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

The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 22 February, with the final on 25 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 eight heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals. One skater, Yvonne Kunze, was advanced after being interfered with.

Heat 1 Heats Rank Athlete Country Result Notes 1 1 Tania Vicent 1:33.904 Q 1 2 Mika Ozawa 1:33.977 Q 1 3 Ri Hyang-mi 1:34.360 1 4 Katalin Kristo 1:34.506 2 1 Yang Yang (A) 1:34.878 Q 2 2 Tatiana Borodulina 1:34.988 Q 2 3 Sarah Lindsay 1:35.539 3 1 Hyo-jung Kim 1:36.182 Q 3 2 Erika Huszar 1:36.515 Q 3 3 Julia Elsakova 1:36.885 3 – Aika Klein DQ 4 1 Evgenia Radanova 1:35.765 Q 4 2 Choi Min-kyung 1:36.745 Q 4 3 Han Yueshuang 1:37.883 5 1 Jin Sun-yu 1:31.504 Q 5 2 Arianna Fontana 1:32.033 Q 5 3 Kateřina Novotná 1:32.220 5 4 Stéphanie Bouvier 1:33.197 6 1 Choi Eun-kyung 1:38.414 Q 6 2 Emily Rosemond 1:39.942 Q 6 3 Yvonne Kunze 1:40.166 6 – Marta Capurso DQ 7 1 Wang Meng 1:37.161 Q 7 2 Liesbeth Mau Asam 1:38.039 Q 7 3 Evita Krievāne 1:38.039 8 1 Amanda Overland 1:33.761 Q 8 2 Kimberly Derrick 1:33.812 Q 8 3 Yuka Kamino 1:33.959 8 4 Rozsa Darazs 1:34.059

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. Two skaters, Yang Yang (A) and Tania Vicent, were advanced after other racers were disqualified. One of the disqualified skaters was the 2005 world champion in the 1000 metres, Evgenia Radanova.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 1:33.351 Q 2 1:33.453 Q 3 1:37.627 – DQ

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 1:32.875 Q 2 1:33.012 Q 3 1:34.034 – DQ

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 1:33.401 Q 2 1:33.627 Q 3 1:34.080 4 1:59.338 ADV – DQ

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 1:34.164 Q 2 1:34.715 Q 3 1:35.594 ADV – DQ

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. Since two skaters were advanced from the quarters, each semifinal featured five skaters.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 1:31.783 QA 2 1:32.099 QA 3 1:32.650 QB 4 1:36.765 QB 5 1:54.187

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 1:32.546 QA 2 1:33.080 QA 3 1:33.102 QB 4 1:33.228 QB 5 1:33.337

Finals Choi Eun-kyung was disqualified in the A final, moving Yang Yang (A) up to bronze medal position and the winner of the B final, Tania Vicent, up to 4th.

Final A Rank Athlete Result Notes 1:32.859 1:33.079 1:33.937 – DQ

Final B Rank Athlete Result Notes 4 1:34.099 5 1:34.191 6 1:34.269 7 1:34.789

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