Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 13 to 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center. This event is remembered for the victory of Australian Steven Bradbury, who benefited from all four other skaters in the final going down ahead of him, while Bradbury stayed on his feet and won gold. It was the first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for Australia.[1][2]

Men's 1000 metres
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueSalt Lake Ice Center
Dates13–16 February
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning time1:29.109
Medalists
Steven Bradbury  Australia
Apolo Anton Ohno  United States
Mathieu Turcotte  Canada

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]

World record Steve Robillard (CAN)1:25.985Calgary, Canada14 October 2001
Olympic record Satoru Terao (JPN)1:29.398Nagano, Japan17 February 1998

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateRoundTeamTimeORWR
13 FebruaryHeat 7 Rusty Smith (USA)1:28.183OR
16 FebruaryQuarterfinal 3 Mathieu Turcotte (CAN)1:27.185OR

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 13 February. There were eight heats of four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.[3]

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Wim De Deyne Belgium1:30.950Q
2Satoru Terao Japan1:31.025Q
3Mark Jackson New Zealand1:32.276
4Miroslav Boyadzhiev Bulgaria1:32.421
Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Steven Bradbury Australia1:30.956Q
2Nicola Rodigari Italy1:30.991Q
3Balázs Knoch Hungary1:31.061
4Pieter Gysel Belgium1:31.290
Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Feng Kai China1:32.554Q
2Mark McNee Australia1:39.325Q
Gregory Durand FranceDQ
Volodymyr Hryhor'iev UkraineDQ
Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Naoya Tamura Japan1:28.867Q
2Leon Flack Great Britain1:29.584Q
3Krystian Zdrojkowski Poland1:30.026
Martin Johansson SwedenDQ
Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Fabio Carta Italy1:28.520Q
2Marc Gagnon Canada1:28.718Q
3Cees Juffermans Netherlands1:29.249
4Matúš Užák Slovakia2:17.608
Heat 6
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Kim Dong-sung South Korea1:32.091Q
2Apolo Anton Ohno United States1:33.167Q
3Arian Nachbar Germany1:33.585
4Battulgyn Oktyabri Mongolia1:47.213
Heat 7
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Rusty Smith United States1:28.183Q OR
2Mathieu Turcotte Canada1:28.229Q
3Bruno Loscos France1:28.532
4Kiril Pandov Bulgaria1:31.842
Heat 8
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea1:30.252Q
2Li Jiajun China1:30.447Q
3Kornél Szántó Hungary1:31.391
4Nicky Gooch Great Britain1:38.034

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 16 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[3] In quarterfinal 2, Canada's Marc Gagnon was disqualified from second place, and Japan's Naoya Tamura advanced.

Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Fabio Carta Italy1:28.186Q
2Satoru Terao Japan1:28.241Q
3Feng Kai China1:28.424
4Leon Flack Great Britain1:28.604
Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Apolo Anton Ohno United States1:28.650Q
2Steven Bradbury Australia1:29.265Q
3Naoya Tamura Japan1:29.864ADV
Marc Gagnon CanadaDQ
Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mathieu Turcotte Canada1:27.185Q OR
2Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea1:27.201Q
3Nicola Rodigari Italy1:27.578
4Wim De Deyne Belgium1:27.785
Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Kim Dong-sung South Korea1:27.429Q
2Li Jiajun China1:27.467Q
3Rusty Smith United States1:28.078
4Mark McNee Australia1:46.701

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 16 February. The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.[3] In the first semifinal, Japan's Satoru Terao was disqualified, with Canada's Mathieu Turcotte, who finished third in the race, advanced to the A final.

Semifinal 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Steven Bradbury Australia1:29.189QA
2Li Jiajun China1:30.592QA
3Mathieu Turcotte Canada1:35.156ADV
4Kim Dong-sung South Korea1:52.645QB
Satoru Terao JapanDQ
Semifinal 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Apolo Anton Ohno United States1:27.428QA
2Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea1:27.469QA
3Fabio Carta Italy1:27.492QB
4Naoya Tamura Japan1:27.751QB

Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while three others raced for 6th place in Final B.[3] As a result of Li Jiajun's disqualification however the winner of the B final finished 5th.

Final A
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Steven Bradbury Australia1:29.109
Apolo Anton Ohno United States1:30.160
Mathieu Turcotte Canada1:30.563
4Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea1:32.519
Li Jiajun ChinaDQ
Final B
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
5Kim Dong-sung South Korea1:35.582
6Fabio Carta Italy1:35.589
7Naoya Tamura Japan1:35.823

References

  1. "Australia win first ever gold". BBC. 17 February 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2012.
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