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

The women's 500 m 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]

Women's 500 metres
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueOval Lingotto
Dates14 February
Competitors30 from 10 nations
Winning time76.57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Svetlana Zhurova  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Manli  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ren Hui  China
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Records

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

500 meters (1 race)

World record   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 37.22 Calgary, Canada 9 December 2001 [2]
Olympic record   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 37.30 Salt Lake City, United States 13 February 2002 [2]

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World record   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 74.72 Salt Lake City, United States 9 March 2001 [2]
Olympic record   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 74.75 Salt Lake City, United States 14 February 2002 [2]

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

Results

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The race was held on 14 February 2006. 34-year-old Russian Svetlana Zhurova, who left speed skating in 2003 to become a mother and completed in her fourth Olympics after returning to the sport in 2004, became the oldest woman to win a speed skating gold medal by clocking times of 38.23 and 38.34. In the last pair of the second round, she beat Chinese Wang Manli, runner-up in the first round with 38.31, by 0.13 seconds to secure the gold medal. Skaters from Asia occupied seven of the top nine places.

Place Athlete Country Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Difference
  Svetlana Zhurova   Russia 38.23 (1) 38.34 (2) 76.57 --
  Wang Manli   China 38.31 (2) 38.47 (5) 76.78 +0.21
  Ren Hui   China 38.60 (4) 38.27 (1) 76.87 +0.30
4 Tomomi Okazaki   Japan 38.46 (3) 38.46 (4) 76.92 +0.35
5 Lee Sang-hwa   South Korea 38.69 (6) 38.35 (3) 77.04 +0.47
6 Jenny Wolf   Germany 38.70 (7) 38.55 (6) 77.25 +0.68
7 Wang Beixing   China 38.71 (8) 38.56 (7) 77.27 +0.70
8 Sayuri Osuga   Japan 38.74 (9) 38.65 (8) 77.39 +0.82
9 Sayuri Yoshii   Japan 38.68 (5) 38.75 (11) 77.43 +0.86
10 Chiara Simionato   Italy 39.02 (11) 38.66 (9) 77.68 +1.11
11 Jennifer Rodriguez   United States 38.97 (10) 38.73 (10) 77.70 +1.13
12 Annette Gerritsen   Netherlands 39.12 (12) 38.97 (12) 78.09 +1.52
13 Xing Aihua   China 39.20 (13) 39.15 (13) 78.35 +1.78
14 Sanne van der Star   Netherlands 39.26 (14) 39.33 (15) 78.59 +2.02
15 Yukari Watanabe   Japan 39.46 (17) 39.19 (14) 78.65 +2.08
16 Shannon Rempel   Canada 39.42 (=15) 39.43 (19) 78.85 +2.28
17 Amy Sannes   United States 39.42 (=15) 39.47 (20) 78.89 +2.32
18 Choi Seung-Yong   South Korea 39.65 (21) 39.37 (16) 79.02 +2.45
19 Judith Hesse   Germany 39.64 (20) 39.39 (17) 79.03 +2.46
20 Kim You-Lim   South Korea 39.57 (18) 39.68 (24) 79.25 +2.68
21 Kerry Simpson   Canada 39.69 (22) 39.65 (=22) 79.34 +2.77
22 Krisy Myers   Canada 39.83 (=23) 39.60 (21) 79.43 +2.86
23 Elli Ochowicz   United States 39.83 (=23) 39.65 (=22) 79.48 +2.91
24 Pamela Zoellner   Germany 40.16 (27) 39.40 (18) 79.56 +2.99
25 Lee Bo-ra   South Korea 40.01 (=25) 39.72 (25) 79.73 +3.16
26 Kim Weger   Canada 40.01 (=25) 39.98 (27) 79.99 +3.42
27 Svetlana Radkevich   Belarus 40.45 (29) 39.91 (26) 80.36 +3.79
28 Chris Witty   United States 40.23 (28) 40.46 (28) 80.69 +4.12
29 Yulia Nemaya   Russia 39.63 (19) 72.76 (29) 112.39 +35.82
30 Marianne Timmer   Netherlands DQ DQ

References

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  1. ^ "Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  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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