Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over thirteen days, from 12 to 25 February. Eight events were contested at the Torino Palavela. In the men's competition, Ahn Hyun-soo earned a medal in each event, winning three golds. On the women's side, Jin Sun-yu scored three gold medals.[1]

Speed Skating
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueTorino Palavela
Dates12–25 February
No. of events8
Competitors106 from 24 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

[2]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea63110
2 China1135
3 United States1023
4 Canada0314
5 Bulgaria0101
6 Italy0011
Totals (6 nations)88824

Men's events

[2]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Apolo Anton Ohno
 United States
41.935 François-Louis Tremblay
 Canada
42.002 Ahn Hyun-soo
 South Korea
42.089
1000 metres
Ahn Hyun-soo
 South Korea
1:26.739 Lee Ho-suk
 South Korea
1:26.764 Apolo Anton Ohno
 United States
1:26.927
1500 metres
Ahn Hyun-soo
 South Korea
2:25.341 Lee Ho-suk
 South Korea
2:25.600 Li JiaJun
 China
2:26.005
5000 metre relay
 South Korea (KOR)
Ahn Hyun-soo
Lee Ho-suk
Oh Se-jong*
Seo Ho-jin
Song Suk-woo
6:43.376  Canada (CAN)
Eric Bédard
Jonathan Guilmette*
Charles Hamelin
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte
6:43.707  United States (USA)
Alex Izykowski
J. P. Kepka
Apolo Anton Ohno
Rusty Smith
6:47.990

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Women's events

[2]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Wang Meng
 China
44.345 Evgenia Radanova
 Bulgaria
44.374 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
 Canada
44.759
1000 metres
Jin Sun-yu
 South Korea
1:32.859 Wang Meng
 China
1:33.079 Yang Yang (A)
 China
1:33.937
1500 metres
Jin Sun-yu
 South Korea
2:23.494 Choi Eun-kyung
 South Korea
2:24.069 Wang Meng
 China
2:24.469
3000 metre relay
 South Korea (KOR)
Byun Chun-sa
Choi Eun-kyung
Jeon Da-hye
Jin Sun-yu
Kang Yun-mi*
4:17.040  Canada (CAN)
Alanna Kraus
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
Amanda Overland*
Kalyna Roberge
Tania Vicent
4:17.336  Italy (ITA)
Arianna Fontana
Marta Capurso
Katia Zini
Mara Zini
4:20.030

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Records

Of the four Olympic records set in Turin, three of them came in the men's 1000 metres.

Event[2]DateRoundTeamTimeORWR
Men's 1000 metres15 FebruaryHeat 1 Li Ye (CHN)1:27.048OR
18 FebruaryQuarterfinal 1 Rusty Smith (USA)1:27.000OR
18 FebruaryFinal A Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR)1:26.739OR
Men's 5000 metre relay25 FebruaryFinal South Korea
Ahn Hyun-soo
Lee Ho-suk
Seo Ho-jin
Song Suk-woo
6:43.376OR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-four nations competed in the short track at Torino.

References

  1. "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
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