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

Event:Women's 1500 metres
Games:2006 Winter
Venue:Torino Palavela
Dates:18 February
Competitors:30
Nations:19
Gold:Jin Sun-yu
Goldnoc:KOR
Silver:Choi Eun-kyung
Silvernoc:KOR
Bronze:Wang Meng
Bronzenoc:CHN
Prev:2002
Next:2010

The women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 18 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

There were six heats of four or five skaters each, with the top three finishers advancing to the semifinals.

Heat Rank Athlete Country Result Notes
1 1 align=left 2:41.384 Q
1 2 align=left 2:41.411 Q
1 3 align=left 2:41.561 Q
1 4 align=left 2:42.256
1 5 align=left 2:41.380
2 1 align=left 2:41.384 Q
2 2 align=left 2:27.666 Q
2 3 align=left 2:28.910 Q
2 4 align=left 2:30.977
2 5 align=left 2:33.564
3 1 align=left 2:37.754 Q
3 2 align=left 2:37.862 Q
3 3 align=left 2:37.865
3 4 align=left 2:38.442
3 5 align=left 2:40.171
4 1 align=left 2:27.155 Q
4 2 align=left 2:27.460 Q
4 3 align=left 2:27.757
4 4 align=left 2:28.001
4 5 align=left 2:36.233
5 1 align=left 2:29.731 Q
5 2 align=left 2:31.053 Q
5 3 align=left 2:31.367 Q
5 4 align=left 2:31.705
5 5 align=left Evita Krievāne2:36.233
6 1 align=left 2:35.410 Q
6 2 align=left 2:35.920 Q
6 3 align=left 2:38.460 Q
6 4 align=left 2:48.009
6 5 align=left 2:50.017

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.Tatiana Borodulina finished fifth in her semifinal, but was advanced due to interference from Stéphanie Bouvier.

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1 align=left 2:31.747 QA
2 align=left 2:32.504 QA
3 align=left 2:32.527 QB
4 align=left 2:44.05 7QB
5 align=left 2:45.897 ADV
align=left DQ
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1 align=left 2:22.776 QA
2 align=left 2:22.946 QA
3 align=left 2:23.048 QB
4 align=left 2:23.141 QB
5 align=left 2:23.490
6 align=left 2:26.370
Semifinal 3
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1 align=left 2:26.915 QA
2 align=left 2:27.095 QA
3 align=left 2:27.145 QB
4 align=left 2:27.291 QB
5 align=left 2:27.395
6 align=left 2:29.173

Finals

The largest short-track race of the Games, with seven women entered, saw two of the skaters disqualified. The most notable of these was Byun Chun-sa, who originally finished third. She was adjudged to have interfered with Wang Meng. Wang, who was originally fourth, moved into the bronze medal position after Byun's disqualification.[2]

Final A
Rank Athlete Result Notes
align=left 2:23.494
align=left 2:24.069
align=left 2:24.469
4 align=left 2:25.405
5 align=left 2:26.495
align=left DQ
align=left DQ
Final B
Rank Athlete Result Notes
6 align=left 2:29.314
7 align=left 2:29.540
8 align=left 2:29.978
9 align=left 2:30.054
10 align=left 2:30.164
11 align=left 2:32.097

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/STK/womens-1500-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 14 November 2019.
  2. Web site: South Korean women almost get podium sweep in 1,500 . Associated Press . USA Today . 18 February 2006. 1 June 2009.