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

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Women's team pursuit
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue Oval Lingotto
Dates15–16 February
Competitors35 from 8 nations
Winning time3:01.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, Anni Friesinger, Lucille Opitz, Claudia Pechstein, Sabine Völker
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada.svg  Canada
Kristina Groves, Clara Hughes, Cindy Klassen, Christine Nesbitt, Shannon Rempel
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yekaterina Abramova, Varvara Barysheva, Galina Likhachova, Yekaterina Lobysheva, Svetlana Vysokova
2010  

The women'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 six 400-metre laps (2400 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 Germany.svg  GER 2:56.04 Calgary, Canada 13 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 Norway.svg  Norway
Annette Bjelkevik
Hedvig Bjelkevik
Maren Haugli
3:06.34OR
15 FebruaryHeat 3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yekaterina Abramova
Galina Likhachova
Yekaterina Lobysheva
3:05.93OR
15 FebruaryQuarterfinalsFlag of Canada.svg  Canada
Kristina Groves
Cindy Klassen
Christine Nesbitt
3:01.24OR

Results

Anni Friesinger after winning the gold medal Anni Friesinger Torino 2006.jpg
Anni Friesinger after winning the gold medal

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 Germany.svg  Germany
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Anni Friesinger
Lucille Opitz
Claudia Pechstein
Sabine Völker
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Kristina Groves
Clara Hughes
Cindy Klassen
Christine Nesbitt
Shannon Rempel
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yekaterina Abramova
Varvara Barysheva
Galina Likhachova
Yekaterina Lobysheva
Svetlana Vysokova
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Eriko Ishino
Nami Nemoto
Hiromi Otsu
Maki Tabata
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Margaret Crowley
Maria Lamb
Catherine Raney
Jennifer Rodriguez
Amy Sannes
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Renate Groenewold
Moniek Kleinsman
Gretha Smit
Paulien van Deutekom
Ireen Wüst
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Annette Bjelkevik
Hedvig Bjelkevik
Maren Haugli
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ji Jia
Wang Fei
Zhang Xiaolei

Heats

Rank [3] TeamTimeNotes
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yekaterina Abramova
Varvara Barysheva
Svetlana Vysokova
3:03.19 OR
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Annette Bjelkevik
Hedvig Bjelkevik
Maren Haugli
3:06.34 [1]
3Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Kristina Groves
Clara Hughes
Shannon Rempel
3:06.45
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Renate Groenewold
Moniek Kleinsman
Gretha Smit
3:06.67
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Lucille Opitz
Sabine Völker
3:07.07
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Margaret Crowley
Maria Lamb
Amy Sannes
3:07.83
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Nami Nemoto
Hiromi Otsu
Maki Tabata
3:08.34
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ji Jia
Wang Fei
Zhang Xiaolei
3:18.24

^  1:  The team from Norway briefly held the Olympic record time. The Norwegians set the record with the fastest time of the first heat, before Russia posted the fastest time in the final heat

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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
3Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Kristina Groves
Clara Hughes
Christine Nesbitt
3:02.91 Silver medal icon.svg
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Anni Friesinger
Claudia Pechstein
3:01.25 Gold medal icon.svg
Final B (bronze medal)
Seed [3] TeamTimeNotes
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yekaterina Abramova
Yekaterina Lobysheva
Svetlana Vysokova
Overtook Bronze medal icon.svg
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Eriko Ishino
Nami Nemoto
Maki Tabata
Overtaken
Final C (5th place)
Seed [3] TeamTimeNotes
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Gretha Smit
Paulien van Deutekom
Ireen Wüst
3:05.62
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Margaret Crowley
Maria Lamb
Catherine Raney
3:04.22
Final D (7th place)
Seed [3] TeamTimeNotes
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Annette Bjelkevik
Hedvig Bjelkevik
Maren Haugli
3:06.20
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ji Jia
Wang Fei
Zhang Xiaolei
3:06.91

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