Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, on 22 February.^[1]

Women's 1500 metres at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Oval Lingotto
Dates	22 February 2006
Competitors	35 from 13 nations
Winning time	1:55.27
Medalists
Cindy Klassen  Canada Kristina Groves  Canada Ireen Wüst  Netherlands
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Records

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

World record	Cindy Klassen (CAN)	1:51.79	Salt Lake City, United States	20 November 2005	[2]
Olympic record	Anni Friesinger (GER)	1:54.02	Salt Lake City, United States	20 February 2002	[2]

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

Results

Rank	Pair	Lane	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
	17	O	Cindy Klassen	Canada	1:55.27
	15	O	Kristina Groves	Canada	1:56.74	+1.47
	18	I	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1:56.90	+1.63
4	17	I	Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:57.31	+2.04
5	12	I	Chiara Simionato	Italy	1:58.76	+3.49
6	11	O	Yekaterina Lobysheva	Russia	1:58.87	+3.60
7	16	O	Christine Nesbitt	Canada	1:59.15	+3.88
8	16	I	Jennifer Rodriguez	United States	1:59.30	+4.03
9	15	I	Renate Groenewold	Netherlands	1:59.33	+4.06
10	13	I	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	1:59.74	+4.47
11	9	O	Katarzyna Wójcicka	Poland	1:59.96	+4.69
12	13	O	Wang Fei	China	2:00.13	+4.86
13	14	O	Paulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	2:00.15	+4.88
14	5	O	Marianne Timmer	Netherlands	2:00.45	+5.18
15	18	O	Maki Tabata	Japan	2:00.77	+5.50
16	5	I	Lee Ju-yeon	South Korea	2:00.85	+5.58
17	10	O	Annette Bjelkevik	Norway	2:01.03	+5.76
18	10	I	Catherine Raney	United States	2:01.17	+5.90
19	8	O	Maren Haugli	Norway	2:01.22	+5.95
20	14	I	Varvara Barysheva	Russia	2:01.60	+6.33
21	3	I	Yekaterina Abramova	Russia	2:01.63	+6.36
22	9	I	Eriko Ishino	Japan	2:01.85	+6.58
22	12	O	Ji Jia	China	2:01.85	+6.58
24	3	O	Maria Lamb	United States	2:02.12	+6.85
25	7	I	Valentina Yakshina	Russia	2:02.15	+6.88
26	8	I	Hedvig Bjelkevik	Norway	2:02.16	+6.89
27	6	I	Anna Rokita	Austria	2:02.19	+6.92
28	4	I	Shannon Rempel	Canada	2:02.24	+6.97
29	2	O	Nami Nemoto	Japan	2:02.34	+7.07
30	7	O	Lucille Opitz	Germany	2:02.75	+7.48
31	6	O	Adelia Marra	Italy	2:03.07	+7.80
32	4	O	Noh Seon-yeong	South Korea	2:03.35	+8.08
33	11	I	Hiromi Otsu	Japan	2:04.77	+9.50
34	2	I	Zhang Xiaolei	China	2:05.75	+10.48
35	1	I	Daniela Oltean	Romania	2:09.24	+13.97