Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Men's team pursuit
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram of speed skating
Venue Adler Arena Skating Center
Date 21–22 February 2014
Competitors 24 from 8 nations
Winning time 3:37.71
Medalists
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1st Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		  Netherlands
2nd Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		  South Korea
3rd Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		  Poland
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Speed skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
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1000 m men women
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5000 m men women
10000 m men
Team pursuit men women

The men's team pursuit speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 21 and 22 February 2014.[1] The distance was 3,200 metres.[2]

Qualification

A total of eight teams of three or four speed skaters could qualify for this team event. The top 6 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit standings after the World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot in the Olympics. Of the teams outside the top six, France qualified based on the time ranking and Russia qualified as hosts. A reserve list was also made.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Netherlands
Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer		 3:35.60 Salt Lake City, United States 16 November 2013 [4]
Olympic record  Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers		 3:39.95 Vancouver, Canada 27 February 2010

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was at 3:42.03 by the team of the Netherlands consisting of Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, and Koen Verweij.[5]

The following records were set during this competition.

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See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
22 February Final A Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		  Netherlands 3:37.71 OR, TR
21 February Quarterfinal 2 Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		  South Korea 3:40.84 TR
21 February Semifinal 2 Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		  Netherlands 3:40.79 TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

Bracket

  Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
                           
  1   Netherlands 3:44.48  
7   France 3:53.17  
  1   Netherlands 3:40.79  
  5   Poland 3:52.08  
4   Norway 3:43.19
  5   Poland 3:42.78  
    1   Netherlands 3:37.71
  2   South Korea 3:40.85
  3   United States 3:46.82  
6   Canada 3:43.30  
  6   Canada 3:45.28 Third place
  2   South Korea 3:42.32  
2   South Korea 3:40.84 5   Poland 3:41.94
  8   Russia 3:44.22   6   Canada 3:44.27

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 21 February.[6]

Rank Country Name Time Deficit Notes
Quarterfinal 1
1  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison		 3:43.30 Semifinal 1
2  United States Shani Davis
Brian Hansen
Jonathan Kuck		 3:46.82 +3.52 Final D
Quarterfinal 2
1  South Korea Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		 3:40.84 Semifinal 1
TR
2  Russia Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Denis Yuskov
Ivan Skobrev		 3:44.22 +3.38 Final C
Quarterfinal 3
1  Poland Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		 3:42.78 Semifinal 2
2  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Håvard Lorentzen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen		 3:43.19 +0.41 Final C
Quarterfinal 4
1  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		 3:44.48 Semifinal 2
2  France Alexis Contin
Ewen Fernandez
Benjamin Macé		 3:53.17 +8.69 Final D

TR = track record

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 February.[7]

Rank Country Name Time Deficit Notes
Semifinal 1
1  South Korea Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		 3:42.32 Final A
2  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison		 3:45.28 +2.96 Final B
Semifinal 2
1  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		 3:40.79 Final A
TR
2  Poland Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		 3:52.08 +11.29 Final B

TR = track record

Finals

The finals were held on 22 February.[8]

Rank Country Name Time[9] Deficit Notes
Final A
1st  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		 3:37.71 OR, TR
2nd  South Korea Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		 3:40.85 +3.14
Final B
3rd  Poland Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		 3:41.94
4  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison		 3:44.27 +2.33
Final C
5  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Simen Spieler Nilsen		 3:44.91
6  Russia Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Aleksey Yesin
Denis Yuskov		 3:49.85 +4.94
Final D
7  United States Brian Hansen
Jonathan Kuck
Joey Mantia		 3:46.50
8  France Alexis Contin
Ewen Fernandez
Benjamin Macé		 3:51.76 +5.26

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

References

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/Road-to-Sochi-2014/Features/2013/June/27/14-Need-To-Knows-Long-Track-Speedskating
  3. ↑ Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013
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  6. ↑ Quarterfinals Results
  7. ↑ Semifinals Results
  8. ↑ Finals Results
  9. ↑ http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-team-pursuit-finals
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