Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres

The men's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.^[1]

Men's 500 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Podium of the event
Venue	Oval Lingotto
Dates	13 February 2006
Competitors	37 from 12 nations
Winning time	69.76
Medalists
Joey Cheek  United States Dmitry Dorofeyev  Russia Lee Kang-seok  South Korea
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Records

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

500 meters (1 race)

World record	Joji Kato (JPN)	34.30	Salt Lake City, United States	19 November 2005	[2]
Olympic record	Casey FitzRandolph (USA)	34.42	Salt Lake City, United States	11 February 2002	[2]

500 meters x 2 (2 races)

World record	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	68.96	Salt Lake City, United States	10 March 2001	[2]
Olympic record	Casey FitzRandolph (USA)	69.23	Salt Lake City, United States	11 February 2002	[2]

No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Place	Athlete	Country	Race 1 Time (place)	Race2 Time (place)	Total Time	Difference
	Joey Cheek	United States	34.82 (1)	34.94 (1)	69.76	--
	Dmitry Dorofeyev	Russia	35.24 (2)	35.17 (3)	70.41	+0.65
	Lee Kang-seok	South Korea	35.34 (3)	35.09 (2)	70.43	+0.67
4	Yūya Oikawa	Japan	35.35 (4)	35.21 (5)	70.56	+0.80
5	Yu Fengtong	China	35.39 (6)	35.29 (6=)	70.68	+0.92
6	Joji Kato	Japan	35.59 (11=)	35.19 (4)	70.78	+1.02
7	Michael Ireland	Canada	35.59 (11=)	35.29 (6=)	70.88	+1.12
8	Choi Jae-bong	South Korea	35.61 (13)	35.43 (9=)	71.04	+1.28
9	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	35.37 (5)	35.68 (17=)	71.05	+1.29
10	Pekka Koskela	Finland	35.58 (9=)	35.51 (12)	71.09	+1.33
11	Jan Bos	Netherlands	35.68 (16)	35.43 (9=)	71.11	+1.35
12	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	35.78 (18)	35.34 (8)	71.12	+1.36
13	Keiichiro Nagashima	Japan	35.67 (15)	35.47 (11)	71.14	+1.38
14	Dmitry Lobkov	Russia	35.55 (8)	35.62 (13=)	71.17	+1.41
15	Janne Hänninen	Finland	35.58 (9=)	35.67 (15=)	71.25	+1.49
16	Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	35.46 (7)	35.84 (25)	71.30	+1.54
17	Lee Kyou-hyuk	South Korea	35.76 (17)	35.62 (13=)	71.38	+1.62
18	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Japan	35.66 (14)	35.78 (21)	71.44	+1.68
19	An Weijiang	China	35.89 (21)	35.67 (15=)	71.56	+1.80
20	Erik Zachrisson	Sweden	35.80 (19)	35.81 (23)	71.61	+1.85
21	Ermanno Ioriatti	Italy	35.88 (20)	35.80 (22)	71.68	+1.92
22	Mika Poutala	Finland	35.91 (22)	35.83 (24)	71.74	+1.98
23	Simon Kuipers	Netherlands	36.10 (27)	35.74 (20)	71.84	+2.08
24	Aleksey Proshin	Russia	35.96 (23)	35.94 (26)	71.90	+2.14
25	Tucker Fredricks	United States	36.02 (25)	35.99 (28)	72.01	+2.25
26	Kip Carpenter	United States	36.40 (31)	35.68 (17=)	72.08	+2.32
27	Sergey Kornilov	Russia	36.00 (24)	36.24 (32)	72.24	+2.48
28	Lu Zhuo	China	36.39 (30)	35.96 (27)	72.35	+2.59
29	Vincent Labrie	Canada	36.31 (29)	36.12 (29=)	72.43	+2.67
30	Brock Miron	Canada	36.42 (32)	36.12 (29=)	72.54	+2.78
31	Maurizio Carnino	Italy	36.24 (28)	36.43 (33)	72.67	+2.91
32	Artur Waś	Poland	36.43 (33)	36.61 (35)	73.04	+3.28
33	Li Yu	China	36.57 (34)	36.56 (34)	73.13	+3.37
34	Aleksandr Zhigin	Kazakhstan	36.88 (35)	36.92 (36)	73.80	+4.04
35	Beorn Nijenhuis	Netherlands	48.84 (36)	35.71 (19)	84.55	+14.79
36	Maciej Ustynowicz	Poland	36.09 (26)	51.92 (37)	88.01	+18.25
37	Gwon Sun-cheon	South Korea	58.66 (37)	36.13 (31)	94.79	+25.03

Race 1

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 – Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ
5. Janne Hänninen, FIN – Aleksey Proshin, RUS
6. Artur Waś, 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. Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Simon Kuipers, NED
13. Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN – Lee Kyou-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	Yūya Oikawa (JPN)	9.59	--
2	Yu Fengtong (CHN)	9.63	+0.04
3	Lee Kang-seok (KOR)	9.65	+0.06
4	Joey Cheek (USA)	9.66	+0.07
5	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	9.67	+0.08
6	Janne Hänninen (FIN)	9.69	+0.10
7	Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS)	9.72	+0.13
8	An Weijiang (CHN)	9.75	+0.16
9	Jeremy Wotherspoon (CAN)	9.76	+0.17
	Pekka Koskela (FIN)	9.76	+0.17

Race 2

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. Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ – Artur Waś, 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. Aleksey Proshin, RUS – Tucker Fredricks, USA
9. An Weijiang, CHN – Mika Poutala, FIN
10. Erik Zachrisson, SWE – Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA
11. Lee Kyou-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. Yūya 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	Yu Fengtong (CHN)	9.56	--
2	Yūya Oikawa (JPN)	9.59	+0.03
3	Lee Kang-seok (KOR)	9.63	+0.07
4	Dmitry Dorofeyev (RUS)	9.65	+0.09
5	Joji Kato (JPN)	9.66	+0.10
6	Joey Cheek (USA)	9.67	+0.11
7	Michael Ireland (CAN)	9.73	+0.17
8	Casey FitzRandolph (USA)	9.74	+0.18
	An Weijiang (CHN)	9.74	+0.18
	Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)	9.74	+0.18