2006 Winter Olympics / Figure Skating

Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Turin
Competition venue	Torino Palavela
Nations	35
Athletes	147 (74 , 73 )
date	11-23 February 2006
decisions	4th
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At the XX. The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin hosted four figure skating competitions. The venue was the Torino Palavela hall . The Torino Palaghiaccio was the official training ground.

qualification

The qualification was based on a point scoring from the 2005 World Championships or the placement at an international championship that had been determined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as a qualification for the Winter Olympic Games.

24 qualification places for men and women in individual runs, 16 qualification places for couples and 19 qualification places for ice dance couples were awarded at the 2005 World Championships. If 3 single runners / couples / ice dance couples participated per country, only the 2 best placed points could receive.

The rest of the qualification places (6 places each for men and women in single runs, 4 places for couples and 5 places for ice dance couples) was filled by the National Olympic Committee at an international qualification championship. This took place as part of the Karl Schäfer Memorial 2005 competition. Only one qualification place per discipline and NOK could be acquired. The places were only intended for those NOK who had not previously qualified in any of the disciplines (individual run men / women, pair skating, ice dancing).

discipline	World Championships 2005	Karl Schäfer Memorial 2005	total
Single men / women	24/24	6/6	30/30
Couples	16	4th	20th
Ice dance	19th	2	24

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	3	-	1	4th
2	Japan	1	-	-	1
3	United States	-	2	-	2
4th	People's Republic of China	-	1	1	2
5	Switzerland	-	1	-	1
6th	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Ukraine	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Men's	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	Stéphane Lambiel	Jeffrey Buttle
Ladies	Shizuka Arakawa	Sasha Cohen	Irina Slutskaya
Couples	Tatjana Totmjanina / Maxim Marinin	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo
Ice dance	Tatiana Nawka / Roman Kostomarow	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Elena Hruschyna / Ruslan Honcharov

Results

• K = freestyle
• KP = short program
• OT = original dance
• PT = compulsory dance

Men's

space	country	athlete	KP	K	Points
1	RUS	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	01	01	258.33
2	SUI	Stéphane Lambiel	03	04th	231.21
3	CAN	Jeffrey Buttle	06th	02	227.59
4th	United States	Evan Lysacek	10	03	220.13
5	United States	Johnny Weir	02	06th	216.63
6th	FRA	Brian Joubert	04th	07th	212.89
7th	United States	Matthew Savoie	08th	05	206.67
8th	JPN	Daisuke Takahashi	05	09	204.89
9	BEL	Kevin van der Perren	13	08th	197.39
10	CHN	Zhang Min	11	11	196.27
11	RUS	Ilya Klimkin	18th	10	191.80
12	CAN	Shawn Sawyer	12	12	190.83
13	CAN	Emanuel Sandhu	07th	14th	190.24
14th	ROME	Gheorghe Chiper	09	17th	186.19
15th	BLR	Sergei Davydov	14th	16	184.59
16	CHN	Li Chengjiang	21st	13	182.21
17th	BUL	Ivan Dinew	15th	18th	180.11
18th	CZE	Tomáš Verner	22nd	15th	180.07
19th	FRA	Frédéric Dambier	19th	19th	177.59
20th	UKR	Anton Kovalevskyi	16	21st	172.84
21st	GER	Stefan Lindemann	20th	20th	172.57
22nd	AUT	Viktor Pfeifer	17th	23	163.87
23	SWE	Kristoffer Berntsson	23	22nd	161.95
24	HUN	Zoltán Tóth	24	24	145.47
Freestyle not achieved
25th	ITA	Karel Zelenka	25th	-	053.46
26th	SCG	Trifun Živanović	26th	-	053.40
27	SUI	Jamal Othman	27	-	052.18
28	GEO	Vakhtang Murwanidze	28	-	049.68
29	SLO	Gregor Urbas	29	-	046.48
30th	PRK	Han Jong-in	30th	-	042.11

February 14, 7:00 p.m. (short program)
February 16, 7:00 p.m. (freestyle)

Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko won better than any figure skater before. None of the pursuers remained flawless in the freestyle. Only Evan Lysacek, who was on the hopeless 10th place after the short program, convinced and ended up fourth. The 9th place of the Belgian Kevin van der Perren was also remarkable .

The only German participant Stefan Lindemann was only 21st of 24 runners in the final with only 172.57 points after a very bad short freestyle and weak freestyle. The only successful highlight in his freestyle was the triple Axel.

The 18-year-old Austrian Viktor Pfeifer finished 22nd with 163.87 points (after a strong short program he botched his freestyle).

Ladies

space	country	sportswoman	KP	K	Points
1	JPN	Shizuka Arakawa	03	01	191.34
2	United States	Sasha Cohen	01	02	183.36
3	RUS	Irina Sluzkaya	02	03	181.44
4th	JPN	Fumie Suguri	04th	04th	175.23
5	CAN	Joannie Rochette	09	05	167.27
6th	United States	Kimmie Meissner	05	06th	165.71
7th	United States	Emily Hughes	07th	07th	160.87
8th	CHE	Sarah Meier	10	08th	156.13
9	ITA	Carolina Kostner	11	09	153.50
10	GEO	Elene Gedevanishvili	06th	13	151.46
11	CHN	Liu Yan	15th	11	145.30
12	CAN	Mira Leung	14th	12	145.16
13	FIN	Susanna Pöykiö	12	15th	143.22
14th	RUS	Elena Sokolova	18th	10	142.35
15th	JPN	Miki Ando	08th	16	140.20
16	FIN	Kiira Korpi	20th	14th	137.20
17th	UKR	Olena Lyashenko	13	18th	134.08
18th	HUN	Júlia Sebestyén	16	20th	129.26
19th	CRO	Idora Hegel	17th	19th	127.07
20th	UKR	Galina Efremenko	24	17th	125.37
21st	DOOR	Tuğba Karademir	22nd	21st	123.64
22nd	ITA	Silvia Fontana	23	22nd	120.37
23	HUN	Viktória Pavuk	19th	23	119.85
24	LUX	Fleur Maxwell	21st	24	109.57
Freestyle not achieved
25th	OUT	Joanne Carter	25th	-	040.86
26th	ROME	Roxana Luca	26th	-	039.37
27	PRK	Kim Yong-suk	27	-	039.16
28	EST	Jelena Glebova	28	-	038.47
29	UZB	Anastasiya Gimazetdinova	29	-	038.44

February 21, 7:00 p.m. (short program)
February 23, 7:00 p.m. (freestyle)

Shizuka Arakawa became the first Asian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating. Medal winners were the three leaders after the short freestyle. All three remained flawless in the short program. In the freestyle, Sasha Cohen and Irina Sluzkaja made mistakes. Shizuka Arakawa remained flawless in the freestyle and also showed the best ice skating technique of all runners. South Tyrolean Carolina Kostner came in ninth after making mistakes in the short freestyle and freestyle. Featured performances also delivered Fumie Suguri and the only 16-year-old runners Kimmie Meissner of the US and Elene Gedevanishvili from Georgia. Miki Andō failed because of the fourfold Salchow.

German and Austrian runners were not at the start. The five-time world champion Michelle Kwan (USA) had to cancel her participation on February 12th due to an acute groin injury.

Couples

space	country	Pair	KP	K	Points
1	RUS	Tatjana Totmjanina / Maxim Marinin	01	01	204.48
2	CHN	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	02	02	189.73
3	CHN	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	05	03	186.91
4th	CHN	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	04th	04th	186.67
5	RUS	Marija Petrowa / Alexei Tichonow	03	06th	181.69
6th	GER	Aljona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	07th	05	180.15
7th	United States	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	06th	07th	175.01
8th	RUS	Julija Obertas / Sergei Slavnov	08th	09	166.54
9	POLE	Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek	09	08th	165.95
10	CAN	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	11	10	159.71
11	CAN	Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin	10	11	158.21
12	UKR	Tatiana Wolossoschar / Stanislaw Morozov	12	12	148.38
13	United States	Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem	13	13	147.05
14th	FRA	Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur	14th	14th	132.84
15th	GER	Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex	16	16	120.23
16	UZB	Marina Aganina / Artyom Knyazev	15th	17th	119.55
17th	EST	Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks	18th	15th	118.13
18th	UKR	Julia Beloglasowa / Andrij Bech	17th	19th	115.62
19th	BUL	Rumjana Spassowa / Stanimir Todorow	19th	18th	111.25
	PRK	Phyo Yong-myong / Jong Yong-hyok	20th	retreat

February 11, 2006, 7:00 p.m. (short program)
February 13, 2006, 7:00 p.m. (freestyle)

After Zhang Dan fell badly , she and her partner Zhang Hao had to pause the freestyle for a few minutes. She suffered a ligament stretch. However, they maintained the second position after the short program . The fall prevented the first four-fold litter Salchow in an international competition.

There was already a world first in the short program. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin showed the first thrown triple axel in an international competition. However, they did not win a medal because they had not shown a triple jump side by side in the short program. In the freestyle, Rena Inoue fell on the thrown triple axel.

Couples from Austria and Switzerland were not at the start.

Ice dance

space	country	Pair	PT	OT	K	Points
1	RUS	Tatiana Nawka / Roman Kostomarow	02	01	01	200.64
2	United States	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	06th	02	04th	196.06
3	UKR	Elena Hruschyna / Ruslan Honcharov	05	03	05	195.85
4th	FRA	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	07th	04th	02	194.28
5	BUL	Albena Denkowa / Maxim Stawiski	03	05	05	189.53
6th	ITA	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	01	10	08th	183.46
7th	LTU	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	08th	08th	06th	183.21
8th	ISR	Galit Chait / Sergei Sachnowski	13	06th	07th	181.16
9	RUS	Oxana Domnina / Maxim Schabalin	09	09	09	173.76
10	GBR	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	11	11	13	167.43
11	CAN	Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe	12	12	12	166.40
12	RUS	Jana Chochlowa / Sergei Nowizki	14th	13	11	164.48
13	ITA	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	10	21st	10	164.37
14th	United States	Melissa Gregory / Denis Petuchow	15th	14th	14th	159.15
15th	JPN	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	17th	15th	15th	153.41
16	United States	Jamie Silverstein / Ryan O'Meara	18th	16	18th	150.40
17th	HUN	Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek	19th	18th	16	149.47
18th	FRA	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	16	17th	19th	149.31
19th	AZE	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	20th	19th	17th	148.24
20th	POOR	Anastassia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan	22nd	20th	21st	137.99
21st	POLE	Aleksandra Kauc / Michał Zych	21st	22nd	22nd	136.60
22nd	ISR	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	24	23	20th	135.80
23	UKR	Julia Golovina / Oleh Woiko	23	24	23	128.49
	CAN	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	04th	07th	retreat

February 17, 2006, 7:00 p.m. (compulsory dance)
February 19, 2006, 7:00 p.m. (original dance) February
20, 2006, 7:00 p.m. (free dance)

The compulsory dance and the original dance were characterized by an unusually high number of mistakes and falls by medal candidates for ice dancing. Galit Chait / Sergei Sachnowski fell on duty . In the original dance, Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon (they did not take part in the freestyle due to injury), Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio , Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas and Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali fell among others . Also Albena Denkowa / Maxim Staviski made serious mistakes. All these mistakes were punished very strictly by the new evaluation system and the classification after compulsory duties was completely changed - very unusual for ice dancing .

With a less spectacular freestyle, Tatjana Nawka / Roman Kostomarow also won the ice dance competition as a whole. They made the fewest mistakes across all three parts of the competition. Outstanding choreographies were not rewarded. These were supplied in particular by Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas , Albena Denkowa / Maxim Stawiski and Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (the latter were shortened). All of these couples were left without a medal.

There were no participants from Germany, Austria or Switzerland in this competition.

Web links

• Figure skating at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )