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1,500 metres, Women

Date	18 February 2006
Status	Olympic
Location	Palavela, Torino
Participants	30 from 19 countries
Format	Placements 1-12 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on points earned in earlier rounds, and time in final round skated.
Olympic Record	2:21.069 WR / Choi Eun-Gyeong KOR / 13 February 2002

South Korea already had a strong hold on the 2006 Olympic short track competitions before the start of the women’s 1,500 m final, and it appeared it would get only stronger. The six-woman field for the final contained all three South Korean entrants. Among them were Jin Seon-Yu and Choi Eun-Gyeong, who had divided the last three overall world titles, as well as the last three 1,500 m world titles. They were complemented by Byeon Cheon-Sa, the 2004 3,000 m World Champion.

As the race ended, it appeared that South Korea had swept the event, as Jin finished first, with a large gap to Choi and Byeon. But Byeon was subsequently disqualified for impeding 500 m champion Wang Meng, who therefore moved up to bronze medal position.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Points	Best Time
1	143	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	AF-1	–	–	Gold
2	141	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	AF-2	–	–	Silver
3	111	Wang Meng	CHN	AF-3	–	–	Bronze
4	129	Erika Huszár	HUN	AF-4	–	–
5	106	Amanda Overland	CAN	AF-5	–	–
6	103	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	BF-1	–	–
7	135	Yuka Kamino	JPN	BF-2	–	–
8	155	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	BF-3	–	–
9	130	Marta Capurso	ITA	BF-4	–	–
10	133	Katia Zini	ITA	BF-5	–	–
11	112	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	BF-6	–	–
12	151	Allison Baver	USA	SF-5	39	2:23.490
13	114	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	SF-5	18	2:27.395
14	146	Liesbeth Mau-Asam	NED	SF-6	16	2:26.370
15	120	Sarah Lindsay	GBR	SF-6	16	2:29.173
16	105	Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	CAN	R1-4	8	2:28.001
17	138	Ikue Teshigawara	JPN	R1-4	8	2:30.977
18	149	Katalin Kristo	ROU	R1-4	8	2:31.705
19	117	Myrtille Gollin	FRA	R1-4	8	2:38.442
20	128	Rózsa Darázs	HUN	R1-4	8	2:42.256
21	124	Yvonne Kunze	GER	R1-4	8	2:48.009
22	102	Yuliya Yelsakova	BLR	R1-5	5	2:33.564
23	145	Evita Krievāne	LAT	R1-5	5	2:34.171
24	127	Han Yue Shuang	HKG	R1-5	5	2:36.233
25	101	Emily Rosemond	AUS	R1-5	5	2:40.171
26	123	Aika Klein	GER	R1-5	5	2:42.380
27	109	Cheng Xiaolei	CHN	R1-5	5	2:50.017
DQ	115	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	–	–	–
DQ	140	Byeon Cheon-Sa	KOR	–	–	–
DQ	150	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	–	–	–

Round One (18 February 2006)

Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One (19:30)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Wang Meng	CHN	2:41.384	34	Q
2	5	Byeon Cheon-Sa	KOR	2:41.411	21	Q
3	4	Katia Zini	ITA	2:41.561	13	Q
4	3	Rózsa Darázs	HUN	2:42.256	8
5	2	Aika Klein	GER	2:42.380	5

Heat Two (19:35)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Allison Baver	USA	2:27.635	34	Q
2	4	Amanda Overland	CAN	2:27.666	21	Q
3	1	Liesbeth Mau-Asam	NED	2:28.910	13	Q
4	3	Ikue Teshigawara	JPN	2:30.977	8
5	5	Yuliya Yelsakova	BLR	2:33.564	5

Heat Three (19:40)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	2:37.754	34	Q
2	5	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	2:37.862	21	Q
3	2	Yuka Kamino	JPN	2:37.865	13	Q
4	3	Myrtille Gollin	FRA	2:38.442	8
5	1	Emily Rosemond	AUS	2:40.171	5

Heat Four (19:45)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	2:27.155	34	Q
2	2	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	2:27.460	21	Q
3	5	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	2:27.757	13	Q
4	1	Anouk Leblanc-Boucher	CAN	2:28.001	8
5	3	Han Yue Shuang	HKG	2:36.233	5

Heat Five (19:50)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	2:29.731	34	Q
2	3	Marta Capurso	ITA	2:31.053	21	Q
3	4	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	2:31.367	13	Q
4	1	Katalin Kristo	ROU	2:31.705	8
5	5	Evita Krievāne	LAT	2:34.171	5

Heat Six (19:55)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	2:35.410	34	Q
2	3	Erika Huszár	HUN	2:35.920	21	Q
3	2	Sarah Lindsay	GBR	2:38.460	13	Q
4	5	Yvonne Kunze	GER	2:48.009	8
5	4	Cheng Xiaolei	CHN	2:50.017	5

Semi-Finals (18 February 2006)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (20:46)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	2:31.747	34	Q
2	3	Erika Huszár	HUN	2:32.504	21	Q
3	2	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	2:32.527	13	QB
4	1	Yuka Kamino	JPN	2:44.057	8	QB
5	6	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	2:45.897	5	ADV
DQ	5	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	–	–

Heat Two (20:51)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	2:22.776	34	Q
2	1	Amanda Overland	CAN	2:22.946	21	Q
3	6	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	2:23.048	13	QB
4	3	Katia Zini	ITA	2:23.141	8	QB
5	5	Allison Baver	USA	2:23.490	5
6	4	Liesbeth Mau-Asam	NED	2:26.370	3

Heat Three (20:56)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Byeon Cheon-Sa	KOR	2:26.915	34	Q
2	1	Wang Meng	CHN	2:27.095	21	Q
3	3	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	2:27.145	13	QB
4	2	Marta Capurso	ITA	2:27.291	8	QB
5	6	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	2:27.395	5
6	5	Sarah Lindsay	GBR	2:29.173	3

Final Round (18 February 2006 — 21:39)

B Final (21:39)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	1	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	2:29.314
2	5	Yuka Kamino	JPN	2:29.540
3	3	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	2:29.978
4	4	Marta Capurso	ITA	2:30.054
5	6	Katia Zini	ITA	2:30.164
6	2	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	2:32.097

A Final (21:44)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	7	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	2:23.494
2	2	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	2:24.069
3	3	Wang Meng	CHN	2:24.469
4	1	Erika Huszár	HUN	2:25.405
5	5	Amanda Overland	CAN	2:26.495
DQ	6	Byeon Cheon-Sa	KOR	–
DQ	4	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	–