Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

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Men's 500 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
2006 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremony Speed Skating 500 metres Men.jpg
Podium of the event
Venue Oval Lingotto
Dates13 February 2006
Competitors37 from 12 nations
Winning time69.76
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Joey Cheek Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Dmitry Dorofeyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Lee Kang-seok Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
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The men's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races. [1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)

World recordFlag of Japan.svg  Joji Kato  (JPN)34.30 Salt Lake City, United States19 November 2005 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Casey FitzRandolph  (USA)34.42 Salt Lake City, United States11 February 2002 [2]

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World recordFlag of Japan.svg  Hiroyasu Shimizu  (JPN)68.96 Salt Lake City, United States10 March 2001 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Casey FitzRandolph  (USA)69.23 Salt Lake City, United States11 February 2002 [2]

No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

PlaceAthleteCountryRace 1
Time (place)		Race2
Time (place)		Total TimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg Joey Cheek Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34.82 (1)34.94 (1)69.76--
Silver medal icon.svg Dmitry Dorofeyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 35.24 (2)35.17 (3)70.41+0.65
Bronze medal icon.svg Lee Kang-seok Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 35.34 (3)35.09 (2)70.43+0.67
4 Yūya Oikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 35.35 (4)35.21 (5)70.56+0.80
5 Yu Fengtong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 35.39 (6)35.29 (6=)70.68+0.92
6 Joji Kato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 35.59 (11=)35.19 (4)70.78+1.02
7 Michael Ireland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 35.59 (11=)35.29 (6=)70.88+1.12
8 Choi Jae-bong Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 35.61 (13)35.43 (9=)71.04+1.28
9 Jeremy Wotherspoon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 35.37 (5)35.68 (17=)71.05+1.29
10 Pekka Koskela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 35.58 (9=)35.51 (12)71.09+1.33
11 Jan Bos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 35.68 (16)35.43 (9=)71.11+1.35
12 Casey FitzRandolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States 35.78 (18)35.34 (8)71.12+1.36
13 Keiichiro Nagashima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 35.67 (15)35.47 (11)71.14+1.38
14 Dmitry Lobkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 35.55 (8)35.62 (13=)71.17+1.41
15 Janne Hänninen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 35.58 (9=)35.67 (15=)71.25+1.49
16 Erben Wennemars Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 35.46 (7)35.84 (25)71.30+1.54
17 Lee Kyou-hyuk Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 35.76 (17)35.62 (13=)71.38+1.62
18 Hiroyasu Shimizu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 35.66 (14)35.78 (21)71.44+1.68
19 An Weijiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 35.89 (21)35.67 (15=)71.56+1.80
20 Erik Zachrisson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 35.80 (19)35.81 (23)71.61+1.85
21 Ermanno Ioriatti Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 35.88 (20)35.80 (22)71.68+1.92
22 Mika Poutala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 35.91 (22)35.83 (24)71.74+1.98
23 Simon Kuipers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 36.10 (27)35.74 (20)71.84+2.08
24 Aleksey Proshin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 35.96 (23)35.94 (26)71.90+2.14
25 Tucker Fredricks Flag of the United States.svg  United States 36.02 (25)35.99 (28)72.01+2.25
26 Kip Carpenter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 36.40 (31)35.68 (17=)72.08+2.32
27 Sergey Kornilov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36.00 (24)36.24 (32)72.24+2.48
28 Lu Zhuo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 36.39 (30)35.96 (27)72.35+2.59
29 Vincent Labrie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 36.31 (29)36.12 (29=)72.43+2.67
30 Brock Miron Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 36.42 (32)36.12 (29=)72.54+2.78
31 Maurizio Carnino Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 36.24 (28)36.43 (33)72.67+2.91
32 Artur Waś Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 36.43 (33)36.61 (35)73.04+3.28
33 Li Yu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 36.57 (34)36.56 (34)73.13+3.37
34 Aleksandr Zhigin Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 36.88 (35)36.92 (36)73.80+4.04
35 Beorn Nijenhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.84 (36)35.71 (19)84.55+14.79
36 Maciej Ustynowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 36.09 (26)51.92 (37)88.01+18.25
37 Gwon Sun-cheon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 58.66 (37)36.13 (31)94.79+25.03

Race 1

Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first

  1. Brock Miron, CAN (alone, first inner)
  2. Dmitry Lobkov, RUS – Sergey Kornilov, RUS
  3. Maciej Ustynowicz, POL – Vincent Labrie, CAN
  4. Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ
  5. Janne Hänninen, FIN – Aleksey Proshin, RUS
  6. Artur Waś, POL – Erik Zachrisson, SWE
  7. Mika Poutala, FIN – Maurizio Carnino, ITA
  8. Zhuo Lu, CHN – Jan Bos, NED
  9. Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS – Erben Wennemars, NED
  10. Li Yu, CHN – Pekka Koskela, FIN
  11. Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA – An Weijiang, CHN
  12. Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Simon Kuipers, NED
  13. Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN – Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR
  14. Tucker Fredricks, USA – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
  15. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED – Kwon Sun Chun, KOR
  16. Joji Kato, JPN – Michael Ireland, CAN
  17. Joey Cheek, USA – Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN
  18. Casey FitzRandolph, USA – Yu Fengtong, CHN
  19. Kip Carpenter, USA – Lee Kang-seok, KOR

Fastest 100 m

The ten fastest times are listed

PlaceAthleteTimeDifference
1Flag of Japan.svg  Yūya Oikawa  (JPN)9.59--
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Fengtong  (CHN)9.63+0.04
3Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee Kang-seok  (KOR)9.65+0.06
4Flag of the United States.svg  Joey Cheek  (USA)9.66+0.07
5Flag of Japan.svg  Hiroyasu Shimizu  (JPN)9.67+0.08
6Flag of Finland.svg  Janne Hänninen  (FIN)9.69+0.10
7Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitry Dorofeyev  (RUS)9.72+0.13
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  An Weijiang  (CHN)9.75+0.16
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jeremy Wotherspoon  (CAN)9.76+0.17
Flag of Finland.svg  Pekka Koskela  (FIN)9.76+0.17

Race 2

Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first

  1. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED (alone, last outer)
  2. Kwon Sun Chun, KOR – Li Yu, CHN
  3. Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ – Artur Waś, POL
  4. Brock Miron, CAN – Vincent Labrie, CAN
  5. Maurizio Carnino, ITA – Kip Carpenter, USA
  6. Simon Kuipers, NED – Zhuo Lu, CHN
  7. Sergey Kornilov, RUS – Maciej Ustynowicz, POL
  8. Aleksey Proshin, RUS – Tucker Fredricks, USA
  9. An Weijiang, CHN – Mika Poutala, FIN
  10. Erik Zachrisson, SWE – Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA
  11. Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR – Casey FitzRandolph, USA
  12. Jan Bos, NED – Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN
  13. Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
  14. Michael Ireland, CAN – Joji Kato, JPN
  15. Pekka Koskela, FIN – Janne Hänninen, FIN
  16. Erben Wennemars, NED – Dmitry Lobkov, RUS
  17. Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Yu Fengtong, CHN
  18. Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN – Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS
  19. Lee Kang-seok, KOR – Joey Cheek, USA

Fastest 100 m

PlaceAthleteTimeDifference
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yu Fengtong  (CHN)9.56--
2Flag of Japan.svg  Yūya Oikawa  (JPN)9.59+0.03
3Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee Kang-seok  (KOR)9.63+0.07
4Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitry Dorofeyev  (RUS)9.65+0.09
5Flag of Japan.svg  Joji Kato  (JPN)9.66+0.10
6Flag of the United States.svg  Joey Cheek  (USA)9.67+0.11
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Michael Ireland  (CAN)9.73+0.17
8Flag of the United States.svg  Casey FitzRandolph  (USA)9.74+0.18
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  An Weijiang  (CHN)9.74+0.18
Flag of Japan.svg  Hiroyasu Shimizu  (JPN)9.74+0.18

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 500 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
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