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At the 2006 Winter Olympics, twelve speed skating events were
contested at the Oval Lingotto.
Medal table
| Pos. |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
United States |
3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
| 2 |
Netherlands |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
| 3 |
Canada |
2 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
| 4 |
Italy |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| =5 |
Germany |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| =5 |
Russia |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 7 |
China |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 8 |
South Korea |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Men's events
500 m speed skating
Event held February 13, 2006
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time (1st–2nd race) |
| Gold |
Joey Cheek (USA) |
69.76 (34.82–34.94) |
| Silver |
Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) |
70.41 (35.24–35.17) |
| Bronze |
Lee Kang-Seok (KOR) |
70.43 (35.34–35.09) |
1000 m speed skating
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Shani Davis (USA) |
1:08.89 |
| Silver |
Joey Cheek (USA) |
1:09.16 |
| Bronze |
Erben Wennemars (NED) |
1:09.32 |
1500 m speed skating
Italian Enrico Fabris became the first non-American to win an individual
men's event through the first four races of the Turin Winter Games.
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Enrico Fabris (ITA) |
1:45.96 |
| Silver |
Shani Davis (USA) |
1:46.13 |
| Bronze |
Chad Hedrick (USA) |
1:46.22 |
5000 m speed skating
The 5,000 metres was held on the first day of competition, 11 February. The
American Chad Hedrick, a former inline skater, began his quest to emulate Eric
Heiden by taking five gold medals well, racing a time of 6:14.68, 0.02 seconds
behind the four-year-old Olympic record of Jochem Uytdehaage, which was enough
to clinch gold. Dutchman Sven Kramer won the silver medal, 1.72 seconds adrift,
while home skater Enrico Fabris took Italy's first medal by skating home the
bronze in the very last pair.
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Chad Hedrick (USA) |
6:14.68 |
| Silver |
Sven Kramer (NED) |
6:16.40 |
| Bronze |
Enrico Fabris (ITA) |
6:18.25 |
10000 m speed skating
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Bob de Jong (NED) |
13:01.57 |
| Silver |
Chad Hedrick (USA) |
13:05.40 |
| Bronze |
Carl Verheijen (NED) |
13:08.80 |
Team pursuit
The Italian men's team was well behind the Dutch team in their semi-final
heat, and although they were gaining it was late in the race and the Dutch
seemed en route to a victory. However, Dutch skater Sven Kramer fell on a
corner, taking his team's chances down with him and allowing Italy to go
through, where they overcame the Canadians for a surprise gold.
Skaters in italics skated the final heat
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Final A |
| Gold |
Italy (Matteo Anesi, Stefano Donagrandi,
Enrico Fabris,
Ippolito Sanfratello) |
3:44.46 |
| Silver |
Canada (Arne Dankers, Steven Elm,
Denny Morrison, Jason Parker, Justin
Warsylewicz) |
+2.82 |
| Final B [2] |
| Bronze |
Netherlands (Sven Kramer, Rintje Ritsma,
Mark Tuitert, Carl Verheijen,
Erben Wennemars) |
3:44.53 |
| 4 |
Norway (Håvard Bøkko, Eskil Ervik,
Mikael Flygind Larsen, Øystein Grødum,
Lasse Sætre) |
+1.43 |
| Final C |
| 5 |
Russia (Artyom Detyshev, Aleksandr Kibalko,
Yevgeny Lalenkov, Dmitry
Shepel, Ivan Skobrev) |
3:46.91 |
| 6 |
United States (K.C. Boutiette, Chad Hedrick,
Charles Leveille, Clay
Mull, Derek Parra) |
+2.82 |
| Final D |
| 7 |
Germany (Jörg Dallmann, Stefan Heythausen,
Robert Lehmann, Tobias Schneider) |
3:48.28 |
| 8 |
Japan (Kesato Miyazaki, Teruhiro Sugimori,
Takahiro Ushiyama) |
+2.09 |
Women's events
500 m speed skating
The race was held on February 14, 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. Asians occupy seven
of the top nine places [5][6].
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Svetlana Zhurova (RUS) |
76.57 (38.23–38.34) |
| Silver |
Wang Manli (CHN) |
76.78 (38.31–38.47) |
| Bronze |
Ren Hui (CHN) |
76.87 (38.60–38.27) |
| 4 |
Tomomi Okazaki (JPN) |
76.92 (38.46–38.46) |
| 5 |
Lee Sang Hwa (KOR) |
77.04 (38.69–38.35) |
| 6 |
Jenny Wolf (GER) |
77.25 (38.70–38.55) |
| 7 |
Wang Beixing (CHN) |
77.27 (38.71–38.56) |
| 8 |
Sayuri Osuga (JPN) |
77.39 (38.74–38.65) |
| 9 |
Sayuri Yoshii (JPN) |
77.43 (38.68–38.75) |
| 10 |
Chiara Simionato (ITA) |
77.68 (39.02–38.66) |
1000 m speed skating
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Marianne Timmer (NED) |
1:16.05 |
| Silver |
Cindy Klassen (CAN) |
1:16.09 |
| Bronze |
Anni Friesinger (GER) |
1:16.11 |
1500 m speed skating
Defending champion Anni Friesinger of Germany finished fourth and missed out
on the medals.
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Cindy Klassen (CAN) |
1:55.27 |
| Silver |
Kristina Groves (CAN) |
1:56.74 |
| Bronze |
Ireen Wust (NED) |
1:56.90 |
3000 m speed skating
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Ireen Wüst (NED) |
4:02.43 |
| Silver |
Renate Groenewold (NED) |
4:03.48 |
| Bronze |
Cindy Klassen (CAN) |
4:04.37 |
5000 m speed skating
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Clara Hughes (CAN) |
6:59.07 |
| Silver |
Claudia Pechstein (GER) |
7:00.08 |
| Bronze |
Cindy Klassen (CAN) |
7:00.57 |
Team pursuit
Skaters in italics skated the final heat
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Final A[7] |
| Gold |
Germany (Daniela Anschütz Thoms, Anni Friesinger,
Lucille Opitz,
Claudia Pechstein, Sabine Völker) |
3:01.25 |
| Silver |
Canada (Kristina Groves, Clara Hughes, Cindy Klassen,
Christine
Nesbitt, Shannon Rempel) |
+1.66 |
| Final B[8] |
| Bronze |
Russia (Yekaterina Abramova, Varvara Barysheva,
Galina Likhachova,
Yekaterina Lobysheva, Svetlana Vysokova) |
Won by overtaking |
| 4 |
Japan (Eriko Ishino, Nami Nemoto, Hiromi Otsu, Maki Tabata) |
|
| Final C[9] |
| 5 |
United States (Margaret Crowley, Maria Lamb,
Catherine Raney, Jennifer
Rodriguez, Amy Sannes) |
3:04.22 |
| 6 |
Netherlands (Renate Groenewold, Moniek Kleinsman,
Gretha Smit, Paulien van
Deutekom, Ireen Wüst) |
+1.40 |
| Final D[10] |
| 7 |
Norway (Annette Bjelkevik, Hedvig Bjelkevik, Maren Haugli) |
3:06.20 |
| 8 |
China (Ji Jia, Wang Fei, Zhang Xiaolei) |
+0.71 |
| 2006 Winter Olympics
medal count |
| Pos |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Germany |
11 |
12 |
6 |
29 |
| 2 |
United States |
9 |
9 |
7 |
25 |
| 3 |
Austria |
9 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
| 4 |
Russia |
8 |
6 |
8 |
22 |
| 5 |
Canada |
7 |
10 |
7 |
24 |
| 6 |
Sweden |
7 |
2 |
5 |
14 |
| 7 |
Korea |
6 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
| 8 |
Switzerland |
5 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
| 9 |
Italy |
5 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
| 10 |
France |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
| Netherlands |
3 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
| 12 |
Estonia |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 13 |
Norway |
2 |
8 |
9 |
19 |
| 14 |
China |
2 |
4 |
5 |
11 |
| 15 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| 16 |
Croatia |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| 17 |
Australia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 18 |
Japan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 19 |
Finland |
0 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
| 20 |
Poland |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 21 |
Belarus |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Bulgaria |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Great Britain |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Slovakia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 25 |
Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 26 |
Latvia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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84 |
84 |
84 |
252 |
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