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1,000 metres, Men

Date	18 – 20 February 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	La Halle de Glace, Albertville
Participants	28 from 16 countries
Format	Placements 1-8 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on points earned in earlier rounds, and time in final round skated.

The first Olympic short track event was expected to be a fight between the South Koreans - with 1990 World Champion Lee Jun-Ho and two time runner-up Kim Gi-Hun - and the reigning World Champion, Britain’s Wilf O’Reilly. All three favourites had seen earlier success at the Olympics. When short track was demonstrated in Calgary, O’Reilly had won the 500 and 1000 m, Kim had won the 1500 m and Lee the 3000 m.

The favourites all survived until the semi-finals. In the first heat, O’Reilly fell and finished last, while Lee and Mike McMillen both broke the World Record to qualify for the final. They were joined there by Kim and Canada’s Frédéric Blackburn. The two Koreans decided to make it a fast race, and went all out from the start. Blackburn and McMillen managed to cling on. Kim finished the race unchallenged in another World Record, while Blackburn passed Lee just in time for the silver medal. Kim became South Korea’s first ever Winter Olympic Champion, two days after the nation had gained its first ever Winter Olympic medal in speed skating.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Points	Best Time
1	43	Kim Gi-Hun	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	11	Frédéric Blackburn	CAN	–	–	Silver
3	45	Lee Jun-Ho	KOR	–	–	Bronze
4	51	Mike McMillen	NZL	–	–
5	30	Wilf O'Reilly	GBR	–	–
6	6	Geert Blanchart	BEL	–	–
7	16	Mark Lackie	CAN	–	–
8	14	Michel Daignault	CAN	–	–
9	29	Matt Jasper	GBR	7	1:34.69
10	48	Mark Velzeboer	NED	5	1:33.86
11	18	Dmitry Yershov	EUN	5	1:34.02
12	35	Hugo Herrnhof	ITA	5	1:34.85
13	17	Li Lianli	CHN	4	1:33.90
14	7	Alain De Ruyter	BEL	4	1:34.60
15	39	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	JPN	4	1:34.86
16	41	Tsutomu Kawasaki	JPN	4	1:35.66
17	53	Chris Nicholson	NZL	2	1:33.45
18	19	Marc Bella	FRA	2	1:34.22
19	4	Andrew Murtha	AUS	2	1:34.71
20	47	Song Jae-Geun	KOR	2	1:37.86
21	5	Richard Nizielski	AUS	2	1:38.80
22	49	Gisle Elvebakken	NOR	2	1:41.50
23	40	Toshinobu Kawai	JPN	2	1:42.28
24	34	Orazio Fagone	ITA	1	1:34.91
25	31	Tibor Kun Bálint	HUN	1	1:36.86
26	27	Nicky Gooch	GBR	1	2:24.43
DQ	57	Andy Gabel	USA	–	–
DQ	56	Li Won-Ho	PRK	–	–

Round One (18 February 1992)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Michel Daignault	CAN	1:33.21	5	QOR
2	–	Hugo Herrnhof	ITA	1:33.35	3	Q
3	–	Chris Nicholson	NZL	1:33.45	2
4	–	Tibor Kun Bálint	HUN	1:36.86	1

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Frédéric Blackburn	CAN	1:38.67	5	Q
2	–	Tsutomu Kawasaki	JPN	1:38.75	3	Q
3	–	Gisle Elvebakken	NOR	1:41.50	2
4	–	Nicky Gooch	GBR	2:24.43	1

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Matt Jasper	GBR	1:36.82	5	Q
2	–	Dmitry Yershov	EUN	1:37.71	3	Q
3	–	Toshinobu Kawai	JPN	1:42.28	2
DQ	–	Li Won-Ho	PRK	–	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Geert Blanchart	BEL	1:38.66	5	Q
2	–	Mark Velzeboer	NED	1:38.74	3	Q
3	–	Richard Nizielski	AUS	1:38.80	2

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Mark Lackie	CAN	1:39.19	5	Q
2	–	Lee Jun-Ho	KOR	1:39.30	3	Q
DQ	–	Andy Gabel	USA	–	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Wilf O'Reilly	GBR	1:37.79	5	Q
2	–	Li Lianli	CHN	1:37.85	3	Q
3	–	Song Jae-Geun	KOR	1:37.86	2

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Kim Gi-Hun	KOR	1:33.79	5	Q
2	–	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	JPN	1:34.11	3	Q
3	–	Andrew Murtha	AUS	1:34.71	2

Heat Eight

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Mike McMillen	NZL	1:33.57	5	Q
2	–	Alain De Ruyter	BEL	1:34.18	3	Q
3	–	Marc Bella	FRA	1:34.22	2
4	–	Orazio Fagone	ITA	1:34.91	1

Quarter-Finals (20 February 1992)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Lee Jun-Ho	KOR	1:33.51	5	Q
2	–	Michel Daignault	CAN	1:33.66	3	Q
3	–	Matt Jasper	GBR	1:34.69	2
4	–	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	JPN	1:34.86	1

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Wilf O'Reilly	GBR	1:33.62	5	Q
2	–	Frédéric Blackburn	CAN	1:33.71	3	Q
3	–	Dmitry Yershov	EUN	1:34.02	2
4	–	Alain De Ruyter	BEL	1:34.60	1

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Kim Gi-Hun	KOR	1:32.67	5	QOR
2	–	Mike McMillen	NZL	1:32.69	3	Q
3	–	Mark Velzeboer	NED	1:33.86	2
4	–	Li Lianli	CHN	1:33.90	1

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Mark Lackie	CAN	1:34.68	5	Q
2	–	Geert Blanchart	BEL	1:34.83	3	Q
3	–	Hugo Herrnhof	ITA	1:34.85	2
4	–	Tsutomu Kawasaki	JPN	1:35.66	1

Semi-Finals (20 February 1992)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Lee Jun-Ho	KOR	1:31.27	5	QWR
2	–	Mike McMillen	NZL	1:31.60	3	Q
3	–	Michel Daignault	CAN	1:32.10	2	QB
4	–	Wilf O'Reilly	GBR	2:05.04	1	QB

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	–	Kim Gi-Hun	KOR	1:32.12	5	Q
2	–	Frédéric Blackburn	CAN	1:32.23	3	Q
3	–	Mark Lackie	CAN	1:32.30	2	QB
4	–	Geert Blanchart	BEL	1:33.04	1	QB

Final Round (20 February 1992)

B Final

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	–	Wilf O'Reilly	GBR	1:36.24
2	–	Geert Blanchart	BEL	1:36.28
3	–	Mark Lackie	CAN	1:36.28
4	–	Michel Daignault	CAN	1:37.10

A Final

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	–	Kim Gi-Hun	KOR	1:30.76	WR
2	–	Frédéric Blackburn	CAN	1:31.11
3	–	Lee Jun-Ho	KOR	1:31.16
4	–	Mike McMillen	NZL	1:31.32