Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

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Men's 1000 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueTorino Palavela
Dates15–18 February
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee Ho-suk  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Apolo Anton Ohno  United States
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Short track speed skating at the
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The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 15 February, with the final on 18 February, at the Torino Palavela.[1]

Records[edit]

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

World record  Li Jiajun (CHN) 1:24.674 Bormio, Italy 14 February 2004 [2]
Olympic record  Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) 1:27.185 Salt Lake City, United States 16 February 2002 [2]

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[2] Event Team Time OR WR
15 February Heat 1  Li Ye (CHN) 1:27.048 OR
18 February Quarterfinal 1  Rusty Smith (USA) 1:27.000 OR
18 February Final A  Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) 1:26.739 OR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The first round was held on 15 February. There were seven heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers and the two fastest third-place finishers also moving on to the quarterfinals. As two skaters tied for the second-fastest third-place time, three skaters advanced through this method. Two other skaters were advanced after being interfered with.[2]

Heats

Heat Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 1 Li Ye  China 1:27.048 Q OR
1 2 Nicola Rodigari  Italy 1:27.184 Q
1 3 Jean Charles Mattei  France 1:28.009
1 4 Paul Stanley  Great Britain 1:28.511
2 1 François-Louis Tremblay  Canada 1:28.925 Q
2 2 Satoru Terao  Japan 1:29.090 Q
2 3 Jon Eley  Great Britain 1:29.147
2 4 Mark McNee  Australia 1:30.033
3 1 Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea 1:27.372 Q
3 2 Rusty Smith  United States 1:27.508 Q
3 3 Peter Darazs  Hungary 1:27.929 q
4 1 Lee Ho-suk  South Korea 1:35.634 Q
4 2 Matus Uzak  Slovakia 1:35.989 Q
4 3 Vyacheslav Kurginyan  Russia 1:36.070
5 1 Éric Bédard  Canada 1:28.274 Q
5 2 Dariusz Kulesza  Poland 1:29.102 Q
5 3 Sebastian Praus  Germany 1:35.375 ADV
5 – Maxime Chataignier  France DQ
6 1 Li Jiajun  China 1:27.765 Q
6 2 Fabio Carta  Italy 1:27.826 Q
6 3 Pieter Gysel  Belgium 1:27.994 q
6 4 Arian Nachbar  Germany 1:27.994 q
7 1 Apolo Anton Ohno  United States 1:36.120 Q
7 2 Volodymyr Grygoriev  Ukraine 1:36.397 Q
7 3 Mikhail Rajine  Russia 1:42.677 ADV
7 – Niels Kerstholt  Netherlands DQ

Quarterfinals[edit]

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[2]

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 Rusty Smith  United States 1:27.000 Q OR
2 Li Ye  China 1:27.078 Q
3 Nicola Rodigari  Italy 1:27.240
4 Mikhail Rajine  Russia 1:32.432
– Matus Uzak  Slovakia DQ
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 Ahn Hyun-Soo  South Korea 1:29.371 Q
2 Apolo Anton Ohno  United States 1:29.650 Q
3 Sebastian Praus  Germany 1:29.820
4 Dariusz Kulesza  Poland 1:30.556
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 Li Juajun  China 1:28.179 Q
2 Pieter Gysel  Belgium 1:28.335 Q
3 Satoru Terao  Japan 1:28.499
4 Peter Darazs  Hungary 1:28.738
– François-Louis Tremblay  Canada DQ
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 Lee Ho-suk  South Korea 1:27.265 Q
2 Éric Bédard  Canada 1:27.546 Q
3 Fabio Carta  Italy 1:27.656
4 Arian Nachbar  Germany 1:27.679
5 Volodymyr Grygoriev  Ukraine 1:29.168

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 Ye fell, but he was advanced to the final after Belgium's Pieter Gysel was disqualified.[3]

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 Lee Ho-suk  South Korea 1:29.150 QA
2 Rusty Smith  United States 1:29.515 QA
3 Li Ye  China 1:47.965 ADV
– Pieter Gysel  Belgium DQ
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 Ahn Hyun-Soo  South Korea 1:27.900 QA
2 Apolo Anton Ohno  United States 1:28.080 QA
3 Li Jiajun  China 1:29.183 QB
– Éric Bédard  Canada DQ

Finals[edit]

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A. Since only one skater qualified for the B Final (the two disqualified semifinalists did not advance), it was not contested, and China's Li Jiajun was awarded 6th place.[2]

Final A
Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ahn Hyun-soo  South Korea 1:26.739 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee Ho-suk  South Korea 1:26.764
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Apolo Anton Ohno  United States 1:26.927
4 Rusty Smith  United States 1:27.435
5 Li Ye  China 1:29.918

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 1,000 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Torino 2006 Official Report - Short Track Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Ohno, Smith Make 1,000m Short Track Final". Associated Press. San Francisco Chronicle. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2009.[dead link]
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