# Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days, from 11 to 25 February. Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Joey Cheek United States | 69.76 | Dmitry Dorofeyev Russia | 70.41 | Lee Kang-seok South Korea | 70.43 |
| 1000 metres details | Shani Davis United States | 1:08.89 | Joey Cheek United States | 1:09.16 | Erben Wennemars Netherlands | 1:09.32 |
| 1500 metres details | Enrico Fabris Italy | 1:45.97 | Shani Davis United States | 1:46.13 | Chad Hedrick United States | 1:46.22 |
| 5000 metres details | Chad Hedrick United States | 6:14.68 | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:16.40 | Enrico Fabris Italy | 6:18.25 |
| 10,000 metres details | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 13:01.57 | Chad Hedrick United States | 13:05.40 | Carl Verheijen Netherlands | 13:08.80 |
| Team pursuit details | Italy Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi* Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:44.46 | Canada Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison* Jason Parker* Justin Warsylewicz | 3:47.28 | Netherlands Sven Kramer Rintje Ritsma* Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars* | 3:44.53 (Final B) |
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Svetlana Zhurova Russia | 76.57 | Wang Manli China | 76.78 | Ren Hui China | 76.87 |
| 1000 metres details | Marianne Timmer Netherlands | 1:16.05 | Cindy Klassen Canada | 1:16.09 | Anni Friesinger Germany | 1:16.11 |
| 1500 metres details | Cindy Klassen Canada | 1:55.27 | Kristina Groves Canada | 1:56.74 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:56.90 |
| 3000 metres details | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:02.43 | Renate Groenewold Netherlands | 4:03.48 | Cindy Klassen Canada | 4:04.37 |
| 5000 metres details | Clara Hughes Canada | 6:59.07 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 7:00.08 | Cindy Klassen Canada | 7:00.57 |
| Team pursuit details | Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Lucille Opitz* Claudia Pechstein Sabine Völker* | 3:01.25 | Canada Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen* Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel* | 3:02.91 | Russia Yekaterina Abramova Varvara Barysheva* Galina Likhachova* Yekaterina Lobysheva Svetlana Vysokova | Overtook (Final B) |
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## Records

The combination of low altitude and high humidity at the Oval Lingotto in Turin created fairly slow ice conditions, relative to previous Olympic ovals, such as the Utah Olympic Oval. This meant that no world records in speed skating were set at the Games, and the only Olympic records set were in the two debut events, the men's and women's team pursuits.
| Event | Date | Round | Team | Time | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | 15 February | Heat 1 | Germany Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider | 3:49.59 | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | 15 February | Heat 3 | Netherlands Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen | 3:48.02 | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | 15 February | Heat 4 | Canada Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison | 3:47.37 | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | 15 February | Quarterfinals | Netherlands Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | 3:44.65 | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | 15 February | Quarterfinals | Italy Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:43.64 | OR |
| Women's team pursuit | 15 February | Heat 1 | Norway Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli | 3:06.34 | OR |
| Women's team pursuit | 15 February | Heat 3 | Russia Yekaterina Abramova Galina Likhachova Yekaterina Lobysheva | 3:05.93 | OR |
| Women's team pursuit | 15 February | Quarterfinals | Canada Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt | 3:01.24 | OR |

## Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Torino.
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (18)
* China (15)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (4)
* Germany (13)
* Italy (8)
* Japan (19)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* South Korea (14)
* Netherlands (20)
* Norway (10)
* Poland (5)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (19)
* Sweden (2)
* United States (18)