Short-track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

Women's 1000 metres at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
Venue	Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Dates	26 February
Competitors	30 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:36.87
Medalists
Chun Lee-kyung  South Korea Nathalie Lambert  Canada Kim So-hee  South Korea

The Women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 26 February. There were eight heats, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	1:41.88	Q
2	Sandrine Daudet	France	1:41.91	Q
3	Evgeniya Radanova	Bulgaria	1:45.67
4	Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina	Russia	1:59.84

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Isabelle Charest	Canada	1:39.55	Q OR
2	Zhang Yanmei	China	1:39.72	Q
3	Katia Mosconi	Italy	1:41.51
–	Yelena Sinitsina	Kazakhstan	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim So-hee	South Korea	1:43.76	Q
2	Amy Peterson	United States	1:45.38	Q
3	Katia Colturi	Italy	1:46.89
4	Penèlope di Lella	Netherlands	1:47.54

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marina Pylayeva	Russia	1:44.38	Q
2	Yang Yang (S)	China	1:46.53	Q
3	Cindy Meyer	South Africa	1:47.85
4	Anke Jannie Landman	Netherlands	1:58.09

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ayako Tsubaki	Japan	1:39.61	Q
2	Marinella Canclini	Italy	1:39.74	Q
3	Sofie Pintens	Belgium	1:41.12
4	Laure Drouet	France	1:41.21

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Karen Gardiner-Kah	Australia	1:41.64	Q
2	Cathy Turner	United States	1:47.03	Q
3	Yelena Tikhanina	Russia	1:53.92

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Won Hye-kyung	South Korea	1:42.75	Q
2	Wang Xiulan	China	1:43.71	Q
3	Debbie Palmer	Great Britain	1:44.72
4	Valérie Barizza	France	1:52.30

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	1:40.45	Q
2	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	1:40.49	Q
3	Bea Pintens	Belgium	1:43.16

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 26 February. The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	1:38.75	Q
2	Yang Yang (S)	China	1:38.96	Q
3	Won Hye-kyung	South Korea	1:39.03
4	Marinella Canclini	Italy	1:39.20

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Isabelle Charest	Canada	1:40.29	Q
2	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	1:40.30	Q
3	Wang Xiulan	China	1:40.58
4	Marina Pylayeva	Russia	1:42.15

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim So-hee	South Korea	1:38.61	Q OR
2	Cathy Turner	United States	1:38.98	Q
3	Ayako Tsubaki	Japan	1:39.12
4	Sandrine Daudet	France	1:40.83

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	1:38.82	Q
2	Zhang Yanmei	China	1:39.02	Q
3	Amy Peterson	United States	1:39.51
4	Karen Gardiner-Kah	Australia	1:39.93

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 26 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. In semifinal 2, China's Yang Yang (S) was advanced to the final, and Canada's Sylvie Daigle was disqualified.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kim So-hee	South Korea	1:37.17	QA OR
2	Zhang Yanmei	China	1:37.26	QA
3	Isabelle Charest	Canada	1:37.89	QB
–	Cathy Turner	United States	DQ

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	1:38.82	QA
2	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	1:55.07	QA
3	Yang Yang (S)	China	2:12.06	QB
–	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	DQ

Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while Canada's Isabelle Charest raced alone for 5th place in Final B.

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	1:36.87	OR
	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	1:36.97
	Kim So-hee	South Korea	1:37.09
4	Zhang Yanmei	China	1:37.80
5	Yang Yang (S)	China	1:47.10

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
6	Isabelle Charest	Canada	1:37.49