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.[1] Stefan Groothuis won the gold medal.[2][3]

Men's 1000 metres
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Gold medal winner Stefan Groothuis
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date12 February 2014
Competitors40 from 19 nations
Winning time1:08.39
Medalists
Stefan Groothuis  Netherlands
Denny Morrison  Canada
Michel Mulder  Netherlands
Speed skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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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.

World record Shani Davis (USA)1:06.42Salt Lake City, United States7 March 2009
Olympic record Gerard van Velde (NED)1:07.18Salt Lake City, United States16 February 2002

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
DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
12 FebruaryPair 16Stefan Groothuis Netherlands1:08.39TR
12 FebruaryPair 14Samuel Schwarz Germany1:08.89TR

TR = track record

Results

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

Stefan Groothuis
RankPairLaneNameCountryTimeTime behindNotes
16OStefan Groothuis Netherlands1:08.39—TR
17ODenny Morrison Canada1:08.43+0.04
17IMichel Mulder Netherlands1:08.74+0.35
416INico Ihle Germany1:08.86+0.47
514OSamuel Schwarz Germany1:08.89+0.5TR
618IKoen Verweij Netherlands1:09.09+0.7
720IDenis Kuzin Kazakhstan1:09.10+0.71
818OShani Davis United States1:09.12+0.73
919IBrian Hansen United States1:09.21+0.82
104IMark Tuitert Netherlands1:09.29+0.9
1113OHåvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Norway1:09.33+0.94
1219OMo Tae-bum South Korea1:09.37+0.98
138ORoman Krech Kazakhstan1:09.63+1.24
1410OZbigniew Bródka Poland1:09.66+1.27
1515OJoey Mantia United States1:09.72+1.33
1613IKonrad Niedźwiedzki Poland1:09.76+1.37
173IDenis Yuskov Russia1:09.81+1.42
1815IAleksey Yesin Russia1:09.93+1.54
191IHåvard Bøkko Norway1:09.98+1.59
203OVincent De Haître Canada1:10.04+1.65
216OLee Kyou-hyuk South Korea1:10.04+1.65
2212IDaniel Greig Australia1:10.13+1.74
237IBart Swings Belgium1:10.14+1.75
249IHaralds Silovs Latvia1:10.29+1.9
2520OMirko Giacomo Nenzi Italy1:10.32+1.93
268IWilliam Dutton Canada1:10.61+2.22
2714IDmitry Lobkov Russia1:10.65+2.26
287OJonathan Garcia United States1:10.74+2.35
299OBenjamin Macé France1:10.80+2.41
3011OKim Tae-yun South Korea1:10.81+2.42
315IEspen Aarnes Hvammen Norway1:11.01+2.62
324OMuncef Ouardi Canada1:11.07+2.68
3311IFyodor Mezentsev Kazakhstan1:11.08+2.69
345OTian Guojun China1:11.17+2.78
351OTaro Kondo Japan1:11.44+3.05
3612ODaichi Yamanaka Japan1:11.93+3.54
372OTommi Pulli Finland1:12.16+3.77
382IDavid Andersson Sweden1:12.40+4.01
396IIgor Bogolyubskiy Russia1:12.85+4.46
4010ISung Ching-yang Chinese Taipei1:13.79+5.40

TR = track record

References
  1. "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's 1000 m". SOOC. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. "Dutch win fourth speedskating gold". ESPN. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. "Stefan Groothuis wins 1,000m speed skating gold". BBC Sport. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013 Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. Final Results
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