Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Speed Skating
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics |
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venue | Turin |
Competition venue | Oval lingotto |
Nations | 19th |
Athletes | 174 (97 , 77 ) |
date | 11-25 February 2006 |
decisions | 12 |
← Salt Lake City 2002 |
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
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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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
Results men
500 m
space | country | athlete | 1st run (s) | 2nd run (s) | Total time (min) |
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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.
1000 m
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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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 |
Date: February 18, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
41 participants from 13 countries, 38 in the ranking.
1500 m
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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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) |
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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 |
Date: February 11, 2006, 3:30 p.m.
28 participants from 15 countries, all rated.
10,000 m
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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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 |
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) |
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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 |
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
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Italy
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Germany
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Russia
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United States
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Japan
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Quarter finals | Semifinals | A final | |||||||||||
Netherlands
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3: 44.65 | ||||||||||||
Russia
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3: 47.49 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands
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DNF | ||||||||||||
Italy
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- | ||||||||||||
Italy
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3: 43.64 ( OR ) | ||||||||||||
United States
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3: 44.11 | ||||||||||||
Italy
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3: 44.46 | ||||||||||||
Canada
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3: 47.28 | ||||||||||||
Norway
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3: 47.81 | ||||||||||||
Germany
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3: 49.68 | ||||||||||||
Norway
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3: 47.81 | ||||||||||||
Canada
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3: 44.91 | ||||||||||||
Canada
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3: 52.01 | ||||||||||||
Japan
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3: 53.88 |
Results women
500 m
space | country | sportswoman | 1st run (s) | 2nd run (s) | Total time (min) |
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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 |
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) |
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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 |
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) |
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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 |
Date: February 22, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
35 participants from 13 countries, all rated.
3000 m
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
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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 |
Date: February 12, 2006, 4:30 p.m.
28 participants from 15 countries, all rated.
5000 m
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
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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 |
Date: February 25, 2006, 4:30 p.m.
16 participants from 10 countries, all rated.
Team tracking
space | country | Sportswomen | Time (min) |
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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
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Norway
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Canada
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Netherlands
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Germany
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United States
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Japan
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People's Republic of China
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Quarter finals | Semifinals | A final | |||||||||||
Netherlands
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3: 03.65 | ||||||||||||
Germany
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3: 01.52 | ||||||||||||
Germany
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3: 02.72 | ||||||||||||
Japan
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3: 05.95 | ||||||||||||
Norway
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DNF | ||||||||||||
Japan
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- | ||||||||||||
Germany
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3: 01.25 | ||||||||||||
Canada
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3: 02.91 | ||||||||||||
Canada
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3: 01.24 ( OR ) | ||||||||||||
United States
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3: 04.59 | ||||||||||||
Canada
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3: 02.13 | ||||||||||||
Russia
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3: 07.42 | ||||||||||||
Russia
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3: 05.93 | ||||||||||||
People's Republic of China
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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)