Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Women's 1500 metres
|games = 2006 Winter
|image = Speed skating pictogram.svg
|image_size = 80px
|caption =
|venue = Oval Lingotto
|dates = 22 February 2006
|competitors = 35
|nations = 13
|longnames = yes
|win_value = 1:55.27
|gold = Cindy Klassen
|goldNOC = CAN
|silver = Kristina Groves
|silverNOC = CAN
|bronze = Ireen Wüst
|bronzeNOC = NED
|prev = 2002
|next = 2010
}}
{{Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
The women's 1500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, on 22 February.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225436/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres |accessdate=4 February 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
{{World Olympic Record
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Cindy Klassen|CAN}}
| world_mark = 1:51.79
| world_place = Salt Lake City, United States
| world_date = 20 November 2005
| world_ref = {{cite web
| title = Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating
| url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/SpeedSkating.pdf
| work = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| accessdate = 20 May 2009}}
| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Anni Friesinger|GER|2002 Winter}}
| olympic_mark = 1:54.02
| olympic_place = Salt Lake City, United States
| olympic_date = 20 February 2002
|}}
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Results
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Pair !! Lane !! Name !! Country !! Time !! Time behind !! Notes | ||||||||
{{sort|01|Image:Gold medal icon.svg}} | 17 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Cindy|Klassen}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|CAN|2006 Winter}} | 1:55.27 | |||
{{sort|02|Image:Silver medal icon.svg}} | 15 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Kristina|Groves}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|CAN|2006 Winter}} | 1:56.74 | +1.47 | ||
{{sort|03|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg}} | 18 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Ireen|Wüst | Wust, Ireen}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|NED|2006 Winter}} | 1:56.90 | +1.63 | |
{{sort|04|4}} | 17 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Anni|Friesinger|Anni Friesinger-Postma}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|GER|2006 Winter}} | 1:57.31 | +2.04 | ||
{{sort|05|5}} | 12 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Chiara|Simionato}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|ITA|2006 Winter}} | 1:58.76 | +3.49 | ||
{{sort|06|6}} | 11 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Yekaterina|Lobysheva}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|RUS|2006 Winter}} | 1:58.87 | +3.60 | ||
{{sort|07|7}} | 16 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Christine|Nesbitt}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|CAN|2006 Winter}} | 1:59.15 | +3.88 | ||
{{sort|08|8}} | 16 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Jennifer|Rodriguez}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|USA|2006 Winter}} | 1:59.30 | +4.03 | ||
{{sort|09|9}} | 15 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Renate|Groenewold}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|NED|2006 Winter}} | 1:59.33 | +4.06 | ||
10 | 13 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Daniela|Anschütz-Thoms | Anschutz, Daniela}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|GER|2006 Winter}} | 1:59.74 | +4.47 | |
11 | 9 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Katarzyna|Wójcicka|Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|POL|2006 Winter}} | 1:59.96 | +4.69 | ||
12 | 13 | O | align="left"| Wang Fei | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|CHN|2006 Winter}} | 2:00.13 | +4.86 | ||
13 | 14 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Paulien|van Deutekom | Deutekom, Paulien}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|NED|2006 Winter}} | 2:00.15 | +4.88 | |
14 | 5 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Marianne|Timmer}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|NED|2006 Winter}} | 2:00.45 | +5.18 | ||
15 | 18 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Maki|Tabata}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|JPN|2006 Winter}} | 2:00.77 | +5.50 | ||
16 | 5 | I | align="left"| Lee Ju-yeon | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|KOR|2006 Winter}} | 2:00.85 | +5.58 | ||
17 | 10 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Annette|Bjelkevik}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|NOR|2006 Winter}} | 2:01.03 | +5.76 | ||
18 | 10 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Catherine|Raney}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|USA|2006 Winter}} | 2:01.17 | +5.90 | ||
19 | 8 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Maren|Haugli}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|NOR|2006 Winter}} | 2:01.22 | +5.95 | ||
20 | 14 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Varvara|Barysheva}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|RUS|2006 Winter}} | 2:01.60 | +6.33 | ||
21 | 3 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Yekaterina|Abramova}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|RUS|2006 Winter}} | 2:01.63 | +6.36 | ||
22 | 9 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Eriko|Ishino}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|JPN|2006 Winter}} | 2:01.85 | +6.58 | ||
22 | 12 | O | align="left"| Ji Jia | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|CHN|2006 Winter}} | 2:01.85 | +6.58 | ||
24 | 3 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Maria|Lamb}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|USA|2006 Winter}} | 2:02.12 | +6.85 | ||
25 | 7 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Valentina|Yakshina}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|RUS|2006 Winter}} | 2:02.15 | +6.88 | ||
26 | 8 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Hedvig|Bjelkevik}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|NOR|2006 Winter}} | 2:02.16 | +6.89 | ||
27 | 6 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Anna|Rokita}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|AUT|2006 Winter}} | 2:02.19 | +6.92 | ||
28 | 4 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Shannon|Rempel}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|CAN|2006 Winter}} | 2:02.24 | +6.97 | ||
29 | 2 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Nami|Nemoto}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|JPN|2006 Winter}} | 2:02.34 | +7.07 | ||
30 | 7 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Lucille|Opitz}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|GER|2006 Winter}} | 2:02.75 | +7.48 | ||
31 | 6 | O | align="left"| {{sortname|Adelia|Marra}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|ITA|2006 Winter}} | 2:03.07 | +7.80 | ||
32 | 4 | O | align="left"| Noh Seon-yeong | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|KOR|2006 Winter}} | 2:03.35 | +8.08 | ||
33 | 11 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Hiromi|Otsu}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|JPN|2006 Winter}} | 2:04.77 | +9.50 | ||
34 | 2 | I | align="left"| Zhang Xiaolei | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|CHN|2006 Winter}} | 2:05.75 | +10.48 | ||
35 | 1 | I | align="left"| {{sortname|Daniela|Oltean}} | align="left"| {{FlagIOC|ROU|2006 Winter}} | 2:09.24 | +13.97 |
References
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 1500m Speed Skating Women}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 1500 metres}}