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1,000 metres, Women

Date	22 – 25 February 2006
Status	Olympic
Location	Palavela, Torino
Participants	29 from 20 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	1:31.235 / Yang Yang (A) CHN / 23 February 2002

China and South Korea had dominated women’s short track after the 2002 Olympics, claiming all overall and distance world titles since then. It was therefore no surprise that the final in the 1,000 m featured two Chinese and two South Korean skaters. Wang Meng, winner of the 500 m earlier in the Olympics, represented China along with her legendary team mate Yang Yang (A), defending champion and China’s first ever Winter Olympic Champion. The South Koreans fielded Jin Seon-Yu, the overall World Champion of 2005, and Choi Eun-Gyeong, who had won that title in 2003 and 2004, and was also the defending 1,000 m World Champion.

The Chinese woman led for most of the race, with the Koreans choosing to lay back. Two laps from the finish line, Jin and Choi then made their move, grabbing the lead. Jin held on to finish first, while Choi was passed at the last moment by Wang. Choi then also lost third place when she was disqualified for cross-drafting, giving Yang her fifth and final Olympic medal. She would announce her retirement after the Olympics.

Pos	Nr	Skater	NOC	Last Race	Points	Best Time
1	143	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	AF-1	–	–	Gold
2	111	Wang Meng	CHN	AF-2	–	–	Silver
3	112	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	AF-3	–	–	Bronze
4	108	Tania Vicent	CAN	BF-1	–	–
5	106	Amanda Overland	CAN	BF-2	–	–
6	131	Arianna Fontana	ITA	BF-3	–	–
7	124	Yvonne Kunze	GER	BF-4	–	–
8	155	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	SF-5	73	1:34.164
9	136	Mika Ozawa	JPN	SF-5	47	1:33.337
10	146	Liesbeth Mau-Asam	NED	QF-3	34	1:34.034
11	129	Erika Huszár	HUN	QF-3	34	1:34.080
12	101	Emily Rosemond	AUS	QF-3	34	1:37.627
13	114	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	R1-3	13	1:32.220
14	135	Yuka Kamino	JPN	R1-3	13	1:33.959
15	148	Ri Hyang-Mi	PRK	R1-3	13	1:34.360
16	120	Sarah Lindsay	GBR	R1-3	13	1:35.539
17	102	Yuliya Yelsakova	BLR	R1-3	13	1:36.885
18	127	Han Yue Shuang	HKG	R1-3	13	1:37.883
19	145	Evita Krievāne	LAT	R1-3	13	1:39.986
20	115	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	R1-4	8	1:33.197
21	128	Rózsa Darázs	HUN	R1-4	8	1:34.059
22	149	Katalin Kristo	ROU	R1-4	8	1:34.506
DQ	141	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	–	–	–
DQ	150	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	–	–	–
DQ	152	Kimberly Derrick	USA	–	–	–
DQ	103	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	–	–	–
DQ	116	Choi Min-Gyeong	FRA	–	–	–
DQ	123	Aika Klein	GER	–	–	–
DQ	130	Marta Capurso	ITA	–	–	–

Round One (22 February 2006)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat One (19:30)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Tania Vicent	CAN	1:33.904	34	Q
2	2	Mika Ozawa	JPN	1:33.977	21	Q
3	4	Ri Hyang-Mi	PRK	1:34.360	13
4	3	Katalin Kristo	ROU	1:34.506	8

Heat Two (19:34)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	1:34.878	34	Q
2	3	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	1:34.988	21	Q
3	1	Sarah Lindsay	GBR	1:35.539	13

Heat Three (19:38)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	1:36.182	34	Q
2	1	Erika Huszár	HUN	1:36.515	21	Q
3	3	Yuliya Yelsakova	BLR	1:36.885	13
DQ	4	Aika Klein	GER	–	–

Heat Four (19:42)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	1:35.765	34	Q
2	1	Choi Min-Gyeong	FRA	1:36.745	21	Q
3	3	Han Yue Shuang	HKG	1:37.883	13

Heat Five (19:46)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	1:31.504	34	Q
2	3	Arianna Fontana	ITA	1:32.033	21	Q
3	1	Kateřina Novotná	CZE	1:32.220	13
4	4	Stéphanie Bouvier	FRA	1:33.197	8

Heat Six (19:50)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	1:38.414	34	Q
2	1	Emily Rosemond	AUS	1:39.942	21	Q
3	2	Yvonne Kunze	GER	1:40.166	13	ADV
DQ	4	Marta Capurso	ITA	–	–

Heat Seven (19:54)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Wang Meng	CHN	1:37.161	34	Q
2	1	Liesbeth Mau-Asam	NED	1:38.039	21	Q
3	3	Evita Krievāne	LAT	1:39.986	13

Heat Eight (19:58)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Amanda Overland	CAN	1:33.761	34	Q
2	4	Kimberly Derrick	USA	1:33.812	21	Q
3	3	Yuka Kamino	JPN	1:33.959	13
4	2	Rózsa Darázs	HUN	1:34.059	8

Quarter-Finals (25 February 2006)

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

Heat One (19:44)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	2	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	1:33.351	34	Q
2	1	Wang Meng	CHN	1:33.453	21	Q
3	4	Emily Rosemond	AUS	1:37.627	13
DQ	3	Tatyana Borodulina	RUS	–	–

Heat Two (19:48)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	1	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	1:32.875	34	Q
2	3	Amanda Overland	CAN	1:33.012	21	Q
3	4	Liesbeth Mau-Asam	NED	1:34.034	13
DQ	2	Kimberly Derrick	USA	–	–

Heat Three (19:52)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Arianna Fontana	ITA	1:33.401	34	Q
2	5	Yvonne Kunze	GER	1:33.627	21	Q
3	1	Erika Huszár	HUN	1:34.080	13
4	2	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	1:59.338	8	ADV
DQ	4	Evgeniya Radanova	BUL	–	–

Heat Four (19:56)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	1:34.164	34	Q
2	1	Mika Ozawa	JPN	1:34.715	21	Q
3	2	Tania Vicent	CAN	1:35.594	13	ADV
DQ	4	Choi Min-Gyeong	FRA	–	–

Semi-Finals (25 February 2006)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (20:22)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	3	Wang Meng	CHN	1:31.783	34	Q
2	2	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	1:32.099	21	Q
3	4	Tania Vicent	CAN	1:32.650	13	QB
4	1	Yvonne Kunze	GER	1:36.765	8	QB
5	5	Hyo-Jung Kim	USA	1:54.187	5

Heat Two (20:26)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time	Points
1	4	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	1:32.546	34	Q
2	3	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	1:33.080	21	Q
3	2	Amanda Overland	CAN	1:33.102	13	QB
4	1	Arianna Fontana	ITA	1:33.228	8	QB
5	5	Mika Ozawa	JPN	1:33.337	5

Final Round (25 February 2006 — 20:53)

B Final (20:53)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Tania Vicent	CAN	1:34.099
2	1	Amanda Overland	CAN	1:34.191
3	3	Arianna Fontana	ITA	1:34.269
4	4	Yvonne Kunze	GER	1:34.789

A Final (20:57)

Pos	Lane	Skater	NOC	Time
1	2	Jin Seon-Yu	KOR	1:32.859
2	3	Wang Meng	CHN	1:33.079
3	4	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	1:33.937
DQ	1	Choi Eun-Gyeong	KOR	–