Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Torino Palavela
Dates	February 12–25
Competitors	106 from 24 nations

For the long track speed skating events, see Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics, was held over thirteen days, from 12 February 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.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	6	3	1	10
2	China	1	1	3	5
3	United States	1	0	2	3
4	Canada	0	3	1	4
5	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
6	Italy	0	0	1	1

Men's events

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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

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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^[1]	Date	Round	Team	Time	OR
Men's 1000 metres	15 February	Heat 1	Li Ye (CHN)	1:27.048	OR
	18 February	Quarterfinal 1	Rusty Smith (USA)	1:27.000	OR
	18 February	Final A	Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR)	1:26.739	OR
Men's 5000 metre relay	25 February	Final	South Korea Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo	6:43.376	OR

Participating NOCs

Australia (6)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (2)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (10)
China (8)
Czech Republic (1)
France (6)
Germany (4)
Great Britain (10)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (4)
Italy (9)

Japan (10)
South Korea (10)
Latvia (1)
Netherlands (3)
Poland (1)
North Korea (2)
Romania (1)
Russia (3)
Slovakia (1)
Ukraine (1)
United States (10)

References

1 2 3 4 "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2009.

Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of Olympic records List of venues

Events at the 2006 Winter Olympics (Turin)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

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