# 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:
| World record | Jung Eun-ju (KOR) | 2:18.861 | Beijing, China | 11 January 2004 |
| Olympic record | Choi Eun-kyung (KOR) | 2:21.069 | Salt Lake City, United States | 13 February 2002 |
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.
| Heat | Rank | Athlete | Country | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Wang Meng | China | 2:41.384 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Byun Chun-sa | South Korea | 2:41.411 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Katia Zini | Italy | 2:41.561 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Rozsa Darazs | Hungary | 2:42.256 | |
| 1 | 5 | Aika Klein | Germany | 2:41.380 | |
| 2 | 1 | Allison Baver | United States | 2:41.384 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Amanda Overland | Canada | 2:27.666 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Liesbeth Mau Asam | Netherlands | 2:28.910 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Ikue Teshigawara | Japan | 2:30.977 | |
| 2 | 5 | Julia Elsakova | Belarus | 2:33.564 | |
| 3 | 1 | Yang Yang (A) | China | 2:37.754 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Choi Eun-kyung | South Korea | 2:37.862 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yuka Kamino | Japan | 2:37.865 | |
| 3 | 4 | Myrtille Gollin | France | 2:38.442 | |
| 3 | 5 | Emily Rosemond | Australia | 2:40.171 | |
| 4 | 1 | Evgenia Radanova | Bulgaria | 2:27.155 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Hyo-jung Kim | United States | 2:27.460 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Tatiana Borodulina | Russia | 2:27.757 | |
| 4 | 4 | Anouk Leblanc-Boucher | Canada | 2:28.001 | |
| 4 | 5 | Han Yueshuang | Hong Kong | 2:36.233 | |
| 5 | 1 | Jin Sun-yu | South Korea | 2:29.731 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Marta Capurso | Italy | 2:31.053 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Kateřina Novotná | Czech Republic | 2:31.367 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Katalin Kristo | Romania | 2:31.705 | |
| 5 | 5 | Evita Krievāne | Latvia | 2:36.233 | |
| 6 | 1 | Stéphanie Bouvier | France | 2:35.410 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Erika Huszar | Hungary | 2:35.920 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Sarah Lindsay | Great Britain | 2:38.460 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Yvonne Kunze | Germany | 2:48.009 | |
| 6 | 5 | Cheng Xiaolei | China | 2:50.017 | |

### 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

| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Jin Sun-yu (KOR) | 2:31.747 | QA |
| 2 | Erika Huszar (HUN) | 2:32.504 | QA |
| 3 | Hyo-jung Kim (USA) | 2:32.527 | QB |
| 4 | Yuka Kamino (JPN) | 2:44.05 7 | QB |
| 5 | Tatiana Borodulina (RUS) | 2:45.897 | ADV |
| – | Stéphanie Bouvier (FRA) | DQ | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Choi Eun-kyung (KOR) | 2:22.776 | QA |
| 2 | Amanda Overland (CAN) | 2:22.946 | QA |
| 3 | Yang Yang (A) (CHN) | 2:23.048 | QB |
| 4 | Katia Zini (ITA) | 2:23.141 | QB |
| 5 | Allison Baver (USA) | 2:23.490 | |
| 6 | Liesbeth Mau Asam (NED) | 2:26.370 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Byun Chun-sa (KOR) | 2:26.915 | QA |
| 2 | Wang Meng (CHN) | 2:27.095 | QA |
| 3 | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 2:27.145 | QB |
| 4 | Marta Capurso (ITA) | 2:27.291 | QB |
| 5 | Kateřina Novotná (CZE) | 2:27.395 | |
| 6 | Sarah Lindsay (GBR) | 2:29.173 | |

### 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

| Rank | Athlete | Result |
| | Jin Sun-yu (KOR) | 2:23.494 |
| | Choi Eun-kyung (KOR) | 2:24.069 |
| | Wang Meng (CHN) | 2:24.469 |
| 4 | Erika Huszar (HUN) | 2:25.405 |
| 5 | Amanda Overland (CAN) | 2:26.495 |
| – | Byun Chun-sa (KOR) | DQ |
| – | Tatiana Borodulina (RUS) | DQ |

#### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Result |
| 6 | Evgenia Radanova (BUL) | 2:29.314 |
| 7 | Yuka Kamino (JPN) | 2:29.540 |
| 8 | Hyo-jung Kim (USA) | 2:29.978 |
| 9 | Marta Capurso (ITA) | 2:30.054 |
| 10 | Katia Zini (ITA) | 2:30.164 |
| 11 | Yang Yang (A) (CHN) | 2:32.097 |