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 | |
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Venue | Oval Lingotto |
Dates | 15–16 February |
Competitors | 36 from 8 nations |
Winning time | 3:47.28 |
Medalists | |
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]
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]