Olympic Winter Games 2006 / short track

Short track at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Turin
Competition venue	Torino Palavela
Nations	24
Athletes	106 (54 , 52 )
date	12-25 February 2006
decisions	8th
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At the XX. At the 2006 Winter Olympics , eight short track competitions were held. The venue was the Torino Palavela hall in Turin .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	South Korea	6th	3	1	10
2	People's Republic of China	1	1	3	5
3	United States	1	-	2	3
4th	Canada	-	3	1	4th
5	Bulgaria	-	1	-	1
6th	Italy	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Apolo Anton Ohno François-Louis Tremblay Ahn Hyun-soo 1000 m Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Apolo Anton Ohno 1500 m Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Li Jiajun 3000 m relay  South Korea Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Oh Se-jong Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo  Canada Éric Bédard Jonathan Guilmette Charles Hamelin François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte  United States Alex Izykowski J. P. Kepka Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith

Women competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Wang Meng Evgenia Radanova Anouk Leblanc-Boucher 1000 m Jin Sun-yu Wang Meng Yang Yang (A) 1500 m Jin Sun-yu Choi Eun-kyung Wang Meng 3000 m relay  South Korea Byun Chun-sa Choi Eun-kyung Jeon Da-hye Jin Sun-yu  Canada Alanna Kraus Anouk Leblanc-Boucher Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent  Italy Marta Capurso Arianna Fontana Katia Zini Mara Zini

Results men

500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Apolo Anton Ohno	41.935
2	CAN	François-Louis Tremblay	42.002
3	COR	Ahn Hyun-soo	42,089
4th	CAN	Éric Bédard	42.093
5	GBR	Jon Eley	42.497
6th	JPN	Satoru Terao	42.377
7th	ITA	Nicola Rodigari	42,398
8th	BEL	Wim De Deyne	42.883

Qualification: February 22, 2006, 8:17 p.m.
Quarter-finals: February 25, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Semi-finals: February 25, 2006, 8:14 p.m.
Final: February 25, 2006, 8:45 p.m.

27 participants from 15 countries, 23 of them in the rating.

1000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	COR	Ahn Hyun-soo	1: 26.739 ( OR )
2	COR	Lee Ho-suk	1: 26.764
3	United States	Apolo Anton Ohno	1: 26.927
4th	United States	Rusty Smith	1: 27.435
5	CHN	Li Ye	1: 29.918
6th	CHN	Li Jiajun	1: 27.765
7th	ITA	Nicola Rodigari	1: 27.184
8th	ITA	Fabio Carta	1: 27.656

Preliminary runs: February 15, 2006, 7:57 p.m.
Quarter-finals: February 18, 8:15 p.m.
Semi-finals: February 18, 2006, 9:16 p.m.
Final: February 18, 2006, 9:52 p.m.

26 participants from 17 countries, 20 of them in the rating.

Since only two runners were disqualified in the semi-finals and the Chinese Li Ye was allowed to advance to the A-final due to disability, the Chinese Li Jiajun was the only one in the B-final. With a new Olympic record, Ahn Hyun-soo won his second gold medal at these games. His compatriot Lee Ho-suk took silver again like over 1500 meters. Apolo Anton Ohno , the 2002 Salt Lake City silver medalist , won the bronze medal this time.

1500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	COR	Ahn Hyun-soo	2: 25.341
2	COR	Lee Ho-suk	2: 25,600
3	CHN	Li Jiajun	2: 26.005
4th	CAN	Charles Hamelin	2: 26.375
5	HUN	Viktor Knoch	2: 26.806
5	CHN	Li Ye	2: 19.386
6th	CAN	Mathieu Turcotte	2: 24.558
7th	ITA	Fabio Carta	2: 24.658
8th	United States	Apolo Anton Ohno	2: 24.789

Date: February 12, 2006, 7:30 p.m. (preliminary), 8:54 p.m. (semi-finals), 9:53 p.m. (final)

28 participants from 16 countries, 24 of them in the rating.

The first short track decision of these games ended with a double victory for the South Koreans. In the A-final the high favorite and world record holder Ahn Hyun-soo prevailed against his compatriot Lee Ho-suk and the Chinese Li Jiajun . Apolo Anton Ohno , defending champion of Salt Lake City 2002 and one of the favorites for a medal, made a driving error in the semi-final run without any influence from the opponent and thus missed the A final.

5000 m relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	COR	Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo ( Oh Se-jong )	6: 43.376 ( OR )
2	CAN	Éric Bédard Charles Hamelin François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte ( Jonathan Guilmette )	6: 43.707
3	United States	Alex Izykowski J. P. Kepka Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith	6: 47.990
4th	ITA	Fabio Carta Yuri Confortola Nicola Franceschina Nicola Rodigari	6: 48.597
5	CHN	Li Haonan Li Jiajun Li Ye Sui Baoku	6: 53.989
6th	OUT	Lachlan Hay Stephen Lee Mark McNee Elliott Shriane	7: 01.666
7th	GER	Thomas Bauer Tyson Heung Arian neighbor Sebastian Praus ( André Hartwig )	7: 13.338
	JPN	Yoshiharu Arino Takahiro Fujimoto Takafumi Nishitani Hayato Sueyoshi Satoru Terao	DSQ

Explanation: The athletes listed in brackets ran in the semi-finals.
For them the same placement counts as for the final runners.

Date: February 15, 2006, 9:05 p.m. (semi-finals), February 25, 2006, 9:17 p.m. (final)

A total of eight teams were at the start. There were two semi-finals with four teams each. Canada, the USA, South Korea and China reached the A-final as first and second place finishers. Since the Italians were hindered by the Japanese, Japan was disqualified and Italy was also allowed to move into the A-final. The two remaining teams from Australia and Germany contested the B final. As expected, the favorites from South Korea prevailed in the A final. Ahn Hyun-soo won his third gold medal in these games.

Results women

500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	CHN	Wang Meng	44.345
2	BGR	Evgenia Radanova	44.374
3	CAN	Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	44.759
4th	CAN	Kalyna Roberge	46,605
5	ITA	Marta Capurso	46.899
6th	CZE	Kateřina Novotná	55.378
7th	United States	Allison Baver	55.689
8th	GBR	Sarah Lindsay	46.060

Qualification: February 12, 2006, 8:15 p.m.
Quarter-finals: February 15, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Semi-finals: February 15, 2006, 8:44 p.m.
Final: February 15, 2006, 9:38 p.m.

28 participants from 17 countries, 24 of them in the evaluation.

1000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	COR	Jin Sun-yu	1: 32.859
2	CHN	Wang Meng	1: 33.079
3	CHN	Yang Yang (A)	1: 33.937
4th	CAN	Tania Vicent	1: 34.099
5	CAN	Amanda Overland	1: 34.191
6th	ITA	Arianna Fontana	1: 34.269
7th	GER	Yvonne Kunze	1: 34.789
8th	United States	Kim Hyo-Jung	1: 34.164

Preliminary runs: February 22, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Quarter-finals: February 25, 7:44 p.m.
Semi-finals: February
25, 2006, 8:22 p.m. Final: February 25, 2006, 8:53 p.m.

29 participants from 22 countries, 22 of them in the evaluation.

1500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	COR	Jin Sun-yu	2: 23.494
2	COR	Choi Eun-kyung	2: 24.069
3	CHN	Wang Meng	2: 24.469
4th	HUN	Erika Huszár	2: 25.405
5	CAN	Amanda Overland	2: 26.495
6th	BGR	Evgenia Radanova	2: 29.314
7th	JPN	Yuka Kamino	2: 29.540
8th	United States	Kim Hyo-young	2: 29.978

Date: February 18, 2006, 7:30 p.m. (preliminary), 8:46 p.m. (semi-finals), 9:39 p.m. (final)

30 participants from 20 countries, 27 of them in the evaluation.

3000 m relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	COR	Byun Chun-sa Choi Eun-kyung Jeon Da-hye Jin Sun-yu	4: 17.040
2	CAN	Alanna Kraus Anouk Leblanc-Boucher Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent	4: 17.336
3	ITA	Marta Capurso Arianna Fontana Katia Zini Mara Zini	4: 20.030
4th	United States	Allison Baver Kimberly Derrick Caroline Hallisey Hyo-Jung Kim	4: 18.740
5	FRA	Stéphanie Bouvier Choi Min-kyung Myrtille Gollin Celine Lecompere	4: 18.971
6th	GER	Aika Klein Yvonne Kunze Christin Priebst Susanne Rudolph	4: 24.896
7th	JPN	Yuka Kamino Mika Ozawa Chikage Tanaka Nobuko Yamada	4: 35.096
	CHN	Cheng Xiaolei Fu Tianyu Wang Meng Yang Yang (A) Zhu Mile	DSQ

Date: February 12, 2006, 9:24 p.m. (semi-finals), February 22, 2006, 8:56 p.m. (final)

Eight teams at the start, seven in the ranking.

Web links

• Calendar and results overview of the ISU
• Short track at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official Results (309 kB)