| Men's team pursuit at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Richmond Olympic Oval | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 26–27 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2010 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 |
The men's team pursuit speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 26 and 27 February 2010. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Netherlands | 3:37.80 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 March 2007 |
| Olympic record |  Italy | 3:43.64 | Torino, Italy | 15 February 2006 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athletes | Country | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison |  Canada | 3:42.38 | OR, TR |
| 26 February | Semifinal 1 | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison | Canada | 3:42.22 | OR, TR |
| 27 February | Final B | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Simon Kuipers |  Netherlands | 3:39.95 | OR, TR |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
| Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Netherlands | 3:44.25 | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Sweden | 3:46.40 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Netherlands | 3:43.11 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  United States | 3:42.71 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Japan | 3:48.15 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | United States | 3:44.25 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | United States | 3:41.58 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Canada | 3:41.37 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Canada | 3:42.38 | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Italy | 3:46.35 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Canada | 3:42.22 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 2 |  Norway | 3:43.44 | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  South Korea | 3:43.69 | 1 | Netherlands | 3:39.95 | |||||||||
| 2 | Norway | 3:43.66 | 2 | Norway | 3:40.50 | |||||||||
| Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinal 1 | |||||
| 1 | Canada | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison | 3:42.38 | Semifinal 1, OR | |
| 2 | Italy | Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Luca Stefani | 3:46.35 | +3.97 | Final C |
| Quarterfinal 2 | |||||
| 1 | United States | Chad Hedrick Jonathan Kuck Trevor Marsicano | 3:44.25 | Semifinal 2 | |
| 2 | Japan | Shigeyuki Dejima Hiroki Hirako Teruhiro Sugimori | 3:48.15 | +3.90 | Final D |
| Quarterfinal 3 | |||||
| 1 | Norway | Håvard Bøkko Mikael Flygind Larsen Fredrik van der Horst | 3:43.66 | Semifinal 1 | |
| 2 | South Korea | Ha Hong-sun Lee Jong-woo Lee Seung-hoon | 3:43.69 | +0.03 | Final C |
| Quarterfinal 4 | |||||
| 1 | Netherlands | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Simon Kuipers | 3:44.25 | Semifinal 2 | |
| 2 | Sweden | Joel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler | 3:46.40 | +2.15 | Final D |
| Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinal 1 | |||||
| 1 | Canada | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison | 3:42.22 | Final A, OR | |
| 2 | Norway | Håvard Bøkko Henrik Christiansen Fredrik van der Horst | 3:43.44 | +1.22 | Final B |
| Semifinal 2 | |||||
| 1 | United States | Brian Hansen Chad Hedrick Jonathan Kuck | 3:42.71 | Final A | |
| 2 | Netherlands | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Mark Tuitert | 3:43.11 | +0.40 | Final B |
| Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final A | |||||
 | Canada | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison | 3:41.37 | ||
 | United States | Brian Hansen Chad Hedrick Jonathan Kuck | 3:41.58 | +0.21 | |
| Final B | |||||
 | Netherlands | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Mark Tuitert | 3:39.95 | OR | |
| 4 | Norway | Håvard Bøkko Henrik Christiansen Mikael Flygind Larsen | 3:40.50 | +0.55 | |
| Final C | |||||
| 5 | South Korea | Ha Hong-sun Lee Jong-woo Lee Seung-hoon | 3:48.60 | ||
| 6 | Italy | Matteo Anesi Enrico Fabris Luca Stefani | 3:54.39 | +5.79 | |
| Final D | |||||
| 7 | Sweden | Joel Eriksson Daniel Friberg Johan Röjler | 3:46.18 | ||
| 8 | Japan | Shigeyuki Dejima Hiroki Hirako Teruhiro Sugimori | 3:49.11 | +2.93 | |
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