Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Event:	Speed skating
Games:	2006 Winter
Num Events:	12
Venue:	Oval Lingotto
Dates:	11–25 February 2006
Competitors:	175
Nations:	19
Prev:	2002
Next:	2010

Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days, from 11 to 25 February. Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto.^[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

500 metres		69.76		70.41		70.43
1000 metres		1:08.89		1:09.16		1:09.32
1500 metres		1:45.97		1:46.13		1:46.22
5000 metres		6:14.68		6:16.40		6:18.25
10,000 metres		13:01.57		13:05.40		13:08.80
Team pursuit		3:44.46	Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison* Jason Parker* Justin Warsylewicz	3:47.28	Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma* Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars*	3:44.53 (Final B)

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Women's events

500 metres		76.57		76.78		76.87
1000 metres		1:16.05		1:16.09		1:16.11
1500 metres		1:55.27		1:56.74		1:56.90
3000 metres		4:02.43		4:03.48		4:04.37
5000 metres		6:59.07		7:00.08		7:00.57
Team pursuit	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Lucille Opitz* Claudia Pechstein Sabine Völker*	3:01.25	Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel	3:02.91		Overtook (Final B)

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Medal table

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Records

The combination of low altitude and high humidity at the Oval Lingotto in Turin created fairly slow ice conditions, relative to previous Olympic ovals, such as the Utah Olympic Oval.^[3] This meant that no world records in speed skating were set at the Games, and the only Olympic records set were in the two debut events, the men's and women's team pursuits.

Event	Date	Round	Team	Time	OR	WR
	15 February	Heat 1		3:49.59	OR
	15 February	Heat 3		3:48.02	OR
	15 February	Heat 4		3:47.37	OR
	15 February	Quarterfinals		3:44.65	OR
	15 February	Quarterfinals		3:43.64	OR
	15 February	Heat 1		3:06.34	OR
	15 February	Heat 3		3:05.93	OR		-	15 February	Quarterfinals		3:01.24	OR

Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Torino.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054620/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/SSK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 7 November 2019.
2. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - dan jansen . Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 20 May 2009.
3. Web site: Slow Italian oval keeps speedskating records on ice. Associated Press. ESPN. 24 February 2006. 21 May 2009.