# Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February at the White Ring.

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 17 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chae Ji-hoon | South Korea | 1:35.240 | Q |
| 2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:35.323 | Q |
| 3 | Yevhen Yakovlev | Ukraine | 1:36.005 | |
| 4 | Ludovic Mathieu | France | 1:36.076 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:31.168 | Q |
| 2 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:31.315 | Q |
| 3 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 1:32.493 | |
| 4 | Maciej Pryczek | Poland | 1:33.555 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Johansson | Sweden | 1:31.515 | Q |
| 2 | Andy Gabel | United States | 1:31.672 | Q |
| 3 | Feng Kai | China | 1:31.724 | |
| 4 | Yun Chol | North Korea | 1:33.133 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Jun-hwan | South Korea | 1:32.879 | Q |
| 2 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 1:32.975 | Q |
| 3 | Steven Bradbury | Australia | 1:33.108 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | François Drolet | Canada | 1:32.949 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:33.039 | Q |
| 3 | Nicky Gooch | Great Britain | 1:33.638 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matt Jasper | Great Britain | 1:32.709 | Q |
| 2 | An Yulong | China | 1:32.731 | Q |
| 3 | Dave Versteeg | Netherlands | 1:32.748 | |
| 4 | Boldyn Sansarbileg | Mongolia | 1:39.913 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hitoshi Uematsu | Japan | 1:30.466 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Gagnon | Canada | 1:30.476 | Q |
| 3 | Bruno Loscos | France | 1:30.805 | |
| 4 | Scott Koons | United States | 1:31.110 | |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:33.326 | Q |
| 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:34.023 | Q |
| 3 | Han Sang-guk | North Korea | 1:34.220 | |
| – | Michele Antonioli | Italy | DSQ | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 17 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal 1, Canada's Marc Gagnon was disqualified, and South Korea's Lee Jun-hwan was advanced. In quarterfinal 4, Japan's Hiotshi Uematsu was disqualified, and USA's Andy Gabel was advanced.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:29.398 | Q OR |
| 2 | Matt Jasper | Great Britain | 1:31.798 | Q |
| 3 | Lee Jun-hwan | South Korea | 1:38.115 | ADV |
| – | Marc Gagnon | Canada | DSQ | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:32.358 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:32.423 | Q |
| 3 | François Drolet | Canada | 1:32.513 | |
| 4 | Martin Johansson | Sweden | 1:33.047 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:29.509 | Q |
| 2 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 1:29.622 | Q |
| 3 | An Yulong | China | 1:29.784 | |
| 4 | Rusty Smith | United States | 1:39.775 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:34.510 | Q |
| 2 | Chae Ji-hoon | South Korea | 1:34.902 | Q |
| 3 | Andy Gabel | United States | 1:35.641 | ADV |
| – | Hitoshi Uematsu | Japan | DSQ | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 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 | Andy Gabel | United States | 1:32.985 | QA |
| 2 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 1:36.233 | QA |
| 3 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:39.402 | QB |
| 4 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:42.908 | QB |
| – | Chae Ji-hoon | South Korea | DSQ | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:32.036 | QA |
| 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 1:32.183 | QA |
| 3 | Matt Jasper | Great Britain | 1:32.549 | QB |
| 4 | Lee Jun-hwan | South Korea | 1:32.634 | QB |
| 5 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 1:32.636 | |

### 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 Dong-sung | South Korea | 1:32.375 |
| | Li Jiajun | China | 1:32.428 |
| | Éric Bédard | Canada | 1:32.661 |
| 4 | Andy Gabel | United States | 1:33.518 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 5 | Naoya Tamura | Japan | 1:32.927 |
| 6 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 1:33.015 |
| 7 | Lee Jun-hwan | South Korea | 1:33.131 |
| 8 | Matt Jasper | Great Britain | 1:34.285 |