The Men's 1000 m speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 competition for the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

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 was held in Salt Lake City, Utah

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, United States

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Gerard van Velde

Gerard van Velde

Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a retired Dutch speedskater, and was specialised in sprinting....

, who had finished 4th in the Olympics twice already, delivered a surprise by skating a World Record and winning the gold medal.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
16 February	Pair 1	Kim Chul-Soo		1:09.79	OR
16 February	Pair 2	Ids Postma Ids Postma Ids Hylke Postma is a Dutch former speed skater. He is an Olympic gold medalist and former world champion.To some it would seem that Ids Postma made his debut in 1994, but the season before he already finished 2nd at the World Championships Speedskating for Juniors...		1:09.15	OR
16 February	Pair 14	Choi Jae-Bong Choi Jae-Bong Choi Jae-bong is a South Korean speed skater. He represented his country at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At that time he was the holder of the junior World record at 1500m, set in early December 1997 in Thialf, Heerenveen where he clocked 1:52.25 to break the record...		1:08.81	OR
16 February	Pair 15	Gerard van Velde Gerard van Velde Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a retired Dutch speedskater, and was specialised in sprinting....		1:07.18	OR	WR

Results

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time Behind	Notes
	15	Gerard van Velde Gerard van Velde Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a retired Dutch speedskater, and was specialised in sprinting....		1:07.18	-
	19	Jan Bos Jan Bos Jan Bos is a Dutch speedskater and sprint cyclist.In 1998 he became world champion sprint and he won the silver medal that year on the 1000 meter sprint during the Winter Olympics in Nagano....		1:07.53	+0.35
	20	Joey Cheek Joey Cheek +William Joseph Cheek is an American speed skater and former inline speed skater...		1:07.61	+0.43
4	17	Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter Kip Carpenter is an American speedskater who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 500 meter race at the 2002 games, while also skating the fastest lap in Olympic history in the 500 meter race with a time of 24.87 for a 400 meter...		1:07.89	+0.71
5	22	Erben Wennemars Erben Wennemars Egbert Rolf Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.-Speed skating career:...		1:07.95	+0.77
6	18	Nick Pearson Nick Pearson Nick Pearson is an American speed skater who has competed since 1997. He was named to the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics....		1:07.97	+0.79
7	19	Casey FitzRandolph Casey FitzRandolph Casey J. FitzRandolph is an American speedskater.In 1997, FitzRandolph won the bronze medal at the World Sprint Championships in Hamar. He won another bronze medal in 2001 at the World Single Distance Championships on the 500 m.His best year so far was 2002...		1:08.15	+0.97
8	16	Lee Kyu-Hyuk Lee Kyu-Hyuk Lee Kyou-Hyuk is a South Korean long track speed skater who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters...		1:08.37	+1.19
9	15	Sergey Klevchenya Sergey Klevchenya 200pxSergey Konstantinovich Klevchenya is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Winter Olympics and for Russia in the 1994 Winter Olympics, in the 1998 Winter Olympics, and in the 2002 Winter Olympics....		1:08.41	+1.23
10	16	Janne Hanninen Janne Hänninen Janne Hänninen is a former Finnish speedskater who specialised on the shorter distances 500 m, 1000 m, and 1500 m.His personal bests on these distances are 35.00 , 1:08.45 , and 1:46.04...		1:08.45	+1.27
11	21	Ådne Søndrål Ådne Søndrål Ådne Søndrål is a former Norwegian speed skater.Søndrål, representing Hol IL, was one of the best 1500 m skaters through most of the 1990s. He placed 2nd in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 4th in the 1994 Olympics. He finally won Olympic gold when he won 1500 m in the 1998 Winter Olympics...		1:08.64	+1.46
12	14	Choi Jae-Bong Choi Jae-Bong Choi Jae-bong is a South Korean speed skater. He represented his country at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. At that time he was the holder of the junior World record at 1500m, set in early December 1997 in Thialf, Heerenveen where he clocked 1:52.25 to break the record...		1:08.81	+1.63
13	22	Jeremy Wotherspoon Jeremy Wotherspoon Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time....		1:08.82	+1.64
14	21	Mike Ireland Mike Ireland Michael Ireland is a long track speed skater.Mike Ireland specialises in the sprint distances...		1:08.88	+1.70
15	18	Yusuke Imai		1:08.90	+1.72
16	20	Toyoki Takeda		1:08.95	+1.77
17	2	Ids Postma Ids Postma Ids Hylke Postma is a Dutch former speed skater. He is an Olympic gold medalist and former world champion.To some it would seem that Ids Postma made his debut in 1994, but the season before he already finished 2nd at the World Championships Speedskating for Juniors...		1:09.15	+1.97
18	12	Dmitry Lobkov Dmitry Lobkov Dmitry Lobkov is a Russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances, with the 500 metres being his favourite. At the 2004 World Single Distance Championships in Seoul he achieved the silver medal at this distance, only allowing Jeremy Wotherspoon to be faster...		1:09.20	+2.02
19	11	Patrick Bouchard		1:09.21	+2.03
20	13	Kevin Marshall Kevin Marshall Kevin Marshall is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League .-Career statistics:-External links:...		1:09.26	+2.08
21	13	Tomasz Swist		1:09.48	+2.30
22	14	Manabu Horii Manabu Horii is a speed skater. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994, and also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.-References:...		1:09.50	+2.32
23	4	Yevgeny Lalenkov Yevgeny Lalenkov Yevgeny Alexeyevich Lalenkov is a Russian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...		1:09.55	+2.37
24	17	Michael Kuenzel		1:09.64	+2.46
25	1	Kim Chul-Soo		1:09.79	+2.61
26	6	Davide Carta		1:09.81	+2.63
27	1	Sergey Tsybenko		1:10.13	+2.95
28	11	Petter Andersen Petter Andersen Petter Andersen is a Norwegian speed skater, born in Oslo. He competed in the 1,000 m and 1,500 m at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.-References:...		1:10.14	+2.96
29	10	Pawel Abratkiewicz		1:10.21	+3.03
30	5	Christian Breuer		1:10.38	+3.20
31	6	Zsolt Balo		1:10.57	+3.39
32	4	Park Jae-Man		1:10.67	+3.49
33	7	Risto Rosendahl		1:10.70	+3.52
34	2	Jan Friesinger		1:10.71	+3.53
35	3	Li Yu		1:10.78	+3.60
36	5	Dino Gillarduzzi		1:10.96	+3.78
37	8	Andrey Fomin		1:11.04	+3.86
38	3	Cedric Kuentz		1:11.26	+4.08
39	10	Grunde Njos		1:11.31	+4.13
40	7	Yu Fengtong Yu Fengtong Yu Fengtong is a speed skater who has participated in the Olympics for the nation of China.He is the national recordholder of China on the 500 and 1,000 meters.-Achievements:...		1:12.07	+4.89
41	9	Igor Makovetsky		1:12.33	+5.15
42	8	Aleksey Khatylyov		1:13.73	+6.55
43	9	David Kramar		1:14.05	+6.87
44	12	Hiroyuki Noake		1:49.18	+42.00