Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
| Women's 500 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Oval Lingotto | |||||||||
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| Dates | 14 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 76.57 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 | ||
| 10000 m | men | |||
| Team pursuit | men | women | ||
The women's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
| World record |  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 37.22 | Calgary, Canada | 9 December 2001 | [1] |
| Olympic record | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 37.30 | Salt Lake City, United States | 13 February 2002 | [1] |
500 meters x 2 (2 races)
| World record | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 74.72 | Salt Lake City, United States | 9 March 2001 | [1] |
| Olympic record | Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) | 74.75 | Salt Lake City, United States | 14 February 2002 | [1] |
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results
The race was held on 14 February 2006. 34-year-old Russian Svetlana Zhurova, who left speed skating in 2003 to become a mother, became the oldest woman to win a speed skating gold medal by clocking times of 38.23 and 38.34. In the last pair of the second round, she beat Chinese Wang Manli, runner-up in the first round with 38.31, by 0.13 seconds to secure the gold medal. Skaters from Asia occupied seven of the top nine places [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Race 1 Time (place) |
Race 2 Time (place) |
Total time |
Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Svetlana Zhurova (RUS) | 38.23 (1) | 38.34 (2) | 76.57 | -- |
| 2 |  Wang Manli (CHN) | 38.31 (2) | 38.47 (5) | 76.78 | +0.21 |
| 3 | Ren Hui (CHN) | 38.60 (4) | 38.27 (1) | 76.87 | +0.30 |
| 4 |  Tomomi Okazaki (JPN) | 38.46 (3) | 38.46 (4) | 76.92 | +0.35 |
| 5 |  Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) | 38.69 (6) | 38.35 (3) | 77.04 | +0.47 |
| 6 |  Jenny Wolf (GER) | 38.70 (7) | 38.55 (6) | 77.25 | +0.68 |
| 7 | Wang Beixing (CHN) | 38.71 (8) | 38.56 (7) | 77.27 | +0.70 |
| 8 | Sayuri Osuga (JPN) | 38.74 (9) | 38.65 (8) | 77.39 | +0.82 |
| 9 | Sayuri Yoshii (JPN) | 38.68 (5) | 38.75 (11) | 77.43 | +0.86 |
| 10 |  Chiara Simionato (ITA) | 39.02 (11) | 38.66 (9) | 77.68 | +1.11 |
| 11 |  Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) | 38.97 (10) | 38.73 (10) | 77.70 | +1.13 |
| 12 |  Annette Gerritsen (NED) | 39.12 (12) | 38.97 (12) | 78.09 | +1.52 |
| 13 | Xing Aihua (CHN) | 39.20 (13) | 39.15 (13) | 78.35 | +1.78 |
| 14 | Sanne van der Star (NED) | 39.26 (14) | 39.33 (15) | 78.59 | +2.02 |
| 15 | Yukari Watanabe (JPN) | 39.46 (17) | 39.19 (14) | 78.65 | +2.08 |
| 16 | Shannon Rempel (CAN) | 39.42 (=15) | 39.43 (19) | 78.85 | +2.28 |
| 17 | Amy Sannes (USA) | 39.42 (=15) | 39.47 (20) | 78.89 | +2.32 |
| 18 | Choi Seung-Yong (KOR) | 39.65 (21) | 39.37 (16) | 79.02 | +2.45 |
| 19 | Judith Hesse (GER) | 39.64 (20) | 39.39 (17) | 79.03 | +2.46 |
| 20 | Kim You-Lim (KOR) | 39.57 (18) | 39.68 (24) | 79.25 | +2.68 |
| 21 | Kerry Simpson (CAN) | 39.69 (22) | 39.65 (=22) | 79.34 | +2.77 |
| 22 | Krisy Myers (CAN) | 39.83 (=23) | 39.60 (21) | 79.43 | +2.86 |
| 23 | Elli Ochowicz (USA) | 39.83 (=23) | 39.65 (=22) | 79.48 | +2.91 |
| 24 | Pamela Zoellner (GER) | 40.16 (27) | 39.40 (18) | 79.56 | +2.99 |
| 25 | Lee Bo-ra (KOR) | 40.01 (=25) | 39.72 (25) | 79.73 | +3.16 |
| 26 | Kim Weger (CAN) | 40.01 (=25) | 39.98 (27) | 79.99 | +3.42 |
| 27 | .svg.png){kind=small} Svetlana Radkevich (BLR) | 40.45 (29) | 39.91 (26) | 80.36 | +3.79 |
| 28 | Chris Witty (USA) | 40.23 (28) | 40.46 (28) | 80.69 | +4.12 |
| 29 | Yulia Nemaya (RUS) | 39.63 (19) | 72.76 (29) | 112.39 | +35.82 |
| 30 | Marianne Timmer (NED) | DQ | DQ |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ↑ Bill Shaikin (15 February 2006). "Russian takes home special gift for son". Los Angeles Times. The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- Women's 500m - Final - Simple Results, from NBCOlympics.com, retrieved 13 February 2006.