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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
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 Krievāne | 2:36.233 | |||
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 |
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.
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 7 | QB | ||
5 | align=left | 2:45.897 | ADV | ||
– | align=left | DQ |
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 |
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 |
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]
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 |
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 |