The women's 1000 metres speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 13 February 2014.[1]
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| Venue | Adler Arena Skating Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
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Qualification
editA total of thirty-six speed skaters could qualify for this distance, with a maximum of four skaters per country. The top 20 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres standings after the fourth World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot for their country. Then the additional 16 spots were awarded based on a time ranking of all times skated in the World Cup and the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. A reserve list was also made.[2]
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Brittany Bowe (USA) | 1:12.58 | Salt Lake City, United States | 17 November 2013 |
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| Olympic record | Chris Witty (USA) | 1:13.83 | Salt Lake City, United States | 17 February 2002 |
At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by Olga Fatkulina at 1:15.44.[3]
The following record was set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
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| 13 February | Pair 7 | Zhang Hong |  China | 1:14.02 | TR |
TR = track record
Results
editThe race was started at 18:00.[4]
On 24 November 2017, Russian athlete Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping offence.[5] In January 2018, she successfully appealed against the disqualification at the court of arbitration for sport.[6]
TR = track record, DQ = disqualified
References
edit- ↑ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Ladies' 1000 m". SOOC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ↑ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013 Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ Final Results
- ↑ "IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings - Olympic News".
- ↑ "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DELIVERS ITS DECISIONS IN THE MATTER OF 39 RUSSIAN ATHLETES V/ THE IOC:28 APPEALS UPHELD, 11 PARTIALLY UPHELD" (PDF). THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.