Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres

A 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.[http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/128207/2014-owg-qualification-status-soqc-9-dec-2013.pdf Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of 9 December 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116073620/http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/128207/2014-owg-qualification-status-soqc-9-dec-2013.pdf |date=16 January 2014 }}

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

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Brittany Bowe|USA}}

| world_mark = 1:12.58

| world_place = Salt Lake City, United States

| world_date = 17 November 2013

| world_ref =

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Chris Witty|USA|2002 Winter}}

| olympic_mark = 1:13.83

| olympic_place = Salt Lake City, United States

| olympic_date = 17 February 2002

| olympic_ref =

|}}

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was set by Olga Fatkulina at 1:15.44.{{cite web |title=Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi |url=http://www.speedskatingnews.info/data/rink/RUSI/ |publisher=speedskatingnews |accessdate=5 February 2014}}

The following record was set during this competition.

{{see also|World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics}}

TR = track record

The race was started at 18:00.[http://live.isuresults.eu/2013-2014/sochi/r1508.htm Final Results]

On 24 November 2017, Russian athlete Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping offence.{{cite web| url = https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-russian-athletes-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings-2017-11-24| title = IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings - Olympic News}} In January 2018, she successfully appealed against the disqualification at the court of arbitration for sport.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Release__decision_RUS_IOC_.pdf|title=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|date=2018-02-01|work=THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT|access-date=2018-02-01|language=en}}

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TR = track record, DQ = disqualified

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{{Footer Olympic Champions 1000m Speed Skating Women}}

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