Japan's Takuro Oda outpaced his speed skating hero and two-time Olympic champion Shani Davis of the United States on Friday night, taking fifth place in the men's 1,000-meters at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.

Kjed Nuis of the Netherlands added to the gold medal he won in the 1,500, coming home in 1 minute, 07.95 seconds in the final pairing of the night. Norway's Havard Lorentzen, the 500 winner, took the silver with 1:07.99, and South Korea's Kim Tae Yun won bronze in 1:08.22.

"Relief," said Nuis. "The 1,500 (gold medal) was a victory and this relief. I was psyched to get this one. I really felt the tension today and after the false start the nerves were running through my body, but now it doesn't matter anymore."

"I'm most proud of keeping my nerves under control. That was my victory today."

Nuis became the first reigning world champion in the men's 1,000 to win the Olympic gold medal in this event.

He won the 1,500 on Tuesday and is the third man to win the 1,000 and 1,500 at a single Olympic Winter Games, after Eric Heiden of the United States (1980) and Gaetan Boucher of Canada (1984).

Lorentzen said, "It was a good race, but it wasn't my perfect race and that's a little bit disappointing. But I am super happy to have a silver medal."

"It has been great," Lorentzen said of his achievements in Pyeongchang. "A gold and a silver. My goal before the Olympics was a medal. It has been good."

Oda clocked 1:08.56 in his match-up with Davis, who has held the world record of 1:06.42 since March 2009, and was Japan's best performer of the night. The 35-year-old Davis timed 1:08.78 for seventh.

"To be able to skate paired with such great skaters, Nuis in the 1,500 and now against Shani Davis in the 1,000 on this stage has been such an honor," said first-time Winter Olympian Oda, who also placed fifth in the 1,500.

"I have been so fired up for this (1,000) race since yesterday so I am thankful to him (Davis). If it hadn't been for him, I would not until now have been able to keep up my motivation. I went out there determined not to lose."

Tsubasa Hasegawa clocked 1:09.83 for 20th and Daichi Yamanaka, who was a respectable fifth in the 500 meters, was 24th after a time of 1:10.02