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.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.011	Q
2		45.217	Q
3		46.857

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.688	Q
2		45.755	Q
3		46.503
4		46.531

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.703	Q
2		46.279	Q
3		46.387

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.929	Q
2		46.077	Q
3		57.732
-		DQ

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.636	Q
2		45.848	Q
3		1:10.558

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.998	Q
2		46.113	Q
3		46.177
4		47.087

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.396	Q
2		45.398	Q
3		45.500

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.954	Q
2		46.290	Q
3		47.726
-		DQ

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. In quarterfinal #2, Sarah Lindsay

Sarah Lindsay (speed skater)

Sarah Diane T. Lindsay is a British short track speed skater who has competed at the Winter Olympic Games on three occasions....

 of Great Britain was advanced after she was impeded during the race.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		44.760	Q
2		44.821	Q
3		44.948
4		45.382

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.257	Q
2		53.135	Q
3		1:01.289
-		DQ

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		44.252	Q
2		44.438	Q
3		45.172
4		45.339

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.596	Q
2		45.710	Q
3		46.428
4		47.356

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. The fifth place finisher in semifinal #1, Sarah Lindsay

Sarah Lindsay (speed skater)

Sarah Diane T. Lindsay is a British short track speed skater who has competed at the Winter Olympic Games on three occasions....

, did not advance.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		45.130	QA
2		45.234	QA
3		45.512	QB
4		45.718	QB
5		46.060

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		44.650	QA
2		44.711	QA
3		44.960	QB
4		45.204	QB

Finals

Fu Tianyu originally placed third in final A, but was disqualified, moving Anouk Leblanc-Boucher

Anouk Leblanc-Boucher

Anouk Leblanc-Boucher is a Canadian short track speed skating athlete at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

 up to third, and the Final B winner, Kalyna Roberge

Kalyna Roberge

Kalyna Roberge is a Canadian short track speed skater.Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 World Junior Championships including a gold medal in the 500m. She also won a gold medal at a World Cup event in the...

, to fourth.

On February 16, Canada

Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games...

 filed a protest with the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Court of Arbitration for Sport

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 over the results of the Final A, but it was dismissed. Evgenia Radanova

Evgenia Radanova

Evgenia Radanova is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She is the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001...

 of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, who won the silver, crossed the finish line with part of one of her skates in the air, which is against the rules. This protest would have moved the winner of the B Final, Kalyna Roberge

Kalyna Roberge

Kalyna Roberge is a Canadian short track speed skater.Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 World Junior Championships including a gold medal in the 500m. She also won a gold medal at a World Cup event in the...

, to the bronze medal place, a bronze medal winner Anouk Leblanc-Boucher

Anouk Leblanc-Boucher

Anouk Leblanc-Boucher is a Canadian short track speed skating athlete at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

up to silver. The CAS ultimately dismissed this appeal, and the results stood.

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
		44.345
		44.374
		44.759
-		DQ

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
1		46.605
2		46.899
3		55.378
4		55.689