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

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 22 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 22 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 1:32.52 | Q |
| 2 | Kieran Hansen | Australia | 1:32.96 | Q |
| 3 | Mirko Vuillermin | Italy | 1:33.51 | |
| 4 | Batchuluuny Bat–Orgil | Mongolia | 1:40.41 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andy Gabel | United States | 1:32.32 | Q |
| 2 | Richard Nizielski | Australia | 1:32.42 | Q |
| 3 | Martin Johansson | Sweden | 1:32.50 | |
| 4 | Mike McMillen | New Zealand | 1:32.65 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:31.11 | Q |
| 2 | Nicky Gooch | Great Britain | 1:32.05 | Q |
| 3 | John Coyle | United States | 1:32.92 | |
| 4 | Igor Ozerov | Russia | 1:44.38 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim Ki-hoon | South Korea | 1:33.63 | Q |
| 2 | Eric Flaim | United States | 1:33.71 | Q |
| 3 | Erik Duyvelshoff | Netherlands | 1:34.37 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frédéric Blackburn | Canada | 1:32.11 | Q |
| 2 | Orazio Fagone | Italy | 1:32.19 | Q |
| 3 | Sergey Kobyzev | Russia | 1:33.07 | |
| 4 | Andrew Nicholson | New Zealand | 1:34.18 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Joon-ho | South Korea | 1:33.67 | Q |
| 2 | Li Lianli | China | 1:34.52 | Q |
| 3 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 2:01.89 | |
| – | Geert Blanchart | Belgium | DQ | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Derrick Campbell | Canada | 1:33.00 | Q |
| 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:33.14 | Q |
| 3 | Wilf O'Reilly | Great Britain | 1:33.57 | |
| 4 | Bruno Loscos | France | 1:33.93 | |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chae Ji-hoon | South Korea | 1:32.11 | Q |
| 2 | Bjørnar Elgetun | Norway | 1:32.35 | Q |
| 3 | Jun Uematsu | Japan | 1:32.67 | |
| 4 | Chris Nicholson | New Zealand | 1:34.91 | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 22 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chae Ji-hoon | South Korea | 1:31.40 | Q |
| 2 | Derrick Campbell | Canada | 1:31.82 | Q |
| 3 | Kieran Hansen | Australia | 1:32.34 | |
| – | Orazio Fagone | Italy | DQ | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Joon-ho | South Korea | 1:29.58 | Q OR |
| 2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:29.64 | Q |
| 3 | Eric Flaim | United States | 1:29.70 | |
| 4 | Richard Nizielski | Australia | 1:29.93 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frédéric Blackburn | Canada | 1:30.83 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Ki-hoon | South Korea | 1:30.89 | Q |
| 3 | Bjørnar Elgetun | Norway | 1:30.96 | |
| 4 | Li Lianli | China | 1:32.16 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 1:31.93 | Q |
| 2 | Nicky Gooch | Great Britain | 1:32.00 | Q |
| 3 | Andy Gabel | United States | 1:33.59 | |
| – | Li Jiajun | China | DQ | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 22 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 | Kim Ki-hoon | South Korea | 1:31.69 | QA |
| 2 | Nicky Gooch | Great Britain | 1:31.77 | QA |
| 3 | Lee Joon-ho | South Korea | 1:31.93 | QB |
| 4 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 2:16.27 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chae Ji-hoon | South Korea | 1:31.56 | QA |
| 2 | Derrick Campbell | Canada | 1:36.12 | QA |
| 3 | Frédéric Blackburn | Canada | 1:41.71 | QB |
| 4 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:43.58 | QB |

### Finals

The four qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while four others raced for 5th place in Final B. Having left the track early due to a lap counting error, Derrick Campbell failed to finish the final, not completing the sufficient number of laps, and Nicky Gooch was disqualified, so the winner of the B final, Marc Gagnon was awarded the bronze medal.

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Kim Ki-hoon | South Korea | 1:34.57 | |
| | Chae Ji-hoon | South Korea | 1:34.92 | |
| – | Nicky Gooch | Great Britain | | DQ |
| – | Derrick Campbell | Canada | | DNF |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 1:33.03 | |
| 4 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:33.39 | |
| 5 | Lee Joon-ho | South Korea | 1:44.99 | |
| – | Frédéric Blackburn | Canada | | DQ |