Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venue Palavela
Dates February 12
Competitors 28 from 16 nations
Medalists
  Ahn Hyun-Soo   South Korea
  Lee Ho-Suk   South Korea
  Li Jiajun   China
«2002 2010»
Short track speed skating at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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.

Contents

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 [1]
Olympic record  Kim Dong-Sung (KOR) 2:15.942 Salt Lake City, United States 20 February 2002 [1]

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
 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
1  Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) 2:25.341
2  Fabio Carta (ITA) 2:24.658
3  Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) 2:24.789
4  Satoru Terao (JPN) 2:24.875
5  Niels Kerstholt (NED) 2:24.962
6  Peter Darazs (HUN) 2:24.969

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Torino 2006 Official Report - Short Track Speed Skating". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/ShortTrackSpeedSkating.pdf. Retrieved May 24, 2009.