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

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]

Men's 500 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Podium of the event
VenueOval Lingotto
Dates13 February
Competitors37 from 12 nations
Winning time69.79
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joey Cheek  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitry Dorofeyev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lee Kang-seok  South Korea
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Records edit

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

500 meters (1 race)

World record   Joji Kato (JPN) 34.30 Salt Lake City, United States 19 November 2005 [2]
Olympic record   Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 34.42 Salt Lake City, United States 11 February 2002 [2]

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World record   Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 68.96 Salt Lake City, United States 10 March 2001 [2]
Olympic record   Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 69.23 Salt Lake City, United States 11 February 2002 [2]

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

Results edit

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

Race 1 edit

Pair order edit

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 edit

The ten fastest times are listed

Place Athlete Time Difference
1   Yūya Oikawa (JPN) 9.59 --
2   Yu Fengtong (CHN) 9.63 +0.04
3   Lee Kang-seok (KOR) 9.65 +0.06
4   Joey Cheek (USA) 9.66 +0.07
5   Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 9.67 +0.08
6   Janne Hänninen (FIN) 9.69 +0.10
7   Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) 9.72 +0.13
8   An Weijiang (CHN) 9.75 +0.16
9   Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN) 9.76 +0.17
  Pekka Koskela (FIN) 9.76 +0.17

Race 2 edit

Pair order edit

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 edit

Place Athlete Time Difference
1   Yu Fengtong (CHN) 9.56 --
2   Yūya Oikawa (JPN) 9.59 +0.03
3   Lee Kang-seok (KOR) 9.63 +0.07
4   Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS) 9.65 +0.09
5   Joji Kato (JPN) 9.66 +0.10
6   Joey Cheek (USA) 9.67 +0.11
7   Michael Ireland (CAN) 9.73 +0.17
8   Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 9.74 +0.18
  An Weijiang (CHN) 9.74 +0.18
  Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 9.74 +0.18

References edit

  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. ^ a b c d "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.

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