Background

The 2022 champion, Thomas Krol, retired from competitions, as did the bronze medalist, Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen. ^[2] The silver medalist, Laurent Dubreuil, qualified for the Olympics. Before the Olympics, Jordan Stolz was leading the 1000m standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. Joep Wennemars was the 1000m 2025 world champion. The field also included Kjeld Nuis, the 2018 champion.

Summary

The early leader was Daniele Di Stefano in pair 5, until Kjeld Nuis in pair 10 and then Joep Wennemars in pair 11 improved his time by more than half a second. In pair 12, Ning Zhongyan took the lead. Then, in pair 14 Stolz set the Olympic record, and de Boo finished second, moving his teammates off the podium. In pair 15, the last one, Damian Żurek was skating with the third time for much of the distance, but then lost 0.07 to Ning and finished off the podium.

Qualification

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.

World record	Jordan Stolz  (USA)	1:05.37	Salt Lake City, United States	26 January 2024
Olympic record	Gerard van Velde  (NED)	1:07.18	Salt Lake City, United States	16 February 2002
Track record	Kayo Vos  (NED)	1:10.87		29 November 2025

A new Olympic record was set during the competition; the previous record was set twenty years earlier and was broken by 0.90 seconds; the top two finishers were under the previous record.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record
11 February	Pair 14	Jordan Stolz	United States	1:06.28	OR , TR

Results

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	14	I	Jordan Stolz	United States	1:06.28		OR , TR
	14	O	Jenning de Boo	Netherlands	1:06.78	+0.50
	12	O	Ning Zhongyan	China	1:07.34	+1.06
4	15	O	Damian Żurek	Poland	1:07.41	+1.13
5	11	I	Joep Wennemars	Netherlands	1:07.58	+1.30
6	10	O	Kjeld Nuis	Netherlands	1:07.65	+1.37
7	5	O	Daniele Di Stefano	Italy	1:08.17	+1.89
8	5	I	Laurent Dubreuil	Canada	1:08.21	+1.93
9	12	I	Conor McDermott-Mostowy	United States	1:08.48	+2.20
10	4	I	Koo Kyung-min	South Korea	1:08.53	+2.25
11	6	I	Kim Min-seok	Hungary	1:08.59	+2.31
12	13	I	Finn Sonnekalb	Germany	1:08.80	+2.52
13	10	I	Taiyo Nonomura	Japan	1:08.87	+2.59
14	15	I	Marten Liiv	Estonia	1:09.06	+2.78
15	7	I	Moritz Klein	Germany	1:09.195	+2.91
16	8	I	Hendrik Dombek	Germany	1:09.198	+2.91
17	7	O	Mathias Vosté	Belgium	1:09.199	+2.91
18	3	O	David La Rue	Canada	1:09.310	+3.03
19	13	O	Cooper McLeod	United States	1:09.319	+3.03
20	6	O	Kazuya Yamada	Japan	1:09.381	+3.10
21	4	O	Bjørn Magnussen	Norway	1:09.384	+3.10
22	2	I	Anders Johnson	Canada	1:09.54	+3.26
23	8	O	Marek Kania	Poland	1:09.58	+3.30
24	3	I	Wataru Morishige	Japan	1:09.85	+3.57
25	9	O	Piotr Michalski	Poland	1:10.02	+3.74
26	1	I	Francesco Betti	Italy	1:10.18	+3.90
27	2	O	Daniel Milagros	Spain	1:11.25	+4.97
–	11	O	Lian Ziwen	China	Disqualified
	9	I	Gabriel Odor	Austria

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