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Singles, Men

Date	14 – 16 February 2006
Status	Olympic
Location	Palavela, Torino
Participants	30 from 22 countries
Format	Total of points from short program and free skating.
Judge #1	Kenji Amako	JPN
Judge #2	Hermann Schulz	GER
Judge #3	Mona Jonsson	SWE
Judge #4	Patrick Ibens	BEL
Judge #5	Aleksandar Penchev	BUL
Judge #6	Raffaella Locatelli	ITA
Judge #7	Jiang Yibing	CHN
Judge #8	Nicolae Bellu	ROU
Judge #9	Aleksey Shirshov	BLR
Judge #10	Philippe Mériguet	FRA
Judge #11	Steve Winkler	USA
Judge #12	William Thompson	CAN

Yevgeny Plyushchenko (RUS) had been the silver medalist in 2002, but was the favorite in 2006. He had won the 2003-04 World Championships, and the 2003 and 2005-06 European Championships. With the new scoring system, Plyushchenko opened up a 10.66 lead over America’s Johnny Weir in the short program, with another contender, Switzerland’s Stéphane Lambiel, the 2005 World Champion, close behind in third. Plyushchenko also won the free skate easily, by 13+ points over Canada’s Jeff Buttle, who had been only sixth in the short. Lambiel was only fourth in the free skate, but when Weir skated poorly in the free program, he moved up to the silver medal. Buttle won the bronze, with Weir dropping to fifth place, behind another American, Evan Lysacek. Lambiel would repeat as World Champion shortly after the Olympics. Plushchenko announced he would “retire” but vowed to return in a few years to come back for Vancouver in 2010.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Points	Short Program	Free Skating
1	–	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	RUS	258.33	90.66 (1)	167.67 (1)	Gold
2	–	Stéphane Lambiel	SUI	231.21	79.04 (3)	152.17 (4)	Silver
3	–	Jeff Buttle	CAN	227.59	73.29 (6)	154.30 (2)	Bronze
4	–	Evan Lysacek	USA	220.13	67.55 (10)	152.58 (3)
5	–	Johnny Weir	USA	216.63	80.00 (2)	136.63 (6)
6	–	Brian Joubert	FRA	212.89	77.77 (4)	135.12 (7)
7	–	Matt Savoie	USA	206.67	69.15 (8)	137.52 (5)
8	–	Daisuke Takahashi	JPN	204.89	73.77 (5)	131.12 (9)
9	–	Kevin Van der Perren	BEL	197.39	65.36 (13)	132.03 (8)
10	–	Zhang Min	CHN	196.27	67.39 (11)	128.88 (11)
11	–	Ilya Klimkin	RUS	191.80	61.61 (18)	130.19 (10)
12	–	Shawn Sawyer	CAN	190.83	67.20 (12)	123.63 (12)
13	–	Emanuel Sandhu	CAN	190.24	69.75 (7)	120.49 (14)
14	–	Gheorghe Chiper	ROU	186.19	67.66 (9)	118.53 (17)
15	–	Siarhei Davydau	BLR	184.59	64.65 (14)	119.94 (16)
16	–	Li Chengjiang	CHN	182.21	60.23 (21)	121.98 (13)
17	–	Ivan Dinev	BUL	180.11	63.64 (15)	116.47 (18)
18	–	Tomáš Verner	CZE	180.07	59.71 (22)	120.36 (15)
19	–	Frédéric Dambier	FRA	177.59	61.17 (19)	116.42 (19)
20	–	Anton Kovalevskyi	UKR	172.84	63.41 (16)	109.43 (21)
21	–	Stefan Lindemann	GER	172.57	60.52 (20)	112.05 (20)
22	–	Viktor Pfeifer	AUT	163.87	62.17 (17)	101.70 (23)
23	–	Kristoffer Berntsson	SWE	161.95	59.55 (23)	102.40 (22)
24	–	Zoltán Tóth	HUN	145.47	55.07 (24)	90.40 (24)
25 r1/2	–	Karel Zelenka	ITA	–	53.46 (25)	–
26 r1/2	–	Trifun Živanović	SCG	–	53.40 (26)	–
27 r1/2	–	Jamal Othman	SUI	–	52.18 (27)	–
28 r1/2	–	Vakht'ang Murvanidze	GEO	–	49.68 (28)	–
29 r1/2	–	Gregor Urbas	SLO	–	46.48 (29)	–
30 r1/2	–	Han Jong-In	PRK	–	42.11 (30)	–

Short Program (14 February 2006 — 19:00)

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Points	Tech. Elements	Progr. Components	Deductions
1	–	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	RUS	90.66	49.69	40.97	0.00	Q
2	–	Johnny Weir	USA	80.00	40.99	39.01	0.00	Q
3	–	Stéphane Lambiel	SUI	79.04	40.61	38.43	0.00	Q
4	–	Brian Joubert	FRA	77.77	40.59	37.18	0.00	Q
5	–	Daisuke Takahashi	JPN	73.77	38.45	35.32	0.00	Q
6	–	Jeff Buttle	CAN	73.29	37.01	37.28	1.00	Q
7	–	Emanuel Sandhu	CAN	69.75	33.00	37.75	1.00	Q
8	–	Matt Savoie	USA	69.15	35.22	33.93	0.00	Q
9	–	Gheorghe Chiper	ROU	67.66	37.12	30.54	0.00	Q
10	–	Evan Lysacek	USA	67.55	33.80	34.75	1.00	Q
11	–	Zhang Min	CHN	67.39	36.29	31.10	0.00	Q
12	–	Shawn Sawyer	CAN	67.20	35.02	32.18	0.00	Q
13	–	Kevin Van der Perren	BEL	65.36	33.50	32.86	1.00	Q
14	–	Siarhei Davydau	BLR	64.65	35.58	29.07	0.00	Q
15	–	Ivan Dinev	BUL	63.64	34.29	29.35	0.00	Q
16	–	Anton Kovalevskyi	UKR	63.41	33.95	29.46	0.00	Q
17	–	Viktor Pfeifer	AUT	62.17	34.28	27.89	0.00	Q
18	–	Ilya Klimkin	RUS	61.61	29.90	31.71	0.00	Q
19	–	Frédéric Dambier	FRA	61.17	30.48	31.69	1.00	Q
20	–	Stefan Lindemann	GER	60.52	27.94	32.58	0.00	Q
21	–	Li Chengjiang	CHN	60.23	30.55	30.68	1.00	Q
22	–	Tomáš Verner	CZE	59.71	30.25	29.46	0.00	Q
23	–	Kristoffer Berntsson	SWE	59.55	31.34	28.21	0.00	Q
24	–	Zoltán Tóth	HUN	55.07	29.67	25.40	0.00	Q
25	–	Karel Zelenka	ITA	53.46	27.96	26.50	1.00
26	–	Trifun Živanović	SCG	53.40	29.44	23.96	0.00
27	–	Jamal Othman	SUI	52.18	24.46	27.72	0.00
28	–	Vakht'ang Murvanidze	GEO	49.68	24.32	26.36	1.00
29	–	Gregor Urbas	SLO	46.48	20.28	26.20	0.00
30	–	Han Jong-In	PRK	42.11	19.50	22.61	0.00

Free Skating (16 February 2006 — 19:00)

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Points	Tech. Elements	Progr. Components	Deductions
1	–	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	RUS	167.67	85.25	82.42	0.00
2	–	Jeff Buttle	CAN	154.30	76.80	78.50	1.00
3	–	Evan Lysacek	USA	152.58	78.24	74.34	0.00
4	–	Stéphane Lambiel	SUI	152.17	76.89	76.28	1.00
5	–	Matt Savoie	USA	137.52	65.80	71.72	0.00
6	–	Johnny Weir	USA	136.63	61.27	75.36	0.00
7	–	Brian Joubert	FRA	135.12	62.54	73.58	1.00
8	–	Kevin Van der Perren	BEL	132.03	66.01	66.02	0.00
9	–	Daisuke Takahashi	JPN	131.12	58.82	73.30	1.00
10	–	Ilya Klimkin	RUS	130.19	65.97	65.22	1.00
11	–	Zhang Min	CHN	128.88	65.16	63.72	0.00
12	–	Shawn Sawyer	CAN	123.63	55.13	68.50	0.00
13	–	Li Chengjiang	CHN	121.98	66.04	56.94	1.00
14	–	Emanuel Sandhu	CAN	120.49	52.27	70.22	2.00
15	–	Tomáš Verner	CZE	120.36	63.14	57.22	0.00
16	–	Siarhei Davydau	BLR	119.94	59.00	60.94	0.00
17	–	Gheorghe Chiper	ROU	118.53	54.23	64.30	0.00
18	–	Ivan Dinev	BUL	116.47	57.97	58.50	0.00
19	–	Frédéric Dambier	FRA	116.42	55.92	62.50	2.00
20	–	Stefan Lindemann	GER	112.05	51.05	62.00	1.00
21	–	Anton Kovalevskyi	UKR	109.43	53.93	57.50	2.00
22	–	Kristoffer Berntsson	SWE	102.40	48.32	56.08	2.00
23	–	Viktor Pfeifer	AUT	101.70	45.26	57.44	1.00
24	–	Zoltán Tóth	HUN	90.40	42.20	50.20	2.00