Speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...

at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

was held over ten days, from 11 to 25 February. Twelve events were contested at the

Oval Lingotto The Oval Lingotto, also known as Oval Olympic Arena, is an indoor arena in Turin, Italy. It was built for use at the 2006 Winter Olympics, during which it hosted speed skating events. It has a capacity of 8,500 spectators and was designed by the ...

Medal summary

Men's events

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Women's events

* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Medal table

Records

The combination of low altitude and high humidity at the

in Turin created fairly slow ice conditions, relative to previous Olympic ovals, such as the

Utah Olympic Oval The Utah Olympic Oval is an indoor speed skating oval located southwest of Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah. The Oval was built for the 2002 Winter Olympics and it hosted the Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, long-track speed skating ev ...

. 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.

Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Torino. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

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