# Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 12 February 2014. Stefan Groothuis won the gold medal.

## Qualification

A total of forty speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the men's 1000 metres World Cup standings after World Cup 4 in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 20 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Shani Davis (USA) | 1:06.42 | Salt Lake City, United States | 7 March 2009 |
| Olympic record | Gerard van Velde (NED) | 1:07.18 | Salt Lake City, United States | 16 February 2002 |
At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by Denis Kuzin at 1:09.14.
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
| 12 February | Pair 16 | Stefan Groothuis | Netherlands | 1:08.39 | TR |
| 12 February | Pair 14 | Samuel Schwarz | Germany | 1:08.89 | TR |
TR = track record

## Results

The race started at 18:00.
| Rank | Pair | Lane | Name | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
| | 16 | O | Stefan Groothuis | Netherlands | 1:08.39 | — | TR |
| | 17 | O | Denny Morrison | Canada | 1:08.43 | +0.04 | |
| | 17 | I | Michel Mulder | Netherlands | 1:08.74 | +0.35 | |
| 4 | 16 | I | Nico Ihle | Germany | 1:08.86 | +0.47 | |
| 5 | 14 | O | Samuel Schwarz | Germany | 1:08.89 | +0.5 | TR |
| 6 | 18 | I | Koen Verweij | Netherlands | 1:09.09 | +0.7 | |
| 7 | 20 | I | Denis Kuzin | Kazakhstan | 1:09.10 | +0.71 | |
| 8 | 18 | O | Shani Davis | United States | 1:09.12 | +0.73 | |
| 9 | 19 | I | Brian Hansen | United States | 1:09.21 | +0.82 | |
| 10 | 4 | I | Mark Tuitert | Netherlands | 1:09.29 | +0.9 | |
| 11 | 13 | O | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 1:09.33 | +0.94 | |
| 12 | 19 | O | Mo Tae-bum | South Korea | 1:09.37 | +0.98 | |
| 13 | 8 | O | Roman Krech | Kazakhstan | 1:09.63 | +1.24 | |
| 14 | 10 | O | Zbigniew Bródka | Poland | 1:09.66 | +1.27 | |
| 15 | 15 | O | Joey Mantia | United States | 1:09.72 | +1.33 | |
| 16 | 13 | I | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | Poland | 1:09.76 | +1.37 | |
| 17 | 3 | I | Denis Yuskov | Russia | 1:09.81 | +1.42 | |
| 18 | 15 | I | Aleksey Yesin | Russia | 1:09.93 | +1.54 | |
| 19 | 1 | I | Håvard Bøkko | Norway | 1:09.98 | +1.59 | |
| 20 | 3 | O | Vincent De Haître | Canada | 1:10.04 | +1.65 | |
| 21 | 6 | O | Lee Kyou-hyuk | South Korea | 1:10.04 | +1.65 | |
| 22 | 12 | I | Daniel Greig | Australia | 1:10.13 | +1.74 | |
| 23 | 7 | I | Bart Swings | Belgium | 1:10.14 | +1.75 | |
| 24 | 9 | I | Haralds Silovs | Latvia | 1:10.29 | +1.9 | |
| 25 | 20 | O | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | Italy | 1:10.32 | +1.93 | |
| 26 | 8 | I | William Dutton | Canada | 1:10.61 | +2.22 | |
| 27 | 14 | I | Dmitry Lobkov | Russia | 1:10.65 | +2.26 | |
| 28 | 7 | O | Jonathan Garcia | United States | 1:10.74 | +2.35 | |
| 29 | 9 | O | Benjamin Macé | France | 1:10.80 | +2.41 | |
| 30 | 11 | O | Kim Tae-yun | South Korea | 1:10.81 | +2.42 | |
| 31 | 5 | I | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | Norway | 1:11.01 | +2.62 | |
| 32 | 4 | O | Muncef Ouardi | Canada | 1:11.07 | +2.68 | |
| 33 | 11 | I | Fyodor Mezentsev | Kazakhstan | 1:11.08 | +2.69 | |
| 34 | 5 | O | Tian Guojun | China | 1:11.17 | +2.78 | |
| 35 | 1 | O | Taro Kondo | Japan | 1:11.44 | +3.05 | |
| 36 | 12 | O | Daichi Yamanaka | Japan | 1:11.93 | +3.54 | |
| 37 | 2 | O | Tommi Pulli | Finland | 1:12.16 | +3.77 | |
| 38 | 2 | I | David Andersson | Sweden | 1:12.40 | +4.01 | |
| 39 | 6 | I | Igor Bogolyubskiy | Russia | 1:12.85 | +4.46 | |
| 40 | 10 | I | Sung Ching-yang | Chinese Taipei | 1:13.79 | +5.40 | |
TR = track record