Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Speed ​​Skating

Speed ​​skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Turin
Competition venue	Oval lingotto
Nations	19th
Athletes	174 (97 , 77 )
date	11-25 February 2006
decisions	12
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At the XX. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, twelve speed skating competitions were held. The venue was the Oval Lingotto . For the first time, the team pursuit for women and men was on the program.

Balance sheet

Oval lingotto

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	3	3	1	7th
2	Netherlands	3	2	4th	9
3	Canada	2	4th	2	8th
4th	Italy	2	-	1	3
5	Germany	1	1	1	3
	Russia	1	1	1	3
7th	People's Republic of China	-	1	1	2
8th	South Korea	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Joey Cheek Dmitri Dorofeev Lee Kang-seok 1000 m Shani Davis Joey Cheek Wennemar's heirs 1500 m Enrico Fabris Shani Davis Chad Hedrick 5000 m Chad Hedrick Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris 10,000 m Bob de Jong Chad Hedrick Carl Verheijen Team tracking Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison Jason Parker Justin Warsylewicz Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen heirs of Wennemar

Women competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Svetlana Schurowa Wang Manli Ren Hui 1000 m Marianne Timmer Cindy classes Anni Friesinger 1500 m Cindy classes Kristina Groves Ireen Wüst 3000 m Ireen Wüst Renate Groenewold Cindy classes 5000 m Clara Hughes Claudia Pechstein Cindy classes Team tracking Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein Sabine Völker Lucille Weber Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel Ekaterina Abramowa Varvara Baryschewa Jekaterina Lobysheva Galina Lichatschowa Svetlana Vysokova

Results men

500 m

space	country	athlete	1st run (s)	2nd run (s)	Total time (min)
1	United States	Joey Cheek	34.82	34.94	1: 09.76
2	RUS	Dmitri Dorofeev	35.24	35.17	1: 10.41
3	COR	Lee Kang-seok	35.34	35.09	1: 10.43
4th	JPN	Yūya Oikawa	35.35	35.21	1: 10.56
5	CHN	Yu Fengtong	35.39	35.29	1: 10.68
6th	JPN	Jōji Katō	35.59	35.19	1: 10.78
7th	CAN	Mike Ireland	35.59	35.29	1: 10.88
8th	COR	Choi Jae-bong	35.61	35.43	1: 11.04
9	CAN	Jeremy Wotherspoon	35.37	35.68	1: 11.05
10	FIN	Pekka Koskela	35.58	35.51	1: 11.09

Date: February 13, 2006, 3:30 p.m. (1st run), 5:55 p.m. (2nd run)
37 participants from 12 countries, all in the ranking.

Joey Cheek achieved the fastest time in both rounds and won clearly ahead of Russian Dmitri Dorofejew . Casey FitzRandolph , the defending champion of Salt Lake City in 2002 , had nothing to do with the outcome of the race in twelfth place.

Award ceremony of the men's 500 meter run

1000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Shani Davis	1: 08.89
2	United States	Joey Cheek	1: 09.16
3	NED	Wennemar's heirs	1: 09.32
4th	COR	Lee Kyu-hyeok	1: 09.37
5	NED	Jan Bos	1: 09.42
6th	United States	Chad Hedrick	1: 09.45
7th	RUS	Yevgeny Lalenkov	1: 09.46
8th	NED	Stefan Groothuis	1: 09.57
9	United States	Casey Fitz Randolph	1: 09.59
10	RUS	Dmitri Dorofeev	1: 09.74

Shani Davis

Date: February 18, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
41 participants from 13 countries, 38 in the ranking.

1500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	ITA	Enrico Fabris	1: 45.97
2	United States	Shani Davis	1: 46.14
3	United States	Chad Hedrick	1: 46.22
4th	NED	Simon Kuipers	1: 46.58
5	NED	Wennemar's heirs	1: 46.71
6th	RUS	Ivan Skobrew	1: 46.91
7th	NOR	Petter Andersen	1: 47.15
8th	NOR	Mikael Flygind Larsen	1: 47.28
9	United States	Joey Cheek	1: 47.52
10	NOR	Even bets	1: 47.78
26th	GER	Stefan Heythausen	1: 49.58
31	GER	Tobias Schneider	1: 50.18
36	GER	Robert Lehmann	1: 51.04
37	GER	Jörg Dallmann	1: 51.32

Date: February 21, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
41 participants from 14 countries, 40 in the ranking.

5000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Chad Hedrick	6: 14.68
2	NED	Sven Kramer	6: 16.40
3	ITA	Enrico Fabris	6: 18.25
4th	NED	Carl Verheijen	6: 18.84
5	CAN	Arne Dankers	6: 21.26
6th	NED	Bob de Jong	6: 22.12
7th	United States	Shani Davis	6: 23.08
8th	NOR	Øystein Grødum	6: 24.21
9	NOR	Leave Sætre	6: 25.15
10	NOR	Eskil Ervik	6: 26.91

Chad Hedrick

Date: February 11, 2006, 3:30 p.m.
28 participants from 15 countries, all rated.

10,000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NED	Bob de Jong	13: 01.57
2	United States	Chad Hedrick	13: 05.40
3	NED	Carl Verheijen	13: 08.80
4th	NOR	Øystein Grødum	13: 12.58
5	NOR	Leave Sætre	13: 12.93
6th	RUS	Ivan Skobrew	13: 17.54
7th	NED	Sven Kramer	13: 18.14
8th	ITA	Enrico Fabris	13: 21.54
9	CAN	Arne Dankers	13: 23.55
10	SWE	Johan Röjler	13: 29.50

Bob de Jong

Date: February 24th, 3:00 p.m.
16 participants from 8 countries, 15 of them in the ranking.

Team tracking

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	ITA	Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello ( Stefano Donagrandi )	3: 44.45
2	CAN	Arne Dankers Steven Elm Justin Warsylewicz ( Denny Morrison ) ( Jason Parker )	3: 47.28
3	NED	Sven Kramer Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen ( Rintje Ritsma ) ( Wennemar's heirs )	3: 44.53
4th	NOR	Håvard Bøkko Eskil Ervik Mikael Flygind Larsen ( Øystein Grødum ) ( Lasse Sætre )	3: 45.96
5	RUS	Alexander Kibalko Dmitri Schepel Iwan Skobrew ( Artyom Detyschew ) ( Evgeni Lalenkow )	3: 46.91
6th	United States	KC Boutiette Charles Leveille Clay Mull ( Chad Hedrick ) ( Derek Parra )	3: 49.73
7th	GER	Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider ( Jörg Dallmann )	3: 48.28
8th	JPN	Kesato Miyazaki Teruhiro Sugimori Takahiro Ushiyama	3: 50.37

The Italian trio after the final run: from left Anesi , Enrico Fabris , Sanfratello

Date: February 16, 2006, 6:55 pm
Eight teams were at the start.

The later gold medalists from Italy took second place behind the Canadian team in the preliminary round. In the quarterfinals, they met the seventh place in the preliminary round, the USA. With a new Olympic record, they distanced the fellow favorites by 47 hundredths of a second. In the semifinals they benefited from a fall in the Dutch team. Before the final there was a run for 7th place between Germany and Japan and a run for 5th place between Russia and the United States. In the B-final, the Netherlands beat Norway and won the bronze medal. In the final, the Italians left the Canadians few chances and won by almost three seconds.

The Italian trio ( Anesi , Fabris , Sanfratello ) ran an Olympic record with 3: 43.64 minutes in the quarter-finals .

Elimination runs

The preliminary round is purely a time round and is used for setting the quarter-finals (1 - 8, 2 - 7, 3 - 6, 4 - 5)

Preliminary round

Canada Elm, Dankers, Morrison 3: 47.37 (1)

Italy Donagrandi, Fabris, Sanfratello 3: 47.79 (2)

Netherlands Ritsma, Verheijen, Tuitert 3: 48.02 (3)

Norway Ervik, Sætre, Grødum 3: 49.55 (4)

Germany Schneider, Lehmann, Heythausen 3: 49.59 (5)

Russia Kibalko, Detyschew, Skobrew 3: 49.75 (6)

United States Parra, Mull, Leveille 3: 51.32 (7)

Japan Ushiyama, Sugimori, Miyazaki 4: 03.83 (8)

Quarter finals

Semifinals

A final

Netherlands Verheijen, Wennemars, Kramer

3: 44.65

Russia Schepel, Lalenkow, Skobrew

3: 47.49

Netherlands Verheijen, Wennemars, Kramer

DNF

Italy Fabris, Anesi, Sanfratello

-

Italy Fabris, Anesi, Sanfratello

3: 43.64 ( OR )

United States Boutiette, Hedrick, Leveille

3: 44.11

Italy Fabris, Anesi, Sanfratello

3: 44.46

Canada Elm, Dankers, Warsylewicz

3: 47.28

Norway Ervik, Bøkko, Larsen

3: 47.81

Germany Schneider, Heythausen, Dallmann

3: 49.68

Norway Ervik, Bøkko, Larsen

3: 47.81

Canada Dankers, Morrison, Warsylewicz

3: 44.91

Canada Parker, Morrison, Warsylewicz

3: 52.01

Japan Ushiyama, Sugimori, Miyazaki

3: 53.88

Results women

500 m

space	country	sportswoman	1st run (s)	2nd run (s)	Total time (min)
1	RUS	Svetlana Schurowa	38.23	38.34	1: 16.57
2	CHN	Wang Manli	38.31	38.47	1: 16.78
3	CHN	Ren Hui	38.60	38.27	1: 16.86
4th	JPN	Tomomi Okazaki	38.46	38.46	1: 16.92
5	COR	Lee Sang-hwa	38.69	38.35	1: 17.04
6th	GER	Jenny Wolf	38.70	38.55	1: 17.25
7th	CHN	Wang Beixing	38.71	38.56	1: 17.27
8th	JPN	Sayuri Ōsuga	38.74	38.65	1: 17.39
9	JPN	Sayuri Yoshii	38.68	38.75	1: 17.43
10	ITA	Chiara Simionato	39.02	38.66	1: 17.68
19th	GER	Judith Hesse	39.64	39.39	1: 19.03
24	GER	Pamela Zoellner	40.16	39.40	1: 19.56

Ren Hui

Date: February 14, 2006, 4:00 p.m. (1st run), 6:00 p.m. (2nd run)
30 participants from 10 countries, 29 of them in the ranking. Disqualified: Marianne Timmer (NED).

Schurowa, who had secured the sprint world title three weeks earlier, became the first Russian woman since 1968 (Lyudmila Titowa) to win Olympic gold over 500 m.

1000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NED	Marianne Timmer	1: 16.05
2	CAN	Cindy classes	1: 16.09
3	GER	Anni Friesinger	1: 16.11
4th	NED	Ireen Wüst	1: 16.39
5	CAN	Kristina Groves	1: 16.54
6th	NED	Barbara de Loor	1: 16.73
7th	RUS	Svetlana Schurowa	1: 17.13
8th	POLE	Katarzyna Wójcicka	1: 17.28
9	RUS	Ekaterina Abramova	1: 17.33
10	United States	Jennifer Rodriguez	1: 17.47
21st	GER	Sabine Völker	1: 17.97
22nd	GER	Judith Hesse	1: 17.98
30th	GER	Pamela Zoellner	1: 19.30

Marianne Timmer

Date: February 19, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
36 participants from 12 countries, 35 of them in the evaluation.

1500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CAN	Cindy classes	1: 55.27
2	CAN	Kristina Groves	1: 56.74
3	NED	Ireen Wüst	1: 56.90
4th	GER	Anni Friesinger	1: 57.31
5	ITA	Chiara Simionato	1: 58.76
6th	RUS	Ekaterina Lobysheva	1: 58.87
7th	CAN	Christine Nesbitt	1: 59.15
8th	United States	Jennifer Rodriguez	1: 59.30
9	NED	Renate Groenewold	1: 59.15
10	DEU	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	1: 59.74
27	AUT	Anna Rokita	2: 02.19
30th	DEU	Lucille Weber	2: 02.75

Cindy classes

Date: February 22, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
35 participants from 13 countries, all rated.

3000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NED	Ireen Wüst	4: 02.43
2	NED	Renate Groenewold	4: 03.48
3	CAN	Cindy classes	4: 04.37
4th	GER	Anni Friesinger	4: 04.59
5	GER	Claudia Pechstein	4: 05.54
6th	GER	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	4: 06.89
7th	CZE	Martina Sáblíková	4: 08.42
8th	CAN	Kristina Groves	4: 09.03
9	CAN	Clara Hughes	4: 09.17
10	POLE	Katarzyna Wójcicka	4: 09.61
16	AUT	Anna Rokita	4: 12.87

Ireen Wüst

Date: February 12, 2006, 4:30 p.m.
28 participants from 15 countries, all rated.

5000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CAN	Clara Hughes	6: 59.07
2	GER	Claudia Pechstein	7: 00.08
3	CAN	Cindy classes	7: 00.57
4th	CZE	Martina Sáblíková	7: 01.38
5	GER	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	7: 02.82
6th	CAN	Kristina Groves	7: 03.95
7th	United States	Catherine Raney	7: 04.91
8th	NOR	Maren Haugli	7: 06.08
9	NED	Renate Groenewold	7: 11.32
10	NED	Carien Kleibeuker	7: 12.18
12	AUT	Anna Rokita	7: 16.75
14th	GER	Lucille Weber	7: 18.06

Clara Hughes

Date: February 25, 2006, 4:30 p.m.
16 participants from 10 countries, all rated.

Team tracking

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	GER	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein ( Sabine Völker ) ( Lucille Opitz )	3: 01.26
2	CAN	Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Christine Nesbitt ( Cindy Klassen ) ( Shannon Rempel )	3: 02.91
3	RUS	Jekaterina Abramowa Jekaterina Lobysheva Svetlana Vysokova ( Varvara Baryschewa ) ( Galina Lichacheva )	-
4th	JPN	Eriko Ishino Hiromi Otsu Maki Tabata ( Nami Nemoto )	DNF
5	United States	Catherine Raney Margaret Crowley Maria Lamb ( Jennifer Rodriguez ) ( Amy Sannes )	3: 04.22
6th	NED	Gretha Smit Paulien van Deutekom Ireen Wüst ( Renate Groenewold ) ( Moniek Kleinsman )	3: 05.62
7th	NOR	Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli	3: 06.20
8th	CHN	Ji Jia Wang Fei Zhang Xiaolei	3: 06.91

Date: February 16, 2006, 6:38 pm
Eight teams were at the start.

Before the final, there was a run for 7th place between Norway and China and a run for 5th place between the Netherlands and the United States. In the B final, the Japanese team was overtaken by the Russian team and thus won the bronze medal early on.

The Canadian trio ( Groves , Nesbitt , Klassen ) ran an Olympic speed skating record with 3: 01.24 minutes in the quarterfinals .

Elimination runs

The preliminary round is purely a time round and is used for setting the quarter-finals (1 - 8, 2 - 7, 3 - 6, 4 - 5).

Preliminary round

Russia Abramova, Vysokova, Barysheva 3: 03.19 (1)

Norway H. Bjelkevik, A. Bjelkevik, Haugli 3: 06.34 (2)

Canada Groves, Hughes, Shovel 3: 06.45 (3)

Netherlands Smit, Groenewold, Kleinsman 3: 06.67 (4)

Germany Anschütz, Weber, Völker 3: 07.07 (5)

United States Lamb, Crowley, Sannes 3: 07.83 (6)

Japan Tabata, Otsu, Nemoto 3: 08.34 (7)

People's Republic of China Wang, Zhang, Ji 3: 18.24 (8)

Quarter finals

Semifinals

A final

Netherlands van Deutekom, Wüst, Groenewold

3: 03.65

Germany Friesinger, Pechstein, Anschütz

3: 01.52

Germany Friesinger, Pechstein, Anschütz

3: 02.72

Japan Tabata, Nemoto, Ishino

3: 05.95

Norway H. Bjelkevik, A. Bjelkevik, Haugli

DNF

Japan Tabata, Otsu, Ishino

-

Germany Friesinger, Pechstein, Anschütz

3: 01.25

Canada Groves, Hughes, Nesbitt

3: 02.91

Canada Groves, Nesbitt, Klassen

3: 01.24 ( OR )

United States Raney, Lamb, Rodriguez

3: 04.59

Canada Groves, Hughes, Klassen

3: 02.13

Russia Vysokova, Baryschewa, Likhacheva

3: 07.42

Russia Abramowa, Lobysheva, Likhacheva

3: 05.93

People's Republic of China Wang, Zhang, Ji

3: 08.29

Web links

• Speed ​​skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results (PDF; 513 kB)