| Speed skating at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Oval Lingotto |
| Dates | 11–25 February 2006 |
| No. of events | 12 |
| Competitors | 175 from 19 nations |
| 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 | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
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]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Joey Cheek  United States | 69.76 | Dmitry Dorofeyev  Russia | 70.41 | Lee Kang-seok  South Korea | 70.43 |
| 1000 metres | Shani Davis United States | 1:08.89 | Joey Cheek United States | 1:09.16 | Erben Wennemars  Netherlands | 1:09.32 |
| 1500 metres | Enrico Fabris  Italy | 1:45.97 | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.13 | Chad Hedrick United States | 1:46.22 |
| 5000 metres | Chad Hedrick United States | 6:14.68 | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:16.40 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 6:18.25 |
| 10,000 metres | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 13:01.57 | Chad Hedrick United States | 13:05.40 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 13:08.80 |
| Team pursuit |  Italy Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi * Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:44.46 |  Canada Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison * Jason Parker * Justin Warsylewicz | 3:47.28 |  Netherlands 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.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Svetlana Zhurova Russia | 76.57 | Wang Manli  China | 76.78 | Ren Hui China | 76.87 |
| 1000 metres | Marianne Timmer Netherlands | 1:16.05 | Cindy Klassen  Canada | 1:16.09 | Anni Friesinger  Germany | 1:16.11 |
| 1500 metres | Cindy Klassen Canada | 1:55.27 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:56.74 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:56.90 |
| 3000 metres | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:02.43 | Renate Groenewold Netherlands | 4:03.48 | Cindy Klassen Canada | 4:04.37 |
| 5000 metres | Clara Hughes Canada | 6:59.07 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 7:00.08 | Cindy Klassen Canada | 7:00.57 |
| Team pursuit |  Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Lucille Opitz * Claudia Pechstein Sabine Völker * | 3:01.25 | Canada Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen * Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel * | 3:02.91 |  Russia Yekaterina Abramova Varvara Barysheva * Galina Likhachova * Yekaterina Lobysheva Svetlana Vysokova | Overtook (Final B) |
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
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 [2] | Date | Round | Team | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team pursuit | 15 February | Heat 1 | Germany Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider | 3:49.59 | OR | |
| 15 February | Heat 3 | Netherlands Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen | 3:48.02 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Heat 4 | Canada Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison | 3:47.37 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Quarterfinals | Netherlands Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | 3:44.65 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Quarterfinals | Italy Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:43.64 | OR | ||
| Women's team pursuit | 15 February | Heat 1 |  Norway Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli | 3:06.34 | OR | |
| 15 February | Heat 3 | Russia Yekaterina Abramova Galina Likhachova Yekaterina Lobysheva | 3:05.93 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Quarterfinals | Canada Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt | 3:01.24 | OR |
Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Torino.
Austria (1)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (1) Canada (18) China (15)
Czech Republic (1)
Finland (4) Germany (13) Italy (8)
Japan (19)
Kazakhstan (4) South Korea (14) Netherlands (20) Norway (10)
Poland (5)
Romania (2) Russia (19)
Sweden (2) United States (18)
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