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:

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 2:41.384 Q 1 2 Byun Chun-sa 2:41.411 Q 1 3 Katia Zini 2:41.561 Q 1 4 Rozsa Darazs 2:42.256 1 5 Aika Klein 2:41.380 2 1 Allison Baver 2:41.384 Q 2 2 Amanda Overland 2:27.666 Q 2 3 Liesbeth Mau Asam 2:28.910 Q 2 4 Ikue Teshigawara 2:30.977 2 5 Julia Elsakova 2:33.564 3 1 Yang Yang (A) 2:37.754 Q 3 2 Choi Eun-kyung 2:37.862 Q 3 3 Yuka Kamino 2:37.865 Q 3 4 Myrtille Gollin 2:38.442 3 5 Emily Rosemond 2:40.171 4 1 Evgenia Radanova 2:27.155 Q 4 2 Hyo-jung Kim 2:27.460 Q 4 3 Tatiana Borodulina 2:27.757 Q 4 4 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher 2:28.001 4 5 Han Yueshuang 2:36.233 5 1 Jin Sun-yu 2:29.731 Q 5 2 Marta Capurso 2:31.053 Q 5 3 Kateřina Novotná 2:31.367 Q 5 4 Katalin Kristo 2:31.705 5 5 Evita Krievāne 2:36.233 6 1 Stéphanie Bouvier 2:35.410 Q 6 2 Erika Huszar 2:35.920 Q 6 3 Sarah Lindsay 2:38.460 Q 6 4 Yvonne Kunze 2:48.009 6 5 Cheng Xiaolei 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 2:31.747 QA 2 2:32.504 QA 3 2:32.527 QB 4 2:44.05 7 QB 5 2:45.897 ADV – DQ

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 2:22.776 QA 2 2:22.946 QA 3 2:23.048 QB 4 2:23.141 QB 5 2:23.490 6 2:26.370

Semifinal 3 Rank Athlete Result Notes 1 2:26.915 QA 2 2:27.095 QA 3 2:27.145 QB 4 2:27.291 QB 5 2:27.395 6 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 Notes 2:23.494 2:24.069 2:24.469 4 2:25.405 5 2:26.495 – DQ – DQ

Final B Rank Athlete Result Notes 6 2:29.314 7 2:29.540 8 2:29.978 9 2:30.054 10 2:30.164 11 2:32.097

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