Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

Men's 500 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Oval Lingotto
Dates February 13
Competitors 37 from 12 nations
Winning time 69.79
Medalists
  Joey Cheek   United States
  Dmitry Dorofeyev   Russia
  Lee Kang-Seok   South Korea
«2002 2010»
Speed skating at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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 Men'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.

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)

World record  Joji Kato (JPN) 34.30 Salt Lake City, United States 19 November 2005 [1]
Olympic record  Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 34.42 Salt Lake City, United States 11 February 2002 [1]

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World record  Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 68.96 Salt Lake City, United States 10 March 2001 [1]
Olympic record  Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 69.23 Salt Lake City, United States 11 February 2002 [1]

No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Place Athlete Race 1
Time (Place)		 Race 2
Time (Place)		 Total
Time		 Difference
 Joey Cheek (USA) 34.82 (1) 34.94 (1) 69.76 --
 Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) 35.24 (2) 35.17 (3) 70.41 +0.65
 Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) 35.34 (3) 35.09 (2) 70.43 +0.67
4  Yuya Oikawa (JPN) 35.35 (4) 35.21 (5) 70.56 +0.80
5  Yu Fengtong (CHN) 35.39 (6) 35.29 (6=) 70.68 +0.92
6  Joji Kato (JPN) 35.59 (11=) 35.19 (4) 70.78 +1.02
7  Michael Ireland (CAN) 35.59 (11=) 35.29 (6=) 70.88 +1.12
8  Choi Jae-Bong (KOR) 35.61 (13) 35.43 (9=) 71.04 +1.28
9  Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 35.37 (5) 35.68 (17=) 71.05 +1.29
10  Pekka Koskela (FIN) 35.58 (9=) 35.51 (12) 71.09 +1.33
11  Jan Bos (NED) 35.68 (16) 35.43 (9=) 71.11 +1.35
12  Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 35.78 (18) 35.34 (8) 71.12 +1.36
13  Keiichiro Nagashima (JPN) 35.67 (15) 35.47 (11) 71.14 +1.38
14  Dmitry Lobkov (RUS) 35.55 (8) 35.62 (13=) 71.17 +1.41
15  Janne Hänninen (FIN) 35.58 (9=) 35.67 (15=) 71.25 +1.49
16  Erben Wennemars (NED) 35.46 (7) 35.84 (25) 71.30 +1.54
17  Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR) 35.76 (17) 35.62 (13=) 71.38 +1.62
18  Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 35.66 (14) 35.78 (21) 71.44 +1.68
19  An Weijiang (CHN) 35.89 (21) 35.67 (15=) 71.56 +1.80
20  Erik Zachrisson (SWE) 35.80 (19) 35.81 (23) 71.61 +1.85
21  Ermanno Ioriatti (ITA) 35.88 (20) 35.80 (22) 71.68 +1.92
22  Mika Poutala (FIN) 35.91 (22) 35.83 (24) 71.74 +1.98
23  Simon Kuipers (NED) 36.10 (27) 35.74 (20) 71.84 +2.08
24  Alexey Proshin (RUS) 35.96 (23) 35.94 (26) 71.90 +2.14
25  Tucker Fredricks (USA) 36.02 (25) 35.99 (28) 72.01 +2.25
26  Kip Carpenter (USA) 36.40 (31) 35.68 (17=) 72.08 +2.32
27  Sergey Kornilov (RUS) 36.00 (24) 36.24 (32) 72.24 +2.48
28  Lu Zhuo (CHN) 36.39 (30) 35.96 (27) 72.35 +2.59
29  Vincent Labrie (CAN) 36.31 (29) 36.12 (29=) 72.43 +2.67
30  Brock Miron (CAN) 36.42 (32) 36.12 (29=) 72.54 +2.78
31  Maurizio Carnino (ITA) 36.24 (28) 36.43 (33) 72.67 +2.91
32  Artur Was (POL) 36.43 (33) 36.61 (35) 73.04 +3.28
33  Li Yu (CHN) 36.57 (34) 36.56 (34) 73.13 +3.37
34  Aleksandr Zhigin (KAZ) 36.88 (35) 36.92 (36) 73.80 +4.04
35  Beorn Nijenhuis (NED) 48.84 (36) 35.71 (19) 84.55 +14.79
36  Maciej Ustynowicz (POL) 36.09 (26) 51.92 (37) 88.01 +18.25
37  Kwon Sun Chun (KOR) 58.66 (37) 36.13 (31) 94.79 +25.03

Race 1

Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first

  1. Brock Miron, CAN (alone, first inner)
  2. Dmitry Lobkov, RUS – Sergey Kornilov, RUS
  3. Maciej Ustynowicz, POL – Vincent Labrie, CAN
  4. Choi Jae Bong, KOR – Alexandr Zhigin, KAZ
  5. Janne Hänninen, FIN – Alexey Proshin, RUS
  6. Artur Was, POL – Erik Zachrisson, SWE
  7. Mika Poutala, FIN – Maurizio Carnino, ITA
  8. Zhuo Lu, CHN – Jan Bos, NED
  9. Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS – Erben Wennemars, NED
  10. Li Yu, CHN – Pekka Koskela, FIN
  11. Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA – An Weijiang, CHN
  12. Yuya Oikawa, JPN – Simon Kuipers, NED
  13. Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN – Lee Kyu Hyuk, KOR
  14. Tucker Fredricks, USA – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
  15. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED – Kwon Sun Chun, KOR
  16. Joji Kato, JPN – Michael Ireland, CAN
  17. Joey Cheek, USA – Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN
  18. Casey FitzRandolph, USA – Yu Fengtong, CHN
  19. Kip Carpenter, USA – Lee Kang Seok, KOR

Fastest 100 m

The ten fastest times are listed

Place Athlete Time Difference
1  Yuya Oikawa (JPN) 9.59 --
2  Yu Fengtong (CHN) 9.63 +0.04
3  Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) 9.65 +0.06
4  Joey Cheek (USA) 9.66 +0.07
5  Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 9.67 +0.08
6  Janne Hänninen (FIN) 9.69 +0.10
7  Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) 9.72 +0.13
8  An Weijiang (CHN) 9.75 +0.16
9  Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 9.76 +0.17
 Pekka Koskela (FIN) 9.76 +0.17

Race 2

Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first

  1. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED (alone, last outer)
  2. Kwon Sun Chun, KOR – Li Yu, CHN
  3. Alexandr Zhigin, KAZ – Artur Was, POL
  4. Brock Miron, CAN – Vincent Labrie, CAN
  5. Maurizio Carnino, ITA – Kip Carpenter, USA
  6. Simon Kuipers, NED – Zhuo Lu, CHN
  7. Sergey Kornilov, RUS – Maciej Ustynowicz, POL
  8. Alexey Proshin, RUS – Tucker Fredricks, USA
  9. An Weijiang, CHN – Mika Poutala, FIN
  10. Erik Zachrisson, SWE – Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA
  11. Lee Kyu Hyuk, KOR – Casey FitzRandolph, USA
  12. Jan Bos, NED – Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN
  13. Choi Jae Bong, KOR – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
  14. Michael Ireland, CAN – Joji Kato, JPN
  15. Pekka Koskela, FIN – Janne Hänninen, FIN
  16. Erben Wennemars, NED – Dmitry Lobkov, RUS
  17. Yuya Oikawa, JPN – Yu Fengtong, CHN
  18. Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN – Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS
  19. Lee Kang Seok, KOR – Joey Cheek, USA

Fastest 100 m

Place Athlete Time Difference
1  Yu Fengtong (CHN) 9.56 --
2  Yuya Oikawa (JPN) 9.59 +0.03
3  Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) 9.63 +0.07
4  Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) 9.65 +0.09
5  Joji Kato (JPN) 9.66 +0.10
6  Joey Cheek (USA) 9.67 +0.11
7  Michael Ireland (CAN) 9.73 +0.17
8  Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 9.74 +0.18
 An Weijiang (CHN) 9.74 +0.18
 Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 9.74 +0.18

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/SpeedSkating.pdf. Retrieved May 20, 2009.