Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	3	1	7
2	Netherlands (NED)	3	2	4	9
3	Canada (CAN)	2	4	2	8
4	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
5	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
7	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
8	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		12	12	12	36

The combination of low altitude and high humidity at the Oval Lingotto in Turin created fairly slow ice conditions, relative to previous Olympic ovals, such as the Utah Olympic Oval.[3] This meant that no world records in speed skating were set at the Games, and the only Olympic records set were in the two debut events, the men's and women's team pursuits.

Event[2]	Date	Round	Team	Time	OR	WR
Men's team pursuit	15 February	Heat 1	Germany Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider	3:49.59	OR
	15 February	Heat 3	Netherlands Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen	3:48.02	OR
	15 February	Heat 4	Canada Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison	3:47.37	OR
	15 February	Quarterfinals	Netherlands Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	3:44.65	OR
	15 February	Quarterfinals	Italy Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello	3:43.64	OR
Women's team pursuit	15 February	Heat 1	Norway Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli	3:06.34	OR
	15 February	Heat 3	Russia Yekaterina Abramova Galina Likhachova Yekaterina Lobysheva	3:05.93	OR
	15 February	Quarterfinals	Canada Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt	3:01.24	OR

Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Torino.