Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres

Men's 1000 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
VenueTorino Palavela
DatesFebruary 15–18
Competitors26 from 17 nations
Medalists
   South Korea
   South Korea
   United States
Short track speed skating at the
2006 Winter Olympics
500 m   men   women
1000 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m relay women
5000 m relay men

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.

Records

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

World record  Li Jiajun (CHN) 1:24.674 Bormio, Italy 14 February 2004
Olympic record  Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) 1:27.185 Salt Lake City, United States 16 February 2002

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date[1] Event Team Time OR WR
15 February Heat 1  Li Ye (CHN) 1:27.048 OR
18 February Quarterfinal 1  Rusty Smith (USA) 1:27.000 OR
18 February Final A  Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) 1:26.739 OR

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 15 February. There were seven heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers and the two fastest third-place finishers also moving on to the quarterfinals. As two skaters tied for the second-fastest third-place time, three skaters advanced through this method. Two other skaters were advanced after being interfered with.[1]

Heat 1
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Li Ye (CHN) 1:27.048 Q OR
2  Nicola Rodigari (ITA) 1:27.184 Q
3  Jean Charles Mattei (FRA) 1:28.009
4  Paul Stanley (GBR) 1:28.511
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) 1:28.925 Q
2  Satoru Terao (JPN) 1:29.090 Q
3  Jon Eley (GBR) 1:29.147
4  Mark McNee (AUS) 1:30.033
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) 1:27.372 Q
2  Rusty Smith (USA) 1:27.508 Q
3  Peter Darazs (HUN) 1:27.929 q
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Lee Ho-suk (KOR) 1:35.634 Q
2  Matus Uzak (SVK) 1:35.989 Q
3  Vyacheslav Kurginyan (RUS) 1:36.070
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Éric Bédard (CAN) 1:28.274 Q
2  Dariusz Kulesza (POL) 1:29.102 Q
3  Sebastian Praus (GER) 1:35.375 ADV
 Maxime Chataignier (FRA) DQ
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Li Jiajun (CHN) 1:27.765 Q
2  Fabio Carta (ITA) 1:27.826 Q
3  Pieter Gysel (BEL) 1:27.994 q
4  Arian Nachbar (GER) 1:27.994 q
Heat 7
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) 1:36.120 Q
2  Volodymyr Grygoriev (UKR) 1:36.397 Q
3  Mikhail Rajine (RUS) 1:42.677 ADV
 Niels Kerstholt (NED) DQ

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.[1]

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Rusty Smith (USA) 1:27.000 Q OR
2  Li Ye (CHN) 1:27.078 Q
3  Nicola Rodigari (ITA) 1:27.240
4  Mikhail Rajine (RUS) 1:32.432
 Matus Uzak (SVK) DQ
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Ahn Hyun-Soo (KOR) 1:29.371 Q
2  Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) 1:29.650 Q
3  Sebastian Praus (GER) 1:29.820
4  Dariusz Kulesza (POL) 1:30.556
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Li Juajun (CHN) 1:28.179 Q
2  Pieter Gysel (BEL) 1:28.335 Q
3  Satoru Terao (JPN) 1:28.499
4  Peter Darazs (HUN) 1:28.738
 François-Louis Tremblay (CAN) DQ
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Lee Ho-suk (KOR) 1:27.265 Q
2  Éric Bédard (CAN) 1:27.546 Q
3  Fabio Carta (ITA) 1:27.656
4  Arian Nachbar (GER) 1:27.679
5  Volodymyr Grygoriev (UKR) 1:29.168

Semifinals

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.[1] In the first semifinal, China's Li Ye fell, but he was advanced to the final after Belgium's Pieter Gysel was disqualified.[2]

Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Lee Ho-suk (KOR) 1:29.150 QA
2  Rusty Smith (USA) 1:29.515 QA
3  Li Ye (CHN) 1:47.965 ADV
 Pieter Gysel (BEL) DQ
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1  Ahn Hyun-Soo (KOR) 1:27.900 QA
2  Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) 1:28.080 QA
3  Li Jiajun (CHN) 1:29.183 QB
 Éric Bédard (CAN) DQ

Finals

The five qualifying skaters competed in Final A. Since only one skater qualified for the B Final (the two disqualified semifinalists did not advance), it was not contested, and China's Li Jiajun was awarded 6th place.[1]

Final A
Rank Athlete Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) 1:26.739 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Lee Ho-suk (KOR) 1:26.764
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) 1:26.927
4  Rusty Smith (USA) 1:27.435
5  Li Ye (CHN) 1:29.918

References

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  2. "Ohno, Smith Make 1,000m Short Track Final". Associated Press. San Francisco Chronicle. February 18, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
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