Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over thirteen days, from 12 to 25 February. Eight events were contested at the Torino Palavela. In the men's competition, Ahn Hyun-soo earned a medal in each event, winning three golds. On the women's side, Jin Sun-yu scored three gold medals.
Medal summary Medal table
Men's events
500 metres 41.935 42.002 42.089 1000 metres 1:26.739 1:26.764 1:26.927 1500 metres 2:25.341 2:25.600 2:26.005 5000 metre relay Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Oh Se-jong* Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo 6:43.376 Eric Bédard Jonathan Guilmette* Charles Hamelin François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte 6:43.707 Alex Izykowski J. P. Kepka Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith 6:47.990 * Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.
Women's events
500 metres 44.345 44.374 44.759 1000 metres 1:32.859 1:33.079 1:33.937 1500 metres 2:23.494 2:24.069 2:24.469 3000 metre relay Byun Chun-sa Choi Eun-kyung Jeon Da-hye Jin Sun-yu Kang Yun-mi* 4:17.040 Alanna Kraus Anouk Leblanc-Boucher Amanda Overland* Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent 4:17.336 Arianna Fontana Marta Capurso Katia Zini Mara Zini 4:20.030 * Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.
Records Of the four Olympic records set in Turin, three of them came in the men's 1000 metres.
Event Date Round Team Time OR WR Men's 1000 metres 15 February Heat 1 1:27.048 OR 18 February Quarterfinal 1 1:27.000 OR 18 February Final A 1:26.739 OR Men's 5000 metre relay 25 February Final Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo 6:43.376 OR
Participating NOCs Twenty-four nations competed in the short track at Torino.
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