# Short-track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 20 to 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Yang Yang (A) (CHN) | 1:31.191 | Calgary, Canada | 3 February 2002 |
| Olympic record | Yang Yang (A) (CHN) | 1:31.991 | Nagano, Japan | 21 February 1998 |
The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
| 23 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Yang Yang (A) (CHN) | 1:31.235 | OR | |

## Results
### Heats

The first round was held on 20 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 1:40.632 | Q |
| 2 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 1:40.646 | Q |
| 3 | Christy Ren | Hong Kong | 1:50.094 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 1:49.496 | Q |
| 2 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 1:49.569 | Q |
| 3 | Nataliya Dmitriyeva | Russia | 1:50.132 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jo Williams | Great Britain | 1:39.672 | Q |
| 2 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 1:46.673 | Q |
| 3 | Cordia Tsoi | Hong Kong | 1:48.445 | |
| 4 | Erin Porter | United States | 1:56.409 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 1:37.609 | Q |
| 2 | Caroline Hallisey | United States | 1:37.716 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Krasteva | Bulgaria | 1:39.195 | |
| – | Katia Zini | Italy | DQ | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 1:37.039 | Q |
| 2 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 1:37.684 | Q |
| 3 | Szandra Lajtos | Hungary | 1:40.688 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 1:42.093 | Q |
| 2 | Sarah Lindsay | Great Britain | 1:42.157 | Q |
| 3 | Katalin Kristo | Romania | 1:42.276 | |
| 4 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 1:42.495 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 1:33.622 | Q |
| 2 | Mara Zini | Italy | 1:33.697 | Q |
| 3 | Ikue Teshigawara | Japan | 1:33.855 | |
| 4 | Marianna Nagy | Hungary | 1:39.648 | |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 1:42.332 | Q |
| 2 | Yvonne Kunze | Germany | 1:42.389 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Danilov | Israel | 1:42.767 | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 23 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 1:31.235 | Q OR |
| 2 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 1:31.349 | Q |
| 3 | Caroline Hallisey | United States | 1:33.007 | |
| 4 | Nina Yevteyeva | Russia | 1:36.519 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 1:36.683 | Q |
| 2 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 1:36.727 | Q |
| 3 | Sarah Lindsay | Great Britain | 1:36.753 | |
| 4 | Christin Priebst | Germany | 1:36.848 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 1:34.842 | Q |
| 2 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 1:34.960 | Q |
| 3 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 1:35.409 | |
| 4 | Yvonne Kunze | Germany | 1:35.830 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 1:33.561 | Q |
| 2 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 1:33.578 | Q |
| 3 | Mara Zini | Italy | 1:33.880 | |
| 4 | Jo Williams | Great Britain | 1:34.373 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 23 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 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 1:37.916 | QA |
| 2 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 1:38.037 | QA |
| 3 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 1:38.269 | QB |
| 4 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 1:38.523 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yang (S) | China | 1:35.072 | QA |
| 2 | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 1:35.172 | QA |
| 3 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 1:35.510 | QB |
| 4 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 1:35.607 | QB |

### Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.

#### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Yang Yang (A) | China | 1:36.391 |
| | Ko Gi-hyun | South Korea | 1:36.427 |
| | Yang Yang (S) | China | 1:37.008 |
| 4 | Marie-Ève Drolet | Canada | 1:37.563 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 5 | Evgeniya Radanova | Bulgaria | 1:34.702 |
| 6 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 1:34.808 |
| 7 | Chikage Tanaka | Japan | 1:35.125 |
| 8 | Alanna Kraus | Canada | 1:35.642 |