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1,000 metres, Men

Date	15 – 18 February 2006
Status	Olympic
Location	Palavela, Torino
Participants	26 from 17 countries
Format	Placements 1-8 based on final and B final. Deeper placements based on points earned in earlier rounds, and time in final round skated.
Olympic Record	1:27.185 / Mathieu Turcotte CAN / 16 February 2002 / Details

The past three World Champions in this event had been Li Jiajun (China), An Hyeon-Su (South Korea) and Apolo Anton Ohno (United States). They had in fact all placed on the podium at the 2005 Worlds, when Ohno had beaten An and Li for the title. An, however, was slightly favored, as he had been the overall World Champion for the past three seasons, and he had already won the 1,500 m gold.

All three favorites made it through to the semi-finals, where they were all drawn in the same heat. An and Ohno did make it through, leaving Li out of contention. Both contenders had a team mate in the final, with Rusty Smith and Lee Ho-Seok also qualifying. Li Ye of China also raced, having been hindered in the semis. In the final, An followed his usual tactic of hanging in the back. With three laps to go, he sprinted forward, taking the lead. Ohno followed him, but was unable to pass the Korean. In the final lap, Lee then passed Ohno for second place. As in the 1,500 m, An and Lee again finished 1-2.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Position Last Race	Points	Best Time
1	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	AF-1	–	–	Gold
2	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	AF-2	–	–	Silver
3	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	AF-3	–	–	Bronze
4	Rusty Smith	USA	AF-4	–	–
5	Li Ye	CHN	AF-5	–	–
6	Li Jiajun	CHN	BF-1	–	–
7	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	QF-3	34	1:27.184
8	Fabio Carta	ITA	QF-3	34	1:27.656
9	Satoru Terao	JPN	QF-3	34	1:28.499
10	Sebastian Praus	GER	QF-3	26	1:29.820
11	Dariusz Kulesza	POL	QF-4	29	1:29.102
12	Péter Darázs	HUN	QF-4	21	1:27.929
13	Mikhail Razhin	RUS	QF-4	21	1:32.432
14	Arian Nachbar	GER	QF-4	18.5	1:27.679
15	Volodymyr Hryhor'iev	UKR	QF-5	–	1:29.168
16	Jean-Charles Mattei	FRA	R1-3	13	1:28.009
17	Jon Eley	GBR	R1-3	13	1:29.147
18	Vyacheslav Kurginyan	RUS	R1-3	13	1:36.070
19	Paul Stanley	GBR	R1-4	8	1:28.511
20	Mark McNee	AUS	R1-4	8	1:30.033
DQ	Pieter Gysel	BEL	–	–	–
DQ	Éric Bédard	CAN	–	–	–
DQ	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	–	–	–
DQ	Maxime Châtaignier	FRA	–	–	–
DQ	Niels Kerstholt	NED	–	–	–
DQ	Matúš Užák	SVK	–	–	–

Round One

Date	15 February 2006
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat and the next fastest non-qualifiers advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Time	19:57

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Li Ye	CHN	1:27.048	34	QOR
2	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	1:27.184	21	Q
3	Jean-Charles Mattei	FRA	1:28.009	13
4	Paul Stanley	GBR	1:28.511	8

Heat Two

Time	20:01

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	1:28.925	34	Q
2	Satoru Terao	JPN	1:29.090	21	Q
3	Jon Eley	GBR	1:29.147	13
4	Mark McNee	AUS	1:30.033	8

Heat Three

Time	20:05

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	1:27.372	34	Q
2	Rusty Smith	USA	1:27.508	21	Q
3	Péter Darázs	HUN	1:27.929	13	q

Heat Four

Time	20:09

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	1:35.634	34	Q
2	Matúš Užák	SVK	1:35.989	21	Q
3	Vyacheslav Kurginyan	RUS	1:36.070	13

Heat Five

Time	20:13

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Éric Bédard	CAN	1:28.274	34	Q
2	Dariusz Kulesza	POL	1:29.102	21	Q
3	Sebastian Praus	GER	1:35.375	13	ADV
DQ	Maxime Châtaignier	FRA	–	–

Heat Six

Time	20:17

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Li Jiajun	CHN	1:27.765	34	Q
2	Fabio Carta	ITA	1:27.826	21	Q
=3	Pieter Gysel	BEL	1:27.994	10.5	q
=3	Arian Nachbar	GER	1:27.994	10.5	q

Heat Seven

Time	20:21

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	1:36.120	34	Q
2	Volodymyr Hryhor'iev	UKR	1:36.397	21	Q
3	Mikhail Razhin	RUS	1:42.677	13
DQ	Niels Kerstholt	NED	–	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	18 February 2006
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat One

Time	20:15

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Rusty Smith	USA	1:27.000	34	QOR
2	Li Ye	CHN	1:27.078	21	Q
3	Nicola Rodigari	ITA	1:27.240	13
4	Mikhail Razhin	RUS	1:32.432	8
DQ	Matúš Užák	SVK	–	–

Heat Two

Time	20:19

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	1:29.371	34	Q
2	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	1:29.650	21	Q
3	Sebastian Praus	GER	1:29.820	13
4	Dariusz Kulesza	POL	1:30.556	8

Heat Three

Time	20:23

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Li Jiajun	CHN	1:28.179	34	Q
2	Pieter Gysel	BEL	1:28.335	21	Q
3	Satoru Terao	JPN	1:28.499	13
4	Péter Darázs	HUN	1:28.738	8
DQ	François-Louis Tremblay	CAN	–	–

Heat Four

Time	20:27

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	1:27.265	34	Q
2	Éric Bédard	CAN	1:27.546	21	Q
3	Fabio Carta	ITA	1:27.656	13
4	Arian Nachbar	GER	1:27.679	8
5	Volodymyr Hryhor'iev	UKR	1:29.168	5

Semi-Finals

Date	18 February 2006
Format	Top 2 finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One

Time	21:16

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	1:29.150	34	Q
2	Rusty Smith	USA	1:29.515	21	Q
3	Li Ye	CHN	1:47.965	13	ADV
DQ	Pieter Gysel	BEL	–	–

Heat Two

Time	21:20

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time	Points
1	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	1:27.909	34	Q
2	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	1:28.080	21	Q
3	Li Jiajun	CHN	1:29.183	13
DQ	Éric Bédard	CAN	–	–

Final Round

Date	18 February 2006 — 21:56

Final B

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	1	Li Jiajun	CHN		1

Final A

Time	21:56

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Hyeon-Su An	KOR	1:26.739	OR
2	Lee Ho-Seok	KOR	1:26.764
3	Apolo Anton Ohno	USA	1:26.927
4	Rusty Smith	USA	1:27.435
5	Li Ye	CHN	1:29.918