Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Men's team pursuit
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Anesi Fabris Sanfratello 2006.jpg
The winning team Italy
Venue Oval Lingotto
Dates15–16 February
Competitors36 from 8 nations
Winning time3:47.28
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Matteo Anesi, Stefano Donagrandi, Enrico Fabris, Ippolito Sanfratello
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada.svg  Canada
Arne Dankers, Steven Elm, Denny Morrison, Jason Parker, Justin Warsylewicz
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Sven Kramer, Rintje Ritsma, Mark Tuitert, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars
2010  

The men's team pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, began on 15 February at Oval Lingotto. The team pursuit consisted of a qualifying round, then a series of elimination races, with the winners of the elimination races progressing to the next round of the knockout phase. [1]

Contents

Each race was skated by two teams of three skaters, over a distance of eight 400 metre laps (3200 metres total). The three skaters of a team were allowed to change order at any time, but the team's final time was always recorded when the third skater crossed the finishing line. If two teams started simultaneously on opposite sides of the track, and if one team managed to overtake the other before the full distance, the overtaking team was immediately declared the winner. [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:39.69 Calgary, Canada 12 November 2005 [3]
Olympic recordNone (debut sport)None

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.


Date [3] EventTeamTimeORWR
15 FebruaryHeat 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Stefan Heythausen
Robert Lehmann
Tobias Schneider
3:49.59OR
15 FebruaryHeat 3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Rintje Ritsma
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
3:48.02OR
15 FebruaryHeat 4Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Arne Dankers
Steven Elm
Denny Morrison
3:47.37OR
15 FebruaryQuarterfinalsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars
3:44.65OR
15 FebruaryQuarterfinalsFlag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
3:43.64OR

Results

Teams had to select three skaters for each round of the team pursuit, but all skaters who participated in at least one round earned a medal, and are mentioned in the overall results below.

Rank [3] Team
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Matteo Anesi
Stefano Donagrandi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Arne Dankers
Steven Elm
Denny Morrison
Jason Parker
Justin Warsylewicz
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Rintje Ritsma
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Eskil Ervik
Mikael Flygind Larsen
Øystein Grødum
Lasse Sætre
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Artyom Detyshev
Alexandr Kibalko
Yevgeny Lalenkov
Dmitry Shepel
Ivan Skobrev
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
K. C. Boutiette
Chad Hedrick
Charles Ryan Leveille Cox
Clay Mull
Derek Parra
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Joerg Dallmann
Stefan Heythausen
Robert Lehmann
Tobias Schneider
8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kesato Miyazaki
Teruhiro Sugimori
Takahiro Ushiyama

Heats

Rank [3] TeamTimeNotes
1Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Arne Dankers
Steven Elm
Denny Morrison
3:47.37 OR
2Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Stefano Donagrandi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
3:47.79
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Rintje Ritsma
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
3:48.02 [1]
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Eskil Ervik
Øystein Grødum
Lasse Sætre
3:49.55
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Stefan Heythausen
Robert Lehmann
Tobias Schneider
3:49.59 [1]
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Artyom Detyshev
Alexandr Kibalko
Ivan Skobrev
3:49.75
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Charles Ryan Leveille Cox
Clay Mull
Derek Parra
3:51.32
8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kesato Miyazaki
Teruhiro Sugimori
Takahiro Ushiyama
4:03.83

^  1:  As this was a debut Olympic event, the teams from Germany and the Netherlands both briefly held the Olympic record time. Germany set the record in the first heat, while the Netherlands surpassed it in the third, before Canada posted the fastest time in the final heat

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

^  2: This time was briefly the Olympic record, as the Dutch surpassed Canada's qualifying time before Italy set the fastest time of the quarterfinal stage one race later.

Semifinals

The Italian men's team was well behind the Dutch team in their semi-final heat, and although they were gaining it was late in the race and the Dutch seemed en route to a victory. However, Dutch skater Sven Kramer fell on a corner, taking his team's chances down with him and allowing Italy to go through to the gold medal race.

Finals

Four finals determined the final finishing order, with the two semifinal winners meeting for gold, and the two semifinal losers racing for bronze. To determine places five-through-eight, the four quarterfinal losers were ranked by their time in the quarterfinal race, with the fastest loser matched up against the second-fastest for fifth, and the two slowest for seventh.

Final A (gold medal)
Seed [3] TeamTimeNotes
1Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Arne Dankers
Steven Elm
Justin Warsylewicz
3:47.28 Silver medal icon.svg
2Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
3:44.46 Gold medal icon.svg
Final B (bronze medal)
Seed [3] TeamTimeNotes
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
3:44.53 Bronze medal icon.svg
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Eskil Ervik
Mikael Flygind Larsen
3:45.96
Final C (5th place)
Seed [3] TeamTimeNotes
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Aleksandr Kibalko
Dmitry Shepel
Ivan Skobrev
3:46.91
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States
K. C. Boutiette
Charles Ryan Leveille Cox
Clay Mull
3:49.73
Final D (7th place)
Seed [3] TeamTimeNotes
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Stefan Heythausen
Robert Lehmann
Tobias Schneider
3:48.28
8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kesato Miyazaki
Teruhiro Sugimori
Takahiro Ushiyama
3:50.37

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