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Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games included four men's disciplines and four women's disciplines. They were held 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.
[edit] Medal table
[edit] Men's events
[edit] 1,000 m
Note: Final B was not done because there was only one competing skater. Li JiaJun was awarded first place in Final B and 34 points.
[edit] 1,500 m
The men's 1500 metre race was held on February 12, 2006. South Korea's first medal of the games was won in the race by Ahn Hyun Soo[1][2].
Note: Li Ye (CHN) was disqualified in Final A and is thus unranked.
[edit] 5,000 m relay
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
 South Korea (Lee Ho-Suk, Ahn Hyun Soo, Seo Ho-Jin, Song Suk-Woo, Oh Se-Jong) |
6:43.376 (OR) |
| Silver |
 Canada (François-Louis Tremblay, Eric Bédard, Charles Hamelin, Mathieu Turcotte, Jonathan Guilmette) |
6:43.707 |
| Bronze |
 United States (Apolo Anton Ohno, Rusty Smith, Alex Izykowski, J.P. Kepka) |
6:47.990 |
| 4 |
 Italy (Fabio Carta, Nicola Rodigari, Nicola Franceschina, Yuri Confortola) |
6:48.597 |
| 5 |
 China (Jiajun Li, Ye Li, Haonan Li, Baoku Sui) |
6:53.989 |
| Final B |
| 6 |
 Australia (Lachlan Hay, Stephen Lee, Mark McNee, Elliott Shriane) |
7:01.666 |
| 7 |
 Germany (Thomas Bauer, Andre Hartwig, Arian Nachbar, Sebastian Praus, Tyson Heung |
7:13.338 |
[edit] Women's events
This event was held on 15 February. Wang Meng took China's first gold in Turin[3].
Note: Fu Tianyu was disqualified in Final A and is thus unranked. Sarah Lindsay qualified for the semi-final after a disqualification but finished fifth in her heat.
On February 16, Canada filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the results of the Final A, but it was dismissed.[1] Evgenia Radanova of Bulgaria, who won the Silver, crossed the finish line with part of one of her skates in the air, which is against the rules. No judges noticed this during the race or the video replay but it did happen.[[:Template:If it really did happen, then put a citation to support that here]] The International Olympic Committee does not change results after they have been finalized based on video replay, but the International Skating Union does. For example, they disqualified Fu Tianyu from the A Final for cross-tracking (improperly crossing the course or interfering with another skater)[2]. On February 17 the CAS dismissed the appeal, with a written ruling expected on February 18. Regardless, the CAS has no power to overturn an Olympic result, just to make recommendations to the IOC.[3]
[edit] 1,000 m
[edit] 1,500 m
Note: Byun Chun-sa of South Korea and Tatiana Borodulina of Russia were disqualified in Final A, and are thus unranked. Byun Chun Sa came in third place but was disqualified for impeding thus denying South Korea of a clean sweep.[4]
[edit] 3,000 m relay
The Women's 3000m Relay Final was held on February 22. With this win, Korea defended their title in this event for the fourth time running.
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
South Korea (Choi Eun-Kyung, Jeon Da-Hye, Jin Sun-Yu, Byun Chun-Sa, Kang Yun-Mi) |
4:17.040 |
| Silver |
Canada (Alanna Kraus, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Tania Vicent, Kalyna Roberge, Amanda Overland) |
4:17.336 |
| Bronze |
Italy (Arianna Fontana, Marta Capurso, Katia Zini, Mara Zini) |
4:20.030 |
| Final B |
| 4 |
United States (Allison Baver, Kim Hyo-Jung, Caroline Hallisey, Kimberly Derrick, Maria Garcia) |
4:18.740 |
| 5 |
 France (Stephanie Bouvier, Choi Min-Kyung, Myrtille Gollin, Celine Lecompere) |
4:18.971 |
| 6 |
Germany (Yvonne Kunze, Christin Priebst, Aika Klein, Susanne Rudolph, Tina Grassow) |
4:24.896 |
| 7 |
 Japan (Chikage Tanaka, Yuka Kamino, Mika Ozawa, Nobuko Yamada) |
4:35.096 |
Note: China was disqualified from the Final A as one of its racers who had just pushed off one of her teammates obstructed an Italian racer, and is thus unranked.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Men's 1500m - Final, from nbcolympics.com, retrieved 12 February 2006
- ^ Final Classification Analysis: Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 1500 m, from torino2006.org, retrieved 12 February 2006
- ^ Final Classification Analysis: Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 500 m, from torino2006.org, retrieved 15 February 2006
- ^ Final Classification Analysis: Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 1500 m, from bbc.co.uk/winterolympics, retrieved 19 February 2006
- ^ Final Classification Analysis: Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 3000 m Relay, from torino2006.org/, retrieved 22 February 2006
Bulgaria (BUL)
Apolo Anton Ohno (USA)
François-Louis Tremblay (CAN)
Ahn Hyun-Soo (KOR)
Jon Eley (GBR)
Satoru Terao (JPN)
Nicola Rodigari (ITA)
Wim de Deyne (BEL)
Ye Li (CHN)
Viktor Knoch (HUN)
Niels Kerstholt (NED)
Evgenia Radanova (BUL)
Katerina Novotna (CZE)
Yvonne Kunze (GER)
