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

The men's 1000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 12 February 2014.^[1] Stefan Groothuis won the gold medal.^{[2] [3]}

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.^[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by Denis Kuzin at 1:09.14.^[5]

The following records were set during this competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record
12 February	Pair 16			1:08.39	TR
12 February	Pair 14			1:08.89	TR

TR = track record

Results

The race started at 18:00.^[6]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	16	O			1:08.39	—	TR
	17	O			1:08.43	+0.04
	17	I			1:08.74	+0.35
	16	I			1:08.86	+0.47
	14	O			1:08.89	+0.5	TR
	18	I			1:09.09	+0.7
	20	I			1:09.10	+0.71
	18	O			1:09.12	+0.73
	19	I			1:09.21	+0.82
10	4	I			1:09.29	+0.9
11	13	O			1:09.33	+0.94
12	19	O			1:09.37	+0.98
13	8	O			1:09.63	+1.24
14	10	O			1:09.66	+1.27
15	15	O			1:09.72	+1.33
16	13	I			1:09.76	+1.37
17	3	I			1:09.81	+1.42
18	15	I			1:09.93	+1.54
19	1	I			1:09.98	+1.59
20	3	O			1:10.04	+1.65
21	6	O			1:10.04	+1.65
22	12	I			1:10.13	+1.74
23	7	I			1:10.14	+1.75
24	9	I			1:10.29	+1.9
25	20	O			1:10.32	+1.93
26	8	I			1:10.61	+2.22
27	14	I			1:10.65	+2.26
28	7	O			1:10.74	+2.35
29	9	O			1:10.80	+2.41
30	11	O			1:10.81	+2.42
31	5	I			1:11.01	+2.62
32	4	O			1:11.07	+2.68
33	11	I			1:11.08	+2.69
34	5	O			1:11.17	+2.78
35	1	O			1:11.44	+3.05
36	12	O			1:11.93	+3.54
37	2	O			1:12.16	+3.77
38	2	I			1:12.40	+4.01
39	6	I			1:12.85	+4.46
40	10	I			1:13.79	+5.40

TR = track record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's 1000 m. SOOC. 12 February 2014. 16 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140216180039/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-1000-m. dead.
2. Web site: Dutch win fourth speedskating gold. 12 February 2014. ESPN. 14 February 2014.
3. Web site: Stefan Groothuis wins 1,000m speed skating gold. 12 February 2014. BBC Sport. 14 February 2014.
4. http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/128207/2014-owg-qualification-status-soqc-9-dec-2013.pdf Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013
5. Web site: Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi . speedskatingnews . 5 February 2014.
6. http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/sochi/r1507.htm Final Results