# Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February, at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Eric Heiden (USA) | 1:13.60 | Davos, Switzerland | 13 January 1980 |
| Olympic record | Peter Mueller (USA) | 1:19.32 | Innsbruck, Austria | 12 February 1976 |
The following new Olympic record was set.
| Date | Pair | Athlete | Country | Time | OR | WR |
| 19 February | Pair 1 | Eric Heiden | United States | 1:15.18 | OR | |

## Results

| Rank | Pair | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| | 1 | i | Eric Heiden | United States | 1:15.18 | – | OR |
| | 1 | o | Gaétan Boucher | Canada | 1:16.68 | +1.50 | |
| | 4 | i | Vladimir Lobanov | Soviet Union | 1:16.91 | +1.73 | |
| | 3 | i | Frode Rønning | Norway | 1:16.91 | +1.73 | |
| 5 | 5 | o | Peter Mueller | United States | 1:17.11 | +1.93 | |
| 6 | 4 | o | Bert de Jong | Netherlands | 1:17.29 | +2.11 | |
| 7 | 18 | o | Andreas Dietel | East Germany | 1:17.71 | +2.53 | |
| 8 | 10 | o | Oloph Granath | Sweden | 1:17.74 | +2.56 | |
| 9 | 5 | i | Sergey Khlebnikov | Soviet Union | 1:17.96 | +2.78 | |
| 10 | 3 | o | Lieuwe de Boer | Netherlands | 1:17.97 | +2.79 | |
| 11 | 6 | i | Craig Kressler | United States | 1:18.37 | +3.19 | |
| 12 | 7 | i | Terje Andersen | Norway | 1:18.52 | +3.34 | |
| 13 | 15 | o | Jan Józwik | Poland | 1:18.83 | +3.65 | |
| 14 | 20 | o | Pertti Niittylä | Finland | 1:18.85 | +3.67 | |
| 15 | 19 | i | Anatoly Medennikov | Soviet Union | 1:18.92 | +3.74 | |
| 16 | 2 | i | Jan-Åke Carlberg | Sweden | 1:19.13 | +3.95 | |
| 17 | 2 | o | Jan Egil Storholt | Norway | 1:19.34 | +4.16 | |
| 18 | 9 | o | Emmanuel Michon | France | 1:19.43 | +4.25 | |
| 19 | 15 | i | Kaoru Fukuda | Japan | 1:19.66 | +4.48 | |
| 20 | 6 | o | Jacques Thibault | Canada | 1:19.79 | +4.61 | |
| 21 | 8 | i | Hilbert van der Duim | Netherlands | 1:19.89 | +4.71 | |
| 22 | 17 | i | Lee Yeong-Ha | South Korea | 1:20.04 | +4.86 | |
| 23 | 11 | o | Masayuki Kawahara | Japan | 1:20.88 | +5.70 | |
| 24 | 14 | i | Zhao Weichang | China | 1:20.97 | +5.79 | |
| 25 | 8 | o | Kazuaki Ichimura | Japan | 1:21.05 | +5.87 | |
| 26 | 7 | o | Steffen Doering | East Germany | 1:21.19 | +6.01 | |
| 27 | 14 | o | Craig Webster | Canada | 1:21.47 | +6.29 | |
| 28 | 18 | i | Giovanni Paganin | Italy | 1:21.50 | +6.32 | |
| 29 | 16 | i | Colin Coates | Australia | 1:21.68 | +6.50 | |
| 30 | 20 | i | Jukka Salmela | Finland | 1:21.78 | +6.60 | |
| 31 | 18 | i | Vasile Coroş | Romania | 1:21.89 | +6.71 | |
| 32 | 17 | o | Li Huchun | China | 1:22.10 | +6.92 | |
| 33 | 13 | o | Dezideriu Jenei | Romania | 1:22.66 | +7.48 | |
| 34 | 20 | i | Mike Richmond | Australia | 1:23.30 | +8.12 | |
| 35 | 12 | i | Esa Puolakka | Finland | 1:23.54 | +8.36 | |
| 36 | 12 | o | Wang Nianchun | China | 1:24.20 | +9.02 | |
| 37 | 16 | o | Tömörbaataryn Nyamdavaa | Mongolia | 1:24.84 | +9.66 | |
| 38 | 19 | o | Dorjiin Tsenddoo | Mongolia | 1:27.00 | +11.82 | |
| 39 | 9 | i | Herbert Schwarz | West Germany | 1:44.23 | +29.05 | |
| 40 | 13 | i | Archie Marshall | Great Britain | 2:00.93 | +45.75 | |
| - | 11 | i | Johan Granath | Sweden | DNF |