| Speed skating at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Oval Lingotto |
| Dates | 11–25 February 2006 |
| No. of events | 12 |
| Competitors | 175 from 19 nations |
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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 | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days, from 11 to 25 February. Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto. [1]
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Joey Cheek
United States |
69.76 |
Dmitry Dorofeyev
Russia |
70.41 |
Lee Kang-seok
South Korea |
70.43 |
| 1000 metres |
Shani Davis
United States |
1:08.89 |
Joey Cheek
United States |
1:09.16 |
Erben Wennemars
Netherlands |
1:09.32 |
| 1500 metres |
Enrico Fabris
Italy |
1:45.97 |
Shani Davis
United States |
1:46.13 |
Chad Hedrick
United States |
1:46.22 |
| 5000 metres |
Chad Hedrick
United States |
6:14.68 |
Sven Kramer
Netherlands |
6:16.40 |
Enrico Fabris
Italy |
6:18.25 |
| 10,000 metres |
Bob de Jong
Netherlands |
13:01.57 |
Chad Hedrick
United States |
13:05.40 |
Carl Verheijen
Netherlands |
13:08.80 |
| Team pursuit |
Italy Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi* Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello |
3:44.46 | 
CanadaArne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison* Jason Parker* Justin Warsylewicz |
3:47.28 | 
NetherlandsSven Kramer Rintje Ritsma* Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars* |
3:44.53 (Final B) |
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Svetlana Zhurova
Russia |
76.57 |
Wang Manli
China |
76.78 |
Ren Hui
China |
76.87 |
| 1000 metres |
Marianne Timmer
Netherlands |
1:16.05 |
Cindy Klassen
Canada |
1:16.09 |
Anni Friesinger
Germany |
1:16.11 |
| 1500 metres |
Cindy Klassen
Canada |
1:55.27 |
Kristina Groves
Canada |
1:56.74 |
Ireen Wüst
Netherlands |
1:56.90 |
| 3000 metres |
Ireen Wüst
Netherlands |
4:02.43 |
Renate Groenewold
Netherlands |
4:03.48 |
Cindy Klassen
Canada |
4:04.37 |
| 5000 metres |
Clara Hughes
Canada |
6:59.07 |
Claudia Pechstein
Germany |
7:00.08 |
Cindy Klassen
Canada |
7:00.57 |
| Team pursuit |
GermanyDaniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Lucille Opitz* Claudia Pechstein Sabine Völker* |
3:01.25 |
Canada Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen* Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel* |
3:02.91 | 
RussiaYekaterina Abramova Varvara Barysheva* Galina Likhachova* Yekaterina Lobysheva Svetlana Vysokova |
Overtook (Final B) |
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.
Medal table
| 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 |
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Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | 
China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Records
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 |
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| 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 | 
NorwayAnnette 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 |
Participating NOCs
Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Torino.
Austria (1)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (1)-
Canada (18)
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China (15)
Czech Republic (1)
Finland (4)-
Germany (13)
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Italy (8)
Japan (19)
Kazakhstan (4)-
South Korea (14)
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Netherlands (20)
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Norway (10)
Poland (5)
Romania (2)-
Russia (19)
Sweden (2)-
United States (18)
References
- ^ "Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Torino 2006 Official Report - dan jansen" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ^ "Slow Italian oval keeps speedskating records on ice". Associated Press. ESPN. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
