To decrease the influence of friction on the angular speed tracking accuracy of a precision servo turning table, the methods of friction parameter identification and friction compensation based on the LuGre model was put forward. Firstly, the angular speed over zero phenomenon occurred in the angular speed free reduction was analyzed, and the genetic algorithm was used to fit the angular speed reduction curve to obtain LuGre model parameters and rotational inertia. Then, the parameter identification method was tested and verified by a simulation experiment. Finally, the friction compensation was computed by identfication parameters and was added to the angular speed tracking system of the turning table . The actual experimental system achieves a angular speed loop and a current loop and its data update rate is 1 kHz. In the actual angular speed measuring experiment, the mean square deviation of error between actual angular speed curve and fitting curve is 2.9×10-3rad/s. In the angular speed tracking experiment, when the given signal is sine wave with an amplitude of 0.032 4 rad/s and frequency of 0.5 Hz, friction compensation can eliminate the waveform distortion, and the mean square deviation of angular speed tracking error has decreased by 27% as compared with that of double loops control system without friction compensation. It is concluded that the friction parameter identification method can obtain high accurate parameters, and can improve the angular speed tracking accuracy of servo turning tables prominently.