Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit
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]
| Women's team pursuit at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
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 Pictogram for speed skating | |
| Venue | Oval Lingotto |
| Dates | 15–16 February |
| Competitors | 35 from 8 nations |
| Winning time | 3:01.25 |
| Medalists | |
| Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
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 record |  | 2:56.04 | Calgary, Canada | 13 November 2005 | [3] |
| Olympic record | None (debut sport) | None |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date[3] | Event | Team | Time | OR | WR |
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| 15 February | Heat 1 |  Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli | 3:06.34 | OR | |
| 15 February | Heat 3 |  Yekaterina Abramova Galina Likhachova Yekaterina Lobysheva | 3:05.93 | OR | |
| 15 February | Quarterfinals |  Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt | 3:01.24 | OR |
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.
Heats
| Rank[3] | Team | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yekaterina Abramova Varvara Barysheva Svetlana Vysokova | 3:03.19 | OR |
| 2 | Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli | 3:06.34 | [1] |
| 3 | Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Shannon Rempel | 3:06.45 | |
| 4 |  Renate Groenewold Moniek Kleinsman Gretha Smit | 3:06.67 | |
| 5 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz Sabine Völker | 3:07.07 | |
| 6 |  Margaret Crowley Maria Lamb Amy Sannes | 3:07.83 | |
| 7 |  Nami Nemoto Hiromi Otsu Maki Tabata | 3:08.34 | |
| 8 |  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
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Semifinals
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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] | Team | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Christine Nesbitt | 3:02.91 |  |
| 2 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein | 3:01.25 |  |
- Final B (bronze medal)
| Seed[3] | Team | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yekaterina Abramova Yekaterina Lobysheva Svetlana Vysokova | Overtook |  |
| 7 | Eriko Ishino Nami Nemoto Maki Tabata | Overtaken |
- Final C (5th place)
| Seed[3] | Team | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Gretha Smit Paulien van Deutekom Ireen Wüst | 3:05.62 | |
| 6 | Margaret Crowley Maria Lamb Catherine Raney | 3:04.22 |
- Final D (7th place)
| Seed[3] | Team | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli | 3:06.20 | |
| 8 | Ji Jia Wang Fei Zhang Xiaolei | 3:06.91 |
References
- "Speed Skating at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Women's Team Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- "ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules – Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating 2008" (PDF). International Skating Union. June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- "Torino 2006 Official Report – Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.