# Short-track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The Women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 26 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 1:41.88 | Q |
| 2 | Sandrine Daudet | France | 1:41.91 | Q |
| 3 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 1:45.67 | |
| 4 | Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina | Russia | 1:59.84 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Isabelle Charest | Canada | 1:39.55 | Q OR |
| 2 | Zhang Yanmei | China | 1:39.72 | Q |
| 3 | Katia Mosconi | Italy | 1:41.51 | |
| – | Yelena Sinitsina | Kazakhstan | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim So-hee | South Korea | 1:43.76 | Q |
| 2 | Amy Peterson | United States | 1:45.38 | Q |
| 3 | Katia Colturi | Italy | 1:46.89 | |
| 4 | Penèlope di Lella | Netherlands | 1:47.54 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marina Pylayeva | Russia | 1:44.38 | Q |
| 2 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 1:46.53 | Q |
| 3 | Cindy Meyer | South Africa | 1:47.85 | |
| 4 | Anke Jannie Landman | Netherlands | 1:58.09 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ayako Tsubaki | Japan | 1:39.61 | Q |
| 2 | Marinella Canclini | Italy | 1:39.74 | Q |
| 3 | Sofie Pintens | Belgium | 1:41.12 | |
| 4 | Laure Drouet | France | 1:41.21 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karen Gardiner-Kah | Australia | 1:41.64 | Q |
| 2 | Cathy Turner | United States | 1:47.03 | Q |
| 3 | Yelena Tikhanina | Russia | 1:53.92 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Won Hye-kyung | South Korea | 1:42.75 | Q |
| 2 | Wang Xiulan | China | 1:43.71 | Q |
| 3 | Debbie Palmer | Great Britain | 1:44.72 | |
| 4 | Valérie Barizza | France | 1:52.30 | |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 1:40.45 | Q |
| 2 | Chun Lee-kyung | South Korea | 1:40.49 | Q |
| 3 | Bea Pintens | Belgium | 1:43.16 | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 26 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 1:38.75 | Q |
| 2 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 1:38.96 | Q |
| 3 | Won Hye-kyung | South Korea | 1:39.03 | |
| 4 | Marinella Canclini | Italy | 1:39.20 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Isabelle Charest | Canada | 1:40.29 | Q |
| 2 | Chun Lee-kyung | South Korea | 1:40.30 | Q |
| 3 | Wang Xiulan | China | 1:40.58 | |
| 4 | Marina Pylayeva | Russia | 1:42.15 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim So-hee | South Korea | 1:38.61 | Q OR |
| 2 | Cathy Turner | United States | 1:38.98 | Q |
| 3 | Ayako Tsubaki | Japan | 1:39.12 | |
| 4 | Sandrine Daudet | France | 1:40.83 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 1:38.82 | Q |
| 2 | Zhang Yanmei | China | 1:39.02 | Q |
| 3 | Amy Peterson | United States | 1:39.51 | |
| 4 | Karen Gardiner-Kah | Australia | 1:39.93 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 26 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 semifinal 2, China's Yang Yang (S) was advanced to the final, and Canada's Sylvie Daigle was disqualified.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim So-hee | South Korea | 1:37.17 | QA OR |
| 2 | Zhang Yanmei | China | 1:37.26 | QA |
| 3 | Isabelle Charest | Canada | 1:37.89 | QB |
| – | Cathy Turner | United States | DQ | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 1:38.82 | QA |
| 2 | Chun Lee-kyung | South Korea | 1:55.07 | QA |
| 3 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 2:12.06 | QB |
| – | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | DQ | |

### Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while Canada's Isabelle Charest raced alone for 5th place in Final B.

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Chun Lee-kyung | South Korea | 1:36.87 | OR |
| | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 1:36.97 | |
| | Kim So-hee | South Korea | 1:37.09 | |
| 4 | Zhang Yanmei | China | 1:37.80 | |
| 5 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 1:47.10 | |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 6 | Isabelle Charest | Canada | 1:37.49 | |