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1,000 metres, Men

Date	17 February 1998
Status	Olympic
Location	White Ring, Nagano
Participants	30 from 16 countries
Format	Placements 1-8 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on points earned in earlier rounds, and time in final round skated.
Olympic Record	1:29.58 / Lee Jun-Ho KOR / 22 February 1994

South Koreans had won the previous two editions of this event, and another South Korean was expected to win in Nagano. At the 1997 World Championships, held at the Olympic venue, then junior Kim Dong-Seong had claimed the title, winning the 1,000 m in the process. But that race had seen a disputed disqualification of his chief opponent, Marc Gagnon of Canada. Gagnon had later lowered the world record to 1:28.230, proving his capabilities in the event.

But Gagnon failed to make the semi-finals, being disqualified for obstructing Lee Jun-Hwan in their quarter-final heat. The semi-finals then saw the 1994 500 m champion, Chae Ji-Hun also out due to disqualification. Kim, however, did make the final, along with Li Jiajun of China, 33-year-old “veteran” Andy Gabel (USA) and Éric Bédard (Canada). In the final, Li was in the lead most of the way, ,Kim snuck up from behind on the final curve to edge his blade over the line first.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Points	Best Time
1	132	Kim Dong-Seong	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	114	Li Jiajun	CHN	–	–	Silver
3	106	Éric Bédard	CAN	–	–	Bronze
4	147	Andy Gabel	USA	–	–
5	155	Naoya Tamura	JPN	–	–
6	127	Fabio Carta	ITA	–	–
7	135	Lee Jun-Hwan	KOR	–	–
8	122	Matt Jasper	GBR	–	–
9	156	Satoru Terao	JPN	9	1:32.636
10	131	Chae Ji-Hun	KOR	8	DQ
11	108	François Drolet	CAN	7	1:32.513
12	144	Martin Johansson	SWE	6	1:33.047
13	150	Rusty Smith	USA	6	1:39.775
14	112	An Yulong	CHN	5	1:29.784
15	157	Hitoshi Uematsu	JPN	5	DQ
16	109	Marc Gagnon	CAN	3	DQ
17	117	Bruno Loscos	FRA	2	1:30.805
18	113	Feng Kai	CHN	2	1:31.724
19	119	Arian Nachbar	GER	2	1:32.493
20	139	Dave Versteeg	NED	2	1:32.748
21	101	Steven Bradbury	AUS	2	1:33.108
22	121	Nicky Gooch	GBR	2	1:33.638
23	140	Han Sang-Guk	PRK	2	1:34.220
24	145	Yevhen Yakovlev	UKR	2	1:36.005
25	148	Scott Koons	USA	1	1:31.110
26	142	Yun Chol	PRK	1	1:33.133
27	143	Maciej Pryczek	POL	1	1:33.555
28	118	Ludovic Mathieu	FRA	1	1:36.076
29	137	Boldyn Sansarbileg	MGL	1	1:39.913
30	125	Michele Antonioli	ITA	0	DQ

Round One (17 February 1998)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat One (19:00)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Chae Ji-Hun	KOR	1:35.240	5	Q
2	1	Satoru Terao	JPN	1:35.323	3	Q
3	3	Yevhen Yakovlev	UKR	1:36.005	2
4	4	Ludovic Mathieu	FRA	1:36.076	1

Heat Two (19:04)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Naoya Tamura	JPN	1:31.168	5	Q
2	1	Fabio Carta	ITA	1:31.315	3	Q
3	3	Arian Nachbar	GER	1:32.493	2
4	4	Maciej Pryczek	POL	1:33.555	1

Heat Three (19:08)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Martin Johansson	SWE	1:31.515	5	Q
2	3	Andy Gabel	USA	1:31.672	3	Q
3	1	Feng Kai	CHN	1:31.724	2
4	4	Yun Chol	PRK	1:33.133	1

Heat Four (19:12)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Lee Jun-Hwan	KOR	1:32.879	5	Q
2	3	Éric Bédard	CAN	1:32.975	3	Q
3	2	Steven Bradbury	AUS	1:33.108	2

Heat Five (19:16)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	François Drolet	CAN	1:32.949	5	Q
2	1	Kim Dong-Seong	KOR	1:33.039	3	Q
3	2	Nicky Gooch	GBR	1:33.638	2

Heat Six (19:20)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Matt Jasper	GBR	1:32.709	5	Q
2	2	An Yulong	CHN	1:32.731	3	Q
3	1	Dave Versteeg	NED	1:32.748	2
4	4	Boldyn Sansarbileg	MGL	1:39.913	1

Heat Seven (19:24)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Hitoshi Uematsu	JPN	1:30.466	5	Q
2	1	Marc Gagnon	CAN	1:30.476	3	Q
3	3	Bruno Loscos	FRA	1:30.805	2
4	4	Scott Koons	USA	1:31.110	1

Heat Eight (19:28)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Rusty Smith	USA	1:33.326	5	Q
2	1	Li Jiajun	CHN	1:34.023	3	Q
3	4	Han Sang-Guk	PRK	1:34.220	2
DQ	3	Michele Antonioli	ITA	–	–

Quarter-Finals (17 February 1998)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One (20:00)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Satoru Terao	JPN	1:29.398	5	QOR
2	1	Matt Jasper	GBR	1:31.798	3	Q
3	2	Lee Jun-Hwan	KOR	1:38.115	2	ADV
DQ	3	Marc Gagnon	CAN	–	–

Heat Two (20:04)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Fabio Carta	ITA	1:32.358	5	Q
2	4	Kim Dong-Seong	KOR	1:32.423	3	Q
3	2	François Drolet	CAN	1:32.513	2
4	1	Martin Johansson	SWE	1:33.047	1

Heat Three (20:08)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Naoya Tamura	JPN	1:29.509	5	Q
2	4	Éric Bédard	CAN	1:29.622	3	Q
3	3	An Yulong	CHN	1:29.784	2
4	2	Rusty Smith	USA	1:39.775	1

Heat Four (20:12)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Li Jiajun	CHN	1:34.510	5	Q
2	2	Chae Ji-Hun	KOR	1:34.902	3	Q
3	3	Andy Gabel	USA	1:35.641	2	ADV
DQ	1	Hitoshi Uematsu	JPN	–	–

Semi-Finals (17 February 1998)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (20:40)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	5	Andy Gabel	USA	1:32.985	5	Q
2	4	Éric Bédard	CAN	1:36.233	3	Q
3	2	Fabio Carta	ITA	1:39.402	2	QB
4	1	Naoya Tamura	JPN	1:42.908	1	QB
DQ	3	Chae Ji-Hun	KOR	–	–

Heat Two (20:44)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	5	Kim Dong-Seong	KOR	1:32.036	5	Q
2	3	Li Jiajun	CHN	1:32.183	3	Q
3	2	Matt Jasper	GBR	1:32.549	2	QB
4	4	Lee Jun-Hwan	KOR	1:32.634	1	QB
5	1	Satoru Terao	JPN	1:32.636	–

Final Round (17 February 1998 — 21:15)

B Final (21:10)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Naoya Tamura	JPN	1:32.927
2	3	Fabio Carta	ITA	1:33.015
3	4	Lee Jun-Hwan	KOR	1:33.131
4	2	Matt Jasper	GBR	1:34.285

A Final (21:15)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Kim Dong-Seong	KOR	1:32.375
2	2	Li Jiajun	CHN	1:32.428
3	4	Éric Bédard	CAN	1:32.661
4	3	Andy Gabel	USA	1:33.518