Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, on 22 February.[1]

Women's 1500 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueOval Lingotto
Dates22 February 2006
Competitors35 from 13 nations
Winning time1:55.27
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cindy Klassen
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kristina Groves
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ireen Wüst
 Netherlands
← 2002
2010 →

Records edit

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

World record   Cindy Klassen (CAN) 1:51.79 Salt Lake City, United States 20 November 2005 [2]
Olympic record   Anni Friesinger (GER) 1:54.02 Salt Lake City, United States 20 February 2002 [2]

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

Results edit

Rank Pair Lane Name Country Time Time behind Notes
  17 O Cindy Klassen   Canada 1:55.27
  15 O Kristina Groves   Canada 1:56.74 +1.47
  18 I Ireen Wüst   Netherlands 1:56.90 +1.63
4 17 I Anni Friesinger   Germany 1:57.31 +2.04
5 12 I Chiara Simionato   Italy 1:58.76 +3.49
6 11 O Yekaterina Lobysheva   Russia 1:58.87 +3.60
7 16 O Christine Nesbitt   Canada 1:59.15 +3.88
8 16 I Jennifer Rodriguez   United States 1:59.30 +4.03
9 15 I Renate Groenewold   Netherlands 1:59.33 +4.06
10 13 I Daniela Anschütz-Thoms   Germany 1:59.74 +4.47
11 9 O Katarzyna Wójcicka   Poland 1:59.96 +4.69
12 13 O Wang Fei   China 2:00.13 +4.86
13 14 O Paulien van Deutekom   Netherlands 2:00.15 +4.88
14 5 O Marianne Timmer   Netherlands 2:00.45 +5.18
15 18 O Maki Tabata   Japan 2:00.77 +5.50
16 5 I Lee Ju-yeon   South Korea 2:00.85 +5.58
17 10 O Annette Bjelkevik   Norway 2:01.03 +5.76
18 10 I Catherine Raney   United States 2:01.17 +5.90
19 8 O Maren Haugli   Norway 2:01.22 +5.95
20 14 I Varvara Barysheva   Russia 2:01.60 +6.33
21 3 I Yekaterina Abramova   Russia 2:01.63 +6.36
22 9 I Eriko Ishino   Japan 2:01.85 +6.58
22 12 O Ji Jia   China 2:01.85 +6.58
24 3 O Maria Lamb   United States 2:02.12 +6.85
25 7 I Valentina Yakshina   Russia 2:02.15 +6.88
26 8 I Hedvig Bjelkevik   Norway 2:02.16 +6.89
27 6 I Anna Rokita   Austria 2:02.19 +6.92
28 4 I Shannon Rempel   Canada 2:02.24 +6.97
29 2 O Nami Nemoto   Japan 2:02.34 +7.07
30 7 O Lucille Opitz   Germany 2:02.75 +7.48
31 6 O Adelia Marra   Italy 2:03.07 +7.80
32 4 O Noh Seon-yeong   South Korea 2:03.35 +8.08
33 11 I Hiromi Otsu   Japan 2:04.77 +9.50
34 2 I Zhang Xiaolei   China 2:05.75 +10.48
35 1 I Daniela Oltean   Romania 2:09.24 +13.97

References edit

  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.