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

The women's 1000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 13 February 2014.^[1]

Qualification

A total of thirty-six speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 16 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.^[2]

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 Olga Fatkulina at 1:15.44.^[3]

The following record was set during this competition.

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

TR = track record

Results

The race was started at 18:00.^[4]

On 24 November 2017, Russian athlete Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping offence.^[5] In January 2018, she successfully appealed against the disqualification at the court of arbitration for sport.^[6]

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	7	I			1:14.02		TR
	17	I			1:14.69
	16	I			1:14.90
4	16	O			1:15.08
	18	I			1:15.10
	14	I			1:15.15
	15	I			1:15.23
	17	O			1:15.47
	7	O			1:15.62
10	12	O			1:15.74
11	10	O			1:15.84
12	18	O			1:15.94
13	15	O			1:16.45
14	12	I			1:16.59
15	10	I			1:17.01
16	11	O			1:17.02
17	1	O			1:17.15
18	13	O			1:17.24
19	14	O			1:17.25
20	9	I			1:17.31
21	3	O			1:17.41
22	5	I			1:17.68
23	2	I			1:17.933
24	9	O			1:17.937
25	3	I			1:17.99
26	11	I			1:18.00
27	1	I			1:18.07
28	8	O			1:18.10
29	8	I			1:18.38
30	6	O			1:18.53
31	4	O			1:18.94
32	2	O			1:19.13
33	4	I			1:19.43
34	5	O			1:20.20
35	6	I			1:57.49	+43.47
	13	I

TR = track record, DQ = disqualified

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Ladies' 1000 m . . 13 February 2014 . 16 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140216180331/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-ladies-1000-m . dead .
2. 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
3. Web site: Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi . speedskatingnews . 5 February 2014.
4. http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/sochi/r1508.htm Final Results
5. Web site: IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings - Olympic News.
6. News: THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DELIVERS ITS DECISIONS IN THE MATTER OF 39 RUSSIAN ATHLETES V/ THE IOC:28 APPEALS UPHELD, 11 PARTIALLY UPHELD. 2018-02-01. THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. 2018-02-01. en.