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

Event:	Men's 1500 metres
Games:	2006 Winter
Venue:	Torino Palavela
Dates:	12 February
Competitors:	28
Nations:	16
Gold:	Ahn Hyun-soo
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Lee Ho-suk
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Li Jiajun
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2002
Next:	2010

The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February at the Torino Palavela.^[1]

Records

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

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.

Heat 1

Heat	Rank	Athlete	Country	Result	Notes
1	1	align=left			2:23.402	Q
1	2	align=left			2:23.411	Q
1	3	align=left			2:23.887	Q
1	4	align=left			2:23.966
1	5	align=left			2:24.118
2	1	align=left			2:31.511	Q
2	2	align=left			2:31.903	Q
2	3	align=left			2:33.802	Q
2	–	align=left			DQ
3	1	align=left			2:27.622	Q
3	2	align=left			12:27.696	Q
3	3	align=left			2:27.799	Q
3	4	align=left			2:29.356
3	5	align=left			2:33.809
4	1	align=left			2:29.808	Q
4	2	align=left			2:29.885	Q
4	3	align=left			2:30.281	Q
4	4	align=left			2:30.292
5	1	align=left			2:19.469	Q
5	2	align=left			2:19.631	Q
5	3	align=left			2:19.731	Q
5	4	align=left			2:20.075
6	1	align=left			2:23.668	Q
6	2	align=left			2:23.854	Q
6	3	align=left			2:23.876	Q
6	4	align=left			2:25.280
6	–	align=left			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.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	align=left			2:20.854	QA
2	align=left			2:20.901	QA
3	align=left			2:21.748	QB
4	align=left			2:21.774	QB
5	align=left			2:21.862
6	align=left			2:24.604

Semifinal 2

|| 2:17.718 || QA|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 2 || align=left | Li Jiajun || || 2:17.836 || QA|-| 3 || align=left | Mathieu Turcotte || || 2:18.280 || QB|-| 4 || align=left | Peter Darazs || || 2:18.348 || QB|-| 5 || align=left | Alex Izykowski || || 2:18.610 |||-| 6 || align=left | Nicola Rodigari || || 2:18.615 |||}

Semifinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	align=left			2:19.386	QA
2	align=left			2:19.600	QA
3	align=left			2:19.724	QB
4	align=left			2:20.346	QB
–	align=left			DNF
–	align=left			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.

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
	align=left			2:25.341
	align=left			2:25.600
	align=left			2:26.005
4	align=left			2:26.375
5	align=left			2:26.806
–	align=left			DQ

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
6	align=left			2:25.341
7	align=left			2:24.658
8	align=left			2:24.789
9	align=left			2:24.875
10	align=left			2:24.962
11	align=left			2:24.969

Notes and References

1. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/STK/mens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 14 November 2019.