Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres
| Men's 1000 metres at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
 Gold medal winner Stefan Groothuis | ||||||||||
| Venue | Adler Arena Skating Center | |||||||||
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| Date | 12 February 2014 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:08.39 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics  | ||||
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| 500 m | men | women | ||
| 1000 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| Team pursuit | men | women | ||
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.
| 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.[5]
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 was started at 18:00.[6]
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| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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
References
- ↑ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's 1000 m". SOOC. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ↑ "Dutch win fourth speedskating gold". ESPN. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ↑ "Stefan Groothuis wins 1,000m speed skating gold". BBC Sport. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ↑ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013
- ↑ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ Final Results