katherine Reutter | United States | 1:30.568 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Wang Meng | China | 1:30.573 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 1:30.736 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 1:30.792 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B (Classification Round)

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 4 | Cho Ha-ri | South Korea | 1:31.932 |
| 5 | Kalyna Roberge | Canada | 1:32.122 |
| 6 | Jessica Gregg | Canada | 1:32.333 |
| 7 | Tatiana Borodulina | Australia | 1:32.661 |

#### Final A (Medal Round)

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Wang Meng | China | 1:29.213 | |
| | Katherine Reutter | United States | 1:29.324 | |
| | Park Seung-hi | South Korea | 1:29.379 | |
| – | Zhou Yang | China | | DSQ |