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

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

Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
500 m		men		women
1000 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
Team pursuit		men		women

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

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
Olympic record	Anni Friesinger (GER)	1:54.02	Salt Lake City, United States	20 February 2002

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

Results

Rank	Pair	Name	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
01 !	17	Klassen, CindyCindy Klassen	Canada	1:55.27
02 !	15	Groves, KristinaKristina Groves	Canada	1:56.74	+1.47
03 !	18	Wust, IreenIreen Wüst	Netherlands	1:56.90	+1.63
04 !4	17	Friesinger, AnniAnni Friesinger	Germany	1:57.31	+2.04
05 !5	12	Simionato, ChiaraChiara Simionato	Italy	1:58.76	+3.49
06 !6	11	Lobysheva, YekaterinaYekaterina Lobysheva	Russia	1:58.87	+3.60
07 !7	16	Nesbitt, ChristineChristine Nesbitt	Canada	1:59.15	+3.88
08 !8	16	Rodriguez, JenniferJennifer Rodriguez	United States	1:59.30	+4.03
09 !9	15	Groenewold, RenateRenate Groenewold	Netherlands	1:59.33	+4.06
10	13	Anschutz, DanielaDaniela Anschütz-Thoms	Germany	1:59.74	+4.47
11	9	Wójcicka, KatarzynaKatarzyna Wójcicka	Poland	1:59.96	+4.69
12	13	Wang Fei	China	2:00.13	+4.86
13	14	Deutekom, PaulienPaulien van Deutekom	Netherlands	2:00.15	+4.88
14	5	Timmer, MarianneMarianne Timmer	Netherlands	2:00.45	+5.18
15	18	Tabata, MakiMaki Tabata	Japan	2:00.77	+5.50
16	5	Lee Ju-yeon	South Korea	2:00.85	+5.58
17	10	Bjelkevik, AnnetteAnnette Bjelkevik	Norway	2:01.03	+5.76
18	10	Raney, CatherineCatherine Raney	United States	2:01.17	+5.90
19	8	Haugli, MarenMaren Haugli	Norway	2:01.22	+5.95
20	14	Barysheva, VarvaraVarvara Barysheva	Russia	2:01.60	+6.33
21	3	Abramova, YekaterinaYekaterina Abramova	Russia	2:01.63	+6.36
22	9	Ishino, ErikoEriko Ishino	Japan	2:01.85	+6.58
22	12	Ji Jia	China	2:01.85	+6.58
24	3	Lamb, MariaMaria Lamb	United States	2:02.12	+6.85
25	7	Yakshina, ValentinaValentina Yakshina	Russia	2:02.15	+6.88
26	8	Bjelkevik, HedvigHedvig Bjelkevik	Norway	2:02.16	+6.89
27	6	Rokita, AnnaAnna Rokita	Austria	2:02.19	+6.92
28	4	Rempel, ShannonShannon Rempel	Canada	2:02.24	+6.97
29	2	Nemoto, NamiNami Nemoto	Japan	2:02.34	+7.07
30	7	Opitz, LucilleLucille Opitz	Germany	2:02.75	+7.48
31	6	Marra, AdeliaAdelia Marra	Italy	2:03.07	+7.80
32	4	Noh Seon-yeong	South Korea	2:03.35	+8.08
33	11	Otsu, HiromiHiromi Otsu	Japan	2:04.77	+9.50
34	11	Zhang Xiaolei	China	2:05.75	+10.48
35	11	Oltean, DanielaDaniela Oltean	Romania	2:09.24	+13.97

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