Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres
Men's 500 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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![]() Gold medal winner Apolo Ohno | |||||||||||||
Venue | Torino Palavela | ||||||||||||
Dates | 22–25 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Short track 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 relay | women | |
5000 m relay | men | |
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 22 February, with the final on 25 February, at the Torino Palavela.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]
World record | ![]() |
41.163 | Calgary, Canada | 18 October 2003 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
41.802 | Salt Lake City, United States | 23 February 2002 |
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The first round was held on 22 February. There were seven heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers and the two fastest third-place skaters moving on to the quarterfinals.[2]
- Heat 1
Heat | Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | ![]() |
42.960 | Q |
1 | 2 | Dariusz Kulesza | ![]() |
42.960 | Q |
1 | 3 | Tyson Heung | ![]() |
43.572 | |
2 | 1 | Éric Bédard | ![]() |
42.480 | Q |
2 | 2 | Jon Eley | ![]() |
42.511 | Q |
2 | 3 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan | ![]() |
43.183 | |
2 | 4 | Alex McEwan | ![]() |
45.173 | |
3 | 1 | Wim de Deyne | ![]() |
42.883 | Q |
3 | 2 | Arian Nachbar | ![]() |
43.006 | Q |
3 | 3 | Volodymyr Grygoriev | ![]() |
43.583 | |
3 | 4 | Matus Uzak | ![]() |
45.173 | |
4 | 1 | Satoru Terao | ![]() |
42.607 | Q |
4 | 2 | François-Louis Tremblay | ![]() |
42.779 | Q |
4 | 3 | Cees Juffermans | ![]() |
42.849 | q |
4 | 4 | Seo Ho-jin | ![]() |
DSQ | |
5 | 1 | Li Juajun | ![]() |
42.914 | Q |
5 | 2 | Peter Darazs | ![]() |
42.929 | Q |
5 | 3 | Mikhail Razhin | ![]() |
44.077 | |
5 | 4 | Anthony Lobello | ![]() |
1:13.722 | |
6 | 1 | Lee Ho-suk | ![]() |
42.676 | Q |
6 | 2 | Li Haonan | ![]() |
42.703 | Q |
6 | 3 | Nicola Rodigari | ![]() |
42.819 | q |
6 | 4 | Pieter Gysel | ![]() |
42.980 | |
7 | 1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | ![]() |
42.836 | Q |
7 | 2 | Roberto Serra | ![]() |
43.120 | Q |
7 | 3 | Takafumi Nishitani | ![]() |
43.212 | |
7 | 4 | Paul Stanley | ![]() |
43.486 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[2]
- Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | ![]() |
42.213 | Q |
2 | Satoru Terao | ![]() |
42.471 | Q |
3 | Cees Juffermans | ![]() |
42.515 | |
4 | Arian Nachbar | ![]() |
42.605 |
- Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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1 | Li Juajun | ![]() |
43.105 | Q |
2 | Nicola Rodigari | ![]() |
43.701 | Q |
3 | Peter Darazs | ![]() |
1:01.289 | |
4 | Lee Ho-suk | ![]() |
1:22.896 |
- Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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1 | Éric Bédard | ![]() |
42.267 | Q |
2 | Jon Eley | ![]() |
42.424 | Q |
3 | Roberto Serra | ![]() |
42.773 | |
4 | Li Haonan | ![]() |
DSQ |
- Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | ![]() |
42.020 | Q |
2 | François-Louis Tremblay | ![]() |
42.110 | Q |
3 | Wim de Deyne | ![]() |
42.979 | |
4 | Dariusz Kulesza | ![]() |
DSQ |
Semifinals
[edit]The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.[2] In the first semifinal, China's Li Jiajun impeded Britain's Jon Eley, resulting in Li's disqualification, while Eley, who finished third in the race, was advanced to the final.[3]
- Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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1 | François-Louis Tremblay | ![]() |
42.261 | QA |
2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | ![]() |
42.400 | QA |
3 | Jon Eley | ![]() |
42.650 | ADV |
4 | Li Juajun | ![]() |
DSQ |
- Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | ![]() |
41.826 | QA |
2 | Éric Bédard | ![]() |
41.950 | QA |
3 | Satoru Terao | ![]() |
42.120 | QB |
4 | Nicola Rodigari | ![]() |
42.131 | QB |
Finals
[edit]The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B.[2]
- Final A
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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Apolo Anton Ohno | ![]() |
41.935 | |
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François-Louis Tremblay | ![]() |
42.002 | |
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Ahn Hyun-soo | ![]() |
42.089 | |
4 | Éric Bédard | ![]() |
42.093 | |
5 | Jon Eley | ![]() |
42.497 |
- Final B
Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
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6 | Satoru Terao | ![]() |
42.377 | |
7 | Nicola Rodigari | ![]() |
42.398 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Torino 2006 Official Report - Short Track Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ "Eley fifth in speed-skating final". BBC Sport. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2009.