page_title: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit
section_title: Results
hierarchical_section_title: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit / Results
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Anni Friesinger, Tyskland, under OL i Torino 2006. English: Anni Friesinger, Germany, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
context_page_description: 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'.
  Each race was skated by two teams of three skaters, over a distance of six 400-metre laps. 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Anni Friesinger after winning the gold medal
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