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Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

The men's 1000 m competition in speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan. Jordan Stolz of the United States won the event, setting a new Olympic record. Jenning de Boo of the Netherlands, skating in the same pair, won silver, and Ning Zhongyan of China bronze. These were their first Olympic medals.

Background
The 2022 champion, Thomas Krol, retired from competitions, as did the bronze medalist, Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen. 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==
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. 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. ==Results==
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