The Men's 500 m speed skating

Speed skating

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 competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics

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 was held in Turin

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, Italy

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. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

500 meters (1 race)
500 meters x 2 (2 races)
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Place	Athlete	Race 1 Time (Place)	Race 2 Time (Place)	Total Time	Difference
		34.82 (1)	34.94 (1)	69.76	--
		35.24 (2)	35.17 (3)	70.41	+0.65
		35.34 (3)	35.09 (2)	70.43	+0.67
4		35.35 (4)	35.21 (5)	70.56	+0.80
5		35.39 (6)	35.29 (6=)	70.68	+0.92
6		35.59 (11=)	35.19 (4)	70.78	+1.02
7		35.59 (11=)	35.29 (6=)	70.88	+1.12
8		35.61 (13)	35.43 (9=)	71.04	+1.28
9		35.37 (5)	35.68 (17=)	71.05	+1.29
10		35.58 (9=)	35.51 (12)	71.09	+1.33
11		35.68 (16)	35.43 (9=)	71.11	+1.35
12		35.78 (18)	35.34 (8)	71.12	+1.36
13		35.67 (15)	35.47 (11)	71.14	+1.38
14		35.55 (8)	35.62 (13=)	71.17	+1.41
15		35.58 (9=)	35.67 (15=)	71.25	+1.49
16		35.46 (7)	35.84 (25)	71.30	+1.54
17		35.76 (17)	35.62 (13=)	71.38	+1.62
18		35.66 (14)	35.78 (21)	71.44	+1.68
19		35.89 (21)	35.67 (15=)	71.56	+1.80
20		35.80 (19)	35.81 (23)	71.61	+1.85
21		35.88 (20)	35.80 (22)	71.68	+1.92
22		35.91 (22)	35.83 (24)	71.74	+1.98
23		36.10 (27)	35.74 (20)	71.84	+2.08
24		35.96 (23)	35.94 (26)	71.90	+2.14
25		36.02 (25)	35.99 (28)	72.01	+2.25
26		36.40 (31)	35.68 (17=)	72.08	+2.32
27		36.00 (24)	36.24 (32)	72.24	+2.48
28		36.39 (30)	35.96 (27)	72.35	+2.59
29		36.31 (29)	36.12 (29=)	72.43	+2.67
30		36.42 (32)	36.12 (29=)	72.54	+2.78
31		36.24 (28)	36.43 (33)	72.67	+2.91
32		36.43 (33)	36.61 (35)	73.04	+3.28
33		36.57 (34)	36.56 (34)	73.13	+3.37
34		36.88 (35)	36.92 (36)	73.80	+4.04
35		48.84 (36)	35.71 (19)	84.55	+14.79
36		36.09 (26)	51.92 (37)	88.01	+18.25
37		58.66 (37)	36.13 (31)	94.79	+25.03

Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first

1. Brock Miron, CAN (alone, first inner)
2. Dmitry Lobkov, RUS – Sergey Kornilov, RUS
3. Maciej Ustynowicz, POL – Vincent Labrie, CAN
4. Choi Jae Bong, KOR – Alexandr Zhigin, KAZ
5. Janne Hänninen, FIN – Alexey Proshin, RUS
6. Artur Was, POL – Erik Zachrisson, SWE
7. Mika Poutala, FIN – Maurizio Carnino, ITA
8. Zhuo Lu, CHN – Jan Bos, NED
9. Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS – Erben Wennemars, NED
10. Li Yu, CHN – Pekka Koskela, FIN
11. Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA – An Weijiang, CHN
12. Yuya Oikawa, JPN – Simon Kuipers, NED
13. Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN – Lee Kyu Hyuk, KOR
14. Tucker Fredricks, USA – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
15. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED – Kwon Sun Chun, KOR
16. Joji Kato, JPN – Michael Ireland, CAN
17. Joey Cheek, USA – Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN
18. Casey FitzRandolph, USA – Yu Fengtong, CHN
19. Kip Carpenter, USA – Lee Kang Seok, KOR

Fastest 100 m

The ten fastest times are listed

Place	Athlete	Time	Difference
1		9.59	--
2		9.63	+0.04
3		9.65	+0.06
4		9.66	+0.07
5		9.67	+0.08
6		9.69	+0.10
7		9.72	+0.13
8		9.75	+0.16
9		9.76	+0.17
		9.76	+0.17

Pair order

Skater with first inner lane listed first

1. Beorn Nijenhuis, NED (alone, last outer)
2. Kwon Sun Chun, KOR – Li Yu, CHN
3. Alexandr Zhigin, KAZ – Artur Was, POL
4. Brock Miron, CAN – Vincent Labrie, CAN
5. Maurizio Carnino, ITA – Kip Carpenter, USA
6. Simon Kuipers, NED – Zhuo Lu, CHN
7. Sergey Kornilov, RUS – Maciej Ustynowicz, POL
8. Alexey Proshin, RUS – Tucker Fredricks, USA
9. An Weijiang, CHN – Mika Poutala, FIN
10. Erik Zachrisson, SWE – Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA
11. Lee Kyu Hyuk, KOR – Casey FitzRandolph, USA
12. Jan Bos, NED – Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN
13. Choi Jae Bong, KOR – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN
14. Michael Ireland, CAN – Joji Kato, JPN
15. Pekka Koskela, FIN – Janne Hänninen, FIN
16. Erben Wennemars, NED – Dmitry Lobkov, RUS
17. Yuya Oikawa, JPN – Yu Fengtong, CHN
18. Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN – Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS
19. Lee Kang Seok, KOR – Joey Cheek, USA

Fastest 100 m

Place	Athlete	Time	Difference
1		9.56	--
2		9.59	+0.03
3		9.63	+0.07
4		9.65	+0.09
5		9.66	+0.10
6		9.67	+0.11
7		9.73	+0.17
8		9.74	+0.18
		9.74	+0.18
		9.74	+0.18