Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days, from 11 to 25 February. Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto.

Medal summary

Men's events

500 metres 69.76 70.41 70.43 1000 metres 1:08.891:09.16 1:09.32 1500 metres 1:45.971:46.13 1:46.22 5000 metres 6:14.686:16.40 6:18.25 10,000 metres 13:01.57 13:05.40 13:08.80 Team pursuit Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi*Enrico FabrisIppolito Sanfratello 3:44.46 Arne DankersSteven ElmDenny Morrison*Jason Parker*Justin Warsylewicz3:47.28 Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma*Mark TuitertCarl Verheijen Erben Wennemars* 3:44.53 (Final B) * Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Women's events

500 metres 76.57 76.78 76.87 1000 metres 1:16.051:16.09 1:16.11 1500 metres 1:55.271:56.74 1:56.90 3000 metres 4:02.434:03.48 4:04.37 5000 metres 6:59.077:00.08 7:00.57 Team pursuit Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni FriesingerLucille Opitz*Claudia Pechstein Sabine Völker* 3:01.25Kristina GrovesClara HughesCindy Klassen*Christine NesbittShannon Rempel* 3:02.91Yekaterina Abramova Varvara Barysheva*Galina Likhachova*Yekaterina LobyshevaSvetlana Vysokova Overtook (Final B)

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Medal table

Records

The combination of low altitude and high humidity at the Oval Lingotto in Turin created fairly slow ice conditions, relative to previous Olympic ovals, such as the Utah Olympic Oval. This meant that no world records in speed skating were set at the Games, and the only Olympic records set were in the two debut events, the men's and women's team pursuits.

Event Date Round Team Time OR WR Men's team pursuit 15 February Heat 1 Stefan HeythausenRobert LehmannTobias Schneider 3:49.59 OR 15 February Heat 3 Rintje RitsmaMark TuitertCarl Verheijen 3:48.02 OR 15 February Heat 4 Arne DankersSteven ElmDenny Morrison 3:47.37 OR 15 February Quarterfinals Sven KramerCarl VerheijenErben Wennemars 3:44.65 OR 15 February Quarterfinals Matteo AnesiEnrico FabrisIppolito Sanfratello 3:43.64 OR Women's team pursuit 15 February Heat 1 Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig BjelkevikMaren Haugli 3:06.34 OR 15 February Heat 3 Yekaterina AbramovaGalina LikhachovaYekaterina Lobysheva 3:05.93 OR 15 February Quarterfinals Kristina Groves Cindy KlassenChristine Nesbitt 3:01.24 OR

Participating NOCs Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Torino.

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