Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 1000 metres

The Women's 1000 m speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

was held in Turin

Turin

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, Italy

Italy

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Rank	Pair	Name	Time	Time Behind
	11	Marianne Timmer Marianne Timmer Maria Aaltje Timmer is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the middle distances . At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.- Personal life :...	1:16.05
	8	Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen Cindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...	1:16.09	+0.04
	18	Anni Friesinger Anni Friesinger Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...	1:16.11	+0.06
4	17	Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst Ireen Wüst is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event...	1:16.36	+0.31
5	11	Kristina Groves Kristina Groves Kristina Groves is a Canadian speedskater. She is Canada’s most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: She won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit....	1:16.54	+0.49
6	6	Barbara De Loor Barbara de Loor Barbara de Loor is a retired Dutch speed skater who was specialised in the middle long and longer distances, over 1000 to 5000 metres....	1:16.73	+0.68
7	13	Svetlana Zhurova Svetlana Zhurova Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova is a speed skater from Russia.Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989, took part in four Olympics, but did not win her first Olympic medal until her fourth Olympics, winning Olympic gold in Turin in 2006, two years after mothering a child. She also became...	1:17.13	+1.08
8	2	Katarzyna Wojcicka	1:17.28	+1.23
9	4	Yekaterina Abramova Yekaterina Abramova Yekaterina Konstantinovna Abramova is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Personal records:...	1:17.33	+1.28
10	16	Jennifer Rodriguez Jennifer Rodriguez Jennifer Rodriguez is a Cuban-American speed skater. She started her career as an artistic roller skater, winning multiple national championships and placing second and third at world championships. Later she switched to inline speed skating and became world champion in 1993...	1:17.47	+1.42
11	3	Varvara Barysheva Varvara Barysheva Varvara Barysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...	1:17.52	+1.47
11	14	Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She's specialized in the distances of 1000 m, 1500 m and Team Pursuit....	1:17.52	+1.47
13	17	Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato Chiara Simionato is an Italian long-track speed skater who competed in 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is set compete for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the women's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m....	1:17.53	+1.48
14	15	Christine Nesbitt Christine Nesbitt Christine Nesbitt is a Canadian long track speed skater who currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. Her personal best in the 1000m is the second fastest of all time, right after Cindy Klassen's world record. Nesbitt won the Gold Medal in the 1000 m event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics...	1:17.54	+1.49
15	12	Sayuri Yoshii Sayuri Yoshii is a Japanese speed skater. She won silver in the 1000m and bronze in the 500m during the 2008-09 World Cup season. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and became 5th in the 500m of the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...	1:17.58	+1.53
16	10	Tomomi Okazaki Tomomi Okazaki Tomomi Okazaki is a Japanese speed skater who has competed in five Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Okazaki was the oldest member of the Japanese team at the 2010 Winter Olympics...	1:17.63	+1.58
17	5	Maki Tabata Maki Tabata Maki Tabata is a speed skater.Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year , she won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m...	1:17.64	+1.59
17	7	Aki Tonoike	1:17.64	+1.59
19	1	Lee Sang Hwa	1:17.78	+1.73
20	15	Wang Manli Wang Manli Wang Manli is a Chinese ice speed skater who won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...	1:17.90	+1.85
21	18	Sabine Völker Sabine Völker Sabine Völker is a German former speed skater who won a gold medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics, after winning three individual medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....	1:17.97	+1.97
22	2	Judith Hesse Judith Hesse Judith Hesse is a speed-skater She competed for Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics and is set to compete for Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...	1:17.98	+1.98
23	9	Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen Annette Gerritsen is a Dutch speed skater. She specialises in the 500 m and 1000 m distances, and won a silver medal in the 1000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She is the current Dutch Junior record holder in the 500 m and her personal best used to be the World Junior record...	1:18.33	+2.28
24	12	Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel Shannon Rempel is a Canadian speed skater. Most notably, Rempel is known for her win as the 2003 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics which won her team a silver in the team pursuit.Rempel was a silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2004 World Cup in...	1:18.35	+2.30
25	6	Amy Sannes Amy Sannes Amy Sannes is an Olympic speed skater who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics.She graduated in 2004 from the University of Utah with a degree in exercise physiology....	1:18.50	+2.45
26	1	Lee Ju-Youn Lee Ju-Youn Lee Ju-Youn is a South Korean speed skater. She represented her country at the 2006 edition and 2010 edition of Winter Olympics. She won the silver medal at the 2007 Asian Winter Games that regional winter sports competition in Asia.- Personal Records :-References:...	1:18.66	+2.61
27	13	Chris Witty Chris Witty Christine Diane Witty is an American speed skater and racing cyclist and participated in the Olympic Games in both sports. However, she is more successful in skating....	1:18.70	+2.65
28	10	Kim You Lim	1:18.77	+2.72
29	16	Wang Beixing Wang Beixing Wang Beixing is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances . She is coached by Canadian former skater Kevin Crockett.Wang Beixing first competed in 2003...	1:19.03	+2.98
30	7	Pamela Zoellner	1:19.30	+3.25
31	8	Zhang Shuang Zhang Shuang Zhang Shuang is a Chinese long-track speed-skater. She is set to compete for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Women's 500m.-References:...	1:19.91	+3.86
32	9	Elli Ochowicz Elli Ochowicz Elli Ochowicz is an Olympic speed skater who has competed in the three Winter Olympics.Ochowicz was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to Jim Ochowicz and Sheila Young. After beginning her training in the Milwaukee area, she moved to Salt Lake City to continue training...	1:19.94	+3.89
33	5	Svetlana Radkevich	1:20.11	+4.06
34	4	Lee Bo Ra	1:21.19	+5.14
35	3	Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean Daniela Oltean is a Romanian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:Olympic Winter Games...	1:21.70	+5.65
	14	Ren Hui Ren Hui Ren Hui is a Chinese speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics and bronze at the World Single Distance Championships for Women.- Records :- External links :...	DNF

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