Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres
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The men's 1000 metres competition in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February (heats) and 12 February (finals), 2026 at the Forum di Milano in Milan.[1][2] Jens van 't Wout of the Netherlands won the event. Sun Long of China won the silver medal and Rim Jong-un of South Korea bronze.[3][4] For all of them, these were the first Olympic medals.
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| Venue | Forum di Milano, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 10 and 12 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:24.537 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The defending champion, Ren Ziwei, was not available to defend the title. The 2022 silver medalist, Li Wenlong, was selected for the Olympics but did not race 1000 m. The bronze medalist Shaoang Liu qualified, though he switched from representing Hungary to China. Before the Olympics, Pietro Sighel was leading the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour 1000 m standings, and William Dandjinou led the overall standings. Steven Dubois was the 1000 m 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. A total of 32 athletes from 17 nations qualified for the event.
Records
Prior to this competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Hwang Dae-heon (KOR) | 1:20.875 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 November 2018 |
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| Olympic record | Hwang Dae-heon (KOR) | 1:23.042 | Beijing, China | 5 February 2022 |
Results
Heats
10 February 2026, 11:10
Quarterfinals
12 February 2026, 20:34
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Félix Roussel |  Canada | 1:24.227 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Shaoang Liu |  China | 1:24.292 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Teun Boer |  Netherlands | 1:26.638 | ADV |
| 4 | 1 | Thomas Nadalini |  Italy | 1:34.487 | |
| 1 | Hwang Dae-heon | South Korea | PEN | ||
| 1 | 2 | William Dandjinou | Canada | 1:23.781 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Shin Dong-min | South Korea | 1:23.971 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Moon Won-jun |  Hungary | 1:23.988 | |
| 4 | 2 | Kazuki Yoshinaga |  Japan | 1:24.079 | |
| 5 | 2 | Clayton DeClemente |  United States | 1:24.244 | |
| 1 | 3 | Sun Long | China | 1:26.563 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Roberts Krūzbergs |  Latvia | 1:27.133 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Michał Niewiński |  Poland | 1:46.369 | ADV |
| 3 | Pietro Sighel | Italy | PEN | ||
| 3 | Quentin Fercoq |  France | PEN | ||
| 1 | 4 | Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands | 1:25.199 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Rim Jong-un | South Korea | 1:25.213 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Luca Spechenhauser | Italy | 1:25.260 | |
| 4 | 4 | Reinis Bērziņš | Latvia | 1:25.379 | |
| 5 | 4 | Lin Xiaojun | China | 1:25.782 |
Semifinals
12 February 2026, 21:12
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | William Dandjinou | Canada | 1:23.520 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Sun Long | China | 1:23.585 | QA |
| 3 | 1 | Roberts Krūzbergs | Latvia | 1:23.700 | qA |
| 4 | 1 | Teun Boer | Netherlands | 1:24.209 | QB |
| 5 | 1 | Shin Dong-min | South Korea | 1:24.327 | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Rim Jong-un | South Korea | 1:24.025 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands | 1:24.664 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Michał Niewiński | Poland | 1:25.617 | QB |
| 4 | 2 | Shaoang Liu | China | 1:26.102 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Félix Roussel | Canada | 1:57.163 | QB |
Finals
Final B
12 February 2026, 21:52
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 6 | Shaoang Liu | China | 1:27.211 | |
| 7 | Teun Boer | Netherlands | 1:27.267 | |
| 8 | Shin Dong-min | South Korea | 1:27.453 | |
| 9 | Michał Niewiński | Poland | 1:27.521 | |
| 10 | Félix Roussel | Canada | 1:28.007 |
Final A
12 February 2026, 21:58
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
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 | Jens van 't Wout | Netherlands | 1:24.537 | |
 | Sun Long | China | 1:24.565 | |
 | Rim Jong-un | South Korea | 1:24.611 | |
| 4 | William Dandjinou | Canada | 1:24.671 | |
| 5 | Roberts Krūzbergs | Latvia | 1:24.681 |