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

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Men's 1500 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg
Venue Torino Palavela
Dates February 12
Competitors 28 from 16 nations
Medalists
<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
1st Ahn Hyun-soo 23x15px South Korea
2nd Lee Ho-suk 23x15px South Korea
3rd Li Jiajun  China
← 2002
2010 →
Short track speed skating at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg
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.

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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) 2:29.808 Q
2 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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 22x20px 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
1st 22x20px Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) 2:25.341
2nd 22x20px Lee Ho-suk (KOR) 2:25.600
3rd  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
6  Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) 2:25.341
7 22x20px Fabio Carta (ITA) 2:24.658
8  Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) 2:24.789
9  Satoru Terao (JPN) 2:24.875
10  Niels Kerstholt (NED) 2:24.962
11  Peter Darazs (HUN) 2:24.969

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Short_track_speed_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_–_Men%27s_1500_metres&oldid=649231629"