| Men's 1500 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Torino Palavela | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 12 February 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Short-track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m relay | women | |
| 5000 m relay | men | |
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) | 2:10.639 | Marquette, United States | 24 October 2003 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  Kim Dong-sung (KOR) | 2:15.942 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 February 2002 | [2] |
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
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. [2]
| Heat | Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mathieu Turcotte |  Canada | 2:23.402 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Pieter Gysel |  Belgium | 2:23.411 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Jon Eley |  Great Britain | 2:23.887 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Maxime Chataignier |  France | 2:23.966 | |
| 1 | 5 | Dariusz Kulesza |  Poland | 2:24.118 | |
| 2 | 1 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 2:31.511 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Satoru Terao |  Japan | 2:31.903 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan |  Russia | 2:33.802 | Q |
| 2 | – | Wim de Deyne | Belgium | DQ | |
| 3 | 1 | Li Ye |  China | 2:27.622 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Cees Juffermans |  Netherlands | 12:27.696 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Fabio Carta |  Italy | 2:27.799 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Mark McNee |  Australia | 2:29.356 | |
| 3 | 5 | Mikhail Rajine | Russia | 2:33.809 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 2:29.808 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 2:29.885 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Peter Darazs |  Hungary | 2:30.281 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Sebastian Praus |  Germany | 2:30.292 | |
| 5 | 1 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 2:19.469 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 2:19.631 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Alex Izykowski |  United States | 2:19.731 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Tyson Heung | Germany | 2:20.075 | |
| 6 | 1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 2:23.668 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | 2:23.854 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary | 2:23.876 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Hayato Sueyoshi | Japan | 2:25.280 | |
| 6 | – | Matus Uzak |  Slovakia | DQ |
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. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 2:20.854 | QA |
| 2 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 2:20.901 | QA |
| 3 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | 2:21.748 | QB |
| 4 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 2:21.774 | QB |
| 5 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 2:21.862 | |
| 6 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan | Russia | 2:24.604 |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea} | 2:17.718 | QA |
| 2 | Li Jiajun | China | 2:17.836 | QA |
| 3 | Mathieu Turcotte | Canada | 2:18.280 | QB |
| 4 | Peter Darazs | Hungary | 2:18.348 | QB |
| 5 | Alex Izykowski | United States | 2:18.610 | |
| 6 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 2:18.615 |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li Ye | China | 2:19.386 | QA |
| 2 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary | 2:19.600 | QA |
| 3 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 2:19.724 | QB |
| 4 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 2:20.346 | QB |
| – | Cees Juffermans | Netherlands | DNF | |
| – | Pieter Gysel | Belgium | DQ |
The six qualifying skaters contested the medal positions in final A, while the six skaters in final B ended up in 6th-11th places. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 2:25.341 | |
 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 2:25.600 | |
 | Li Jiajun | China | 2:26.005 | |
| 4 | Charles Hamelin | Canada | 2:26.375 | |
| 5 | Viktor Knoch | Hungary | 2:26.806 | |
| – | Li Ye | China | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mathieu Turcotte | Canada | 2:25.341 | |
| 7 | Fabio Carta | Italy | 2:24.658 | |
| 8 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 2:24.789 | |
| 9 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 2:24.875 | |
| 10 | Niels Kerstholt | Netherlands | 2:24.962 | |
| 11 | Peter Darazs | Hungary | 2:24.969 |
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