TURIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - South Korea's Ahn Hyun-soo won his second gold medal of the Turin Winter Olympics on Saturday when he nudged ahead of compatriot Lee Ho-suk to take the 1,000 metre short track skating title.

Ahn, who won the 1,500 earlier in the Games, sped around the last corner neck and neck with Lee and American Apolo Anton Ohno but scrambled up to the finish and just managed to tip the front of his blade over the line first.

Ohno, who took silver in the 1,000 at Salt Lake City, came third and was visibly disappointed having scrapped with the two South Koreans for the last three laps.

The 1,000 went down in sporting history at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics as one of the most bizarre races. The front pack all fell on the last corner leaving fifth-placed Steven Bradbury of Australia to step over them all and get gold.