Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres


The women's 1500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 18 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

There were six heats of four or five skaters each, with the top three finishers advancing to the semifinals.
HeatRankAthleteCountryResultNotes
11Wang Meng2:41.384Q
12Byun Chun-sa2:41.411Q
13Katia Zini2:41.561Q
14Rozsa Darazs2:42.256
15Aika Klein2:41.380
21Allison Baver2:41.384Q
22Amanda Overland2:27.666Q
23Liesbeth Mau Asam2:28.910Q
24Ikue Teshigawara2:30.977
25Julia Elsakova2:33.564
31Yang Yang 2:37.754Q
32Choi Eun-kyung2:37.862Q
33Yuka Kamino2:37.865
34Myrtille Gollin2:38.442
35Emily Rosemond2:40.171
41Evgenia Radanova2:27.155Q
42Hyo-jung Kim2:27.460Q
43Tatiana Borodulina2:27.757
44Anouk Leblanc-Boucher2:28.001
45Han Yueshuang2:36.233
51Jin Sun-yu2:29.731Q
52Marta Capurso2:31.053Q
53Kateřina Novotná2:31.367Q
54Katalin Kristo2:31.705
55Evita Krievane2:36.233
61Stéphanie Bouvier2:35.410Q
62Erika Huszar2:35.920Q
63Sarah Lindsay2:38.460Q
64Yvonne Kunze2:48.009
65Cheng Xiaolei2:50.017

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place skaters advanced to the B Final.
Tatiana Borodulina finished fifth in her semifinal, but was advanced due to interference from Stéphanie Bouvier.
;Semifinal 1
RankAthleteResultNotes
12:31.747QA
22:32.504QA
32:32.527QB
42:44.05 7QB
52:45.897ADV
–DQ

;Semifinal 2
RankAthleteResultNotes
12:22.776QA
22:22.946QA
32:23.048QB
42:23.141QB
52:23.490
62:26.370

;Semifinal 3
RankAthleteResultNotes
12:26.915QA
22:27.095QA
32:27.145QB
42:27.291QB
52:27.395
62:29.173

Finals

The largest short-track race of the Games, with seven women entered, saw two of the skaters disqualified. The most notable of these was Byun Chun-sa, who originally finished third. She was adjudged to have interfered with Wang Meng. Wang, who was originally fourth, moved into the bronze medal position after Byun's disqualification.
;Final A
RankAthleteResultNotes
2:23.494
2:24.069
2:24.469
42:25.405
52:26.495
–DQ
–DQ

;Final B
RankAthleteResultNotes
62:29.314
72:29.540
82:29.978
92:30.054
102:30.164
112:32.097