| Event: | Men's team pursuit |
| Games: | 2006 Winter |
| Venue: | Oval Lingotto |
| Dates: | 15–16 February |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 3:47.28 |
| Gold: | Matteo Anesi, Stefano Donagrandi, Enrico Fabris, Ippolito Sanfratello |
| Silver: | Arne Dankers, Steven Elm, Denny Morrison, Jason Parker, Justin Warsylewicz |
| Bronze: | Sven Kramer, Rintje Ritsma, Mark Tuitert, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars |
| Next: | 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]
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Team | Time | OR | WR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February | Heat 1 | Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider | 3:49.59 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Heat 3 | Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen | 3:48.02 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Heat 4 | Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison | 3:47.37 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Quarterfinals | Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | 3:44.65 | OR | ||
| 15 February | Quarterfinals | Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:43.64 | OR |
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 | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arne Dankers Steven Elm Denny Morrison | 3:47.37 | ||
| 2 | Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:47.79 | ||
| 3 | Rintje Ritsma Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen | 3:48.02 | ||
| 4 | Eskil Ervik Øystein Grødum Lasse Sætre | 3:49.55 | ||
| 5 | Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider | 3:49.59 | ||
| 6 | Artyom Detyshev Alexandr Kibalko Ivan Skobrev | 3:49.75 | ||
| 7 | Charles Ryan Leveille Cox Clay Mull Derek Parra | 3:51.32 | ||
| 8 | Kesato Miyazaki Teruhiro Sugimori Takahiro Ushiyama | 4:03.83 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Morrison Jason Parker Justin Warsylewicz | 3:52.01 | Q | |
| 8 | Kesato Miyazaki Teruhiro Sugimori Takahiro Ushiyama | 3:53.88 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Håvard Bøkko Eskil Ervik Mikael Flygind Larsen | 3:47.81 | Q | |
| 5 | Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heythausen Tobias Schneider | 3:49.68 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:43.64 | Q | |
| 7 | K. C. Boutiette Chad Hedrick Charles Ryan Leveille Cox | 3:44.11 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | 3:44.65 | Q | |
| 6 | Yevgeny Lalenkov Dmitry Shepel Ivan Skobrev | 3:47.49 |
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.
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arne Dankers Denny Morrison Justin Warsylewicz | 3:44.91 | Q | |
| 4 | Håvard Bøkko Eskil Ervik Øystein Grødum | 3:47.81 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | Overtook | Q | |
| 3 | Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | Overtaken |
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.
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arne Dankers Steven Elm Justin Warsylewicz | 3:47.28 | ||
| 2 | Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | 3:44.46 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sven Kramer Mark Tuitert Carl Verheijen | 3:44.53 | ||
| 4 | Håvard Bøkko Eskil Ervik Mikael Flygind Larsen | 3:45.96 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Aleksandr Kibalko Dmitry Shepel Ivan Skobrev | 3:46.91 | ||
| 7 | K. C. Boutiette Charles Ryan Leveille Cox Clay Mull | 3:49.73 |
| Seed | Team | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider | 3:48.28 | ||
| 8 | Kesato Miyazaki Teruhiro Sugimori Takahiro Ushiyama | 3:50.37 |