Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres


The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on 22 February, with the final on 25 February, at the Torino Palavela.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on 12 February. There were eight heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals. One skater, Yvonne Kunze, was advanced after being interfered with.
;Heat 1
HeatsRankAthleteCountryResultNotes
11Tania Vicent1:33.904Q
12Mika Ozawa1:33.977Q
13Ri Hyang-mi1:34.360
14Katalin Kristo1:34.506
21Yang Yang 1:34.878Q
22Tatiana Borodulina1:34.988Q
23Sarah Lindsay1:35.539
31Hyo-jung Kim1:36.182Q
32Erika Huszar1:36.515Q
33Julia Elsakova1:36.885
3–Aika KleinDQ
41Evgenia Radanova1:35.765Q
42Choi Min-kyung1:36.745Q
43Han Yueshuang1:37.883
51Jin Sun-yu1:31.504Q
52Arianna Fontana1:32.033Q
53Kateřina Novotná1:32.220
54Stéphanie Bouvier1:33.197
61Choi Eun-kyung1:38.414Q
62Emily Rosemond1:39.942Q
63Yvonne Kunze1:40.166
6–Marta CapursoDQ
71Wang Meng1:37.161Q
72Liesbeth Mau Asam1:38.039Q
73Evita Krievane1:38.039
81Amanda Overland1:33.761Q
82Kimberly Derrick1:33.812Q
83Yuka Kamino1:33.959
84Rozsa Darazs1:34.059

Quarterfinals

The top two finishers in each of the four quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. Two skaters, Yang Yang and Tania Vicent, were advanced after other racers were disqualified. One of the disqualified skaters was the 2005 world champion in the 1000 metres, Evgenia Radanova.
;Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteResultNotes
11:33.351Q
21:33.453Q
31:37.627
–DQ

;Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteResultNotes
11:32.875Q
21:33.012Q
31:34.034
–DQ

;Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteResultNotes
11:33.401Q
21:33.627Q
31:34.080
41:59.338ADV
–DQ

;Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteResultNotes
11:34.164Q
21:34.715Q
31:35.594ADV
–DQ

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final. Since two skaters were advanced from the quarters, each semifinal featured five skaters.
;Semifinal 1
RankAthleteResultNotes
11:31.783QA
21:32.099QA
31:32.650QB
41:36.765QB
51:54.187

;Semifinal 2
RankAthleteResultNotes
11:32.546QA
21:33.080QA
31:33.102QB
41:33.228QB
51:33.337

Finals

was disqualified in the A final, moving Yang Yang up to bronze medal position and the winner of the B final, Tania Vicent, up to 4th.
;Final A
RankAthleteResultNotes
1:32.859
1:33.079
1:33.937
–DQ

;Final B
RankAthleteResultNotes
41:34.099
51:34.191
61:34.269
71:34.789