| Men's 500 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Gold medal winner Apolo Ohno | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Torino Palavela | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 22–25 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 22 February, with the final on 25 February, at the Torino Palavela. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: [2]
| World record |  Jean-Francois Monette (CAN) | 41.163 | Calgary, Canada | 18 October 2003 |
| Olympic record |  Marc Gagnon (CAN) | 41.802 | Salt Lake City, United States | 23 February 2002 |
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
The first round was held on 22 February. There were seven heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers and the two fastest third-place skaters moving on to the quarterfinals. [2]
| Heat | Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo |  South Korea | 42.960 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Dariusz Kulesza |  Poland | 42.960 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Tyson Heung |  Germany | 43.572 | |
| 2 | 1 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 42.480 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jon Eley |  Great Britain | 42.511 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Vyacheslav Kurginyan |  Russia | 43.183 | |
| 2 | 4 | Alex McEwan |  Australia | 45.173 | |
| 3 | 1 | Wim de Deyne |  Belgium | 42.883 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 43.006 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Volodymyr Grygoriev |  Ukraine | 43.583 | |
| 3 | 4 | Matus Uzak |  Slovakia | 45.173 | |
| 4 | 1 | Satoru Terao |  Japan | 42.607 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 42.779 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Cees Juffermans |  Netherlands | 42.849 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Seo Ho-jin | South Korea | DSQ | |
| 5 | 1 | Li Juajun |  China | 42.914 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Peter Darazs |  Hungary | 42.929 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Mikhail Razhin | Russia | 44.077 | |
| 5 | 4 | Anthony Lobello |  United States | 1:13.722 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 42.676 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Li Haonan | China | 42.703 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Nicola Rodigari |  Italy | 42.819 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Pieter Gysel | Belgium | 42.980 | |
| 7 | 1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 42.836 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Roberto Serra | Italy | 43.120 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Takafumi Nishitani | Japan | 43.212 | |
| 7 | 4 | Paul Stanley | Great Britain | 43.486 |
The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 42.213 | Q |
| 2 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.471 | Q |
| 3 | Cees Juffermans | Netherlands | 42.515 | |
| 4 | Arian Nachbar | Germany | 42.605 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li Juajun | China | 43.105 | Q |
| 2 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 43.701 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Darazs | Hungary | 1:01.289 | |
| 4 | Lee Ho-suk | South Korea | 1:22.896 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 42.267 | Q |
| 2 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 42.424 | Q |
| 3 | Roberto Serra | Italy | 42.773 | |
| 4 | Li Haonan | China | DSQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 42.020 | Q |
| 2 | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 42.110 | Q |
| 3 | Wim de Deyne | Belgium | 42.979 | |
| 4 | Dariusz Kulesza | Poland | DSQ |
The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final. [2] In the first semifinal, China's Li Jiajun impeded Britain's Jon Eley, resulting in Li's disqualification, while Eley, who finished third in the race, was advanced to the final. [3]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 42.261 | QA |
| 2 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 42.400 | QA |
| 3 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 42.650 | ADV |
| 4 | Li Juajun | China | DSQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 41.826 | QA |
| 2 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 41.950 | QA |
| 3 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.120 | QB |
| 4 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 42.131 | QB |
The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A, while two other raced for 6th place in Final B. [2]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Apolo Anton Ohno | United States | 41.935 | |
 | François-Louis Tremblay | Canada | 42.002 | |
 | Ahn Hyun-soo | South Korea | 42.089 | |
| 4 | Éric Bédard | Canada | 42.093 | |
| 5 | Jon Eley | Great Britain | 42.497 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Satoru Terao | Japan | 42.377 | |
| 7 | Nicola Rodigari | Italy | 42.398 |
The women's team pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, began on 15 February at Oval Lingotto. The team pursuit consisted of a qualifying round, then a series of elimination races, with the winners of the elimination races progressing to the next round of the 'knockout phase'.
The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 15 February, with the final on 18 February, at the Torino Palavela.
The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February at the Torino Palavela.
The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 12 February, with the final on 15 February, at the Torino Palavela.
The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 22 February, with the final on 25 February, at the Torino Palavela.
The women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 18 February at the Torino Palavela.
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.
The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 13 to 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center. This event is remembered for the victory of Australian Steven Bradbury, who benefited from all four other skaters in the final going down ahead of him, while Bradbury stayed on his feet and won gold. It was the first ever Winter Olympics gold medal for Australia.
The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.
The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from 20 to 23 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 and 21 February at the White Ring.
The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February at the White Ring.
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 24 and 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.
The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 22 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.
The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 24 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.
The Women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre.
The men's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place from 18 to 20 February at the La halle de glace Olympique.
The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics took place on 18 and 20 February at La halle de glace Olympique.
The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 21 February at the White Ring.
The women's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 19 February at the White Ring. It featured an uncommon occurrence, as two finalists failed to finish, meaning that the winner of the B Final, Chun Lee-kyung, won a bronze medal. A consequence of this is that Chun actually recorded a faster time in the final than the two women who won medals ahead of her.
