Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
Men's 1500 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
Venue | Torino Palavela | |||||||||
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Dates | February 12 | |||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||||
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500 m | men | women | ||
1000 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | women | ||
3000 m relay | women | |||
5000 m relay | men |
The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February at the Torino Palavela.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) | 2:10.639 | Marquette, United States | 24 October 2003 |
Olympic record | Kim Dong-sung (KOR) | 2:15.942 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 February 2002 |
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results
Heats
The first round was held on 12 February. There were six heats of four or five skaters each, with the top three finishers in each advancing to the semifinals.[1]
- Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) | 2:23.402 | Q |
2 | Pieter Gysel (BEL) | 2:23.411 | Q |
3 | Jon Eley (GBR) | 2:23.887 | Q |
4 | Maxime Chataignier (FRA) | 2:23.966 | |
5 | Dariusz Kulesza (POL) | 2:24.118 |
- Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Lee Ho-suk (KOR) | 2:31.511 | Q |
2 | Satoru Terao (JPN) | 2:31.903 | Q |
3 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan (RUS) | 2:33.802 | Q |
– | Wim de Deyne (BEL) | DQ |
- Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Li Ye (CHN) | 2:27.622 | Q |
2 | Cees Juffermans (NED) | 12:27.696 | Q |
3 | Fabio Carta (ITA) | 2:27.799 | Q |
4 | Mark McNee (AUS) | 2:29.356 | |
5 | Mikhail Rajine (RUS) | 2:33.809 |
- Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) | 2:29.808 | Q |
2 | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 2:29.885 | Q |
3 | Peter Darazs (HUN) | 2:30.281 | Q |
4 | Sebastian Praus (GER) | 2:30.292 |
- Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | 2:19.469 | Q |
2 | Li Jiajun (CHN) | 2:19.631 | Q |
3 | Alex Izykowski (USA) | 2:19.731 | Q |
4 | Tyson Heung (GER) | 2:20.075 |
- Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) | 2:23.668 | Q |
2 | Niels Kerstholt (NED) | 2:23.854 | Q |
3 | Viktor Knoch (HUN) | 2:23.876 | Q |
4 | Hayato Sueyoshi (JPN) | 2:25.280 | |
– | Matus Uzak (SVK) | DQ |
Semifinals
The top two finishers in each of the three, six-man semifinals advanced to the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.[1]
- Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | 2:20.854 | QA |
2 | Lee Ho-suk (KOR) | 2:20.901 | QA |
3 | Niels Kerstholt (NED) | 2:21.748 | QB |
4 | Satoru Terao (JPN) | 2:21.774 | QB |
5 | Jon Eley (GBR) | 2:21.862 | |
6 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan (RUS) | 2:24.604 |
- Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR)} | 2:17.718 | QA |
2 | Li Jiajun (CHN) | 2:17.836 | QA |
3 | Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) | 2:18.280 | QB |
4 | Peter Darazs (HUN) | 2:18.348 | QB |
5 | Alex Izykowski (USA) | 2:18.610 | |
6 | Nicola Rodigari (ITA) | 2:18.615 |
- Semifinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | Li Ye (CHN) | 2:19.386 | QA |
2 | Viktor Knoch (HUN) | 2:19.600 | QA |
3 | Fabio Carta (ITA) | 2:19.724 | QB |
4 | Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) | 2:20.346 | QB |
– | Cees Juffermans (NED) | DNF | |
– | Pieter Gysel (BEL) | DQ |
Finals
The six qualifying skaters contested the medal positions in final A, while the six skaters in final B ended up in 6th-11th places.[1]
- Final A
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) | 2:25.341 | ||
Lee Ho-suk (KOR) | 2:25.600 | ||
Li Jiajun (CHN) | 2:26.005 | ||
4 | Charles Hamelin (CAN) | 2:26.375 | |
5 | Viktor Knoch (HUN) | 2:26.806 | |
– | Li Ye (CHN) | DQ |
- Final B
Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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6 | Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) | 2:25.341 | |
7 | Fabio Carta (ITA) | 2:24.658 | |
8 | Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) | 2:24.789 | |
9 | Satoru Terao (JPN) | 2:24.875 | |
10 | Niels Kerstholt (NED) | 2:24.962 | |
11 | Peter Darazs (HUN) | 2:24.969 |
References
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