The men's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February at the Torino Palavela.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results Heats The first round was held on 12 February. There were six heats of four or five skaters each, with the top three finishers in each advancing to the semifinals.
Heat 1 Heat Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 1 Mathieu Turcotte 2:23.402 Q 1 2 Pieter Gysel 2:23.411 Q 1 3 Jon Eley 2:23.887 Q 1 4 Maxime Chataignier 2:23.966 1 5 Dariusz Kulesza 2:24.118 2 1 Lee Ho-suk 2:31.511 Q 2 2 Satoru Terao 2:31.903 Q 2 3 Vyacheslav Kurginyan 2:33.802 Q 2 – Wim de Deyne DQ 3 1 Li Ye 2:27.622 Q 3 2 Cees Juffermans 2:27.696 Q 3 3 Fabio Carta 2:27.799 Q 3 4 Mark McNee 2:29.356 3 5 Mikhail Rajine 2:33.809 4 1 Ahn Hyun-soo 2:29.808 Q 4 2 Nicola Rodigari 2:29.885 Q 4 3 Peter Darazs 2:30.281 Q 4 4 Sebastian Praus 2:30.292 5 1 Charles Hamelin 2:19.469 Q 5 2 Li Jiajun 2:19.631 Q 5 3 Alex Izykowski 2:19.731 Q 5 4 Tyson Heung 2:20.075 6 1 Apolo Anton Ohno 2:23.668 Q 6 2 Niels Kerstholt 2:23.854 Q 6 3 Viktor Knoch 2:23.876 Q 6 4 Hayato Sueyoshi 2:25.280 6 – Matus Uzak DQ
Semifinals The top two finishers in each of the three, six-man semifinals advanced to the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.
Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 Charles Hamelin 2:20.854 QA 2 Lee Ho-suk 2:20.901 QA 3 Niels Kerstholt 2:21.748 QB 4 Satoru Terao 2:21.774 QB 5 Jon Eley 2:21.862 6 Vyacheslav Kurginyan 2:24.604
Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 Ahn Hyun-soo } 2:17.718 QA 2 Li Jiajun 2:17.836 QA 3 Mathieu Turcotte 2:18.280 QB 4 Peter Darazs 2:18.348 QB 5 Alex Izykowski 2:18.610 6 Nicola Rodigari 2:18.615
Semifinal 3 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 Li Ye 2:19.386 QA 2 Viktor Knoch 2:19.600 QA 3 Fabio Carta 2:19.724 QB 4 Apolo Anton Ohno 2:20.346 QB – Cees Juffermans DNF – Pieter Gysel DQ
Finals The six qualifying skaters contested the medal positions in final A, while the six skaters in final B ended up in 6th-11th places.
Final A Rank Athlete Result Notes Ahn Hyun-soo 2:25.341 Lee Ho-suk 2:25.600 Li Jiajun 2:26.005 4 Charles Hamelin 2:26.375 5 Viktor Knoch 2:26.806 – Li Ye DQ
Final B Rank Athlete Result Notes 6 Mathieu Turcotte 2:25.341 7 Fabio Carta 2:24.658 8 Apolo Anton Ohno 2:24.789 9 Satoru Terao 2:24.875 10 Niels Kerstholt 2:24.962 11 Peter Darazs 2:24.969
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