Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Men's team pursuit
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue Richmond Olympic Oval
Dates26–27 February 2010
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Brian Hansen
Chad Hedrick
Jonathan Kuck
Trevor Marsicano
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Mark Tuitert
Simon Kuipers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2006
2014  

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]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:37.80 Salt Lake City, United States 11 March 2007
Olympic recordFlag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 3:43.64 Torino, Italy 15 February 2006

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateRoundAthletesCountryTimeRecord
26 FebruaryQuarterfinal 1 Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.38 OR, TR
26 FebruarySemifinal 1 Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.22OR, TR
27 FebruaryFinal B Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:39.95OR, TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
         
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:44.25
7 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:46.40
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:43.11
4 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:42.71
6 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3:48.15
4 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:44.25
4 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:41.58
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:41.37
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.38
5 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:46.35
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:42.22Third place
2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:43.44
8 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 3:43.69 1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:39.95
2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:43.662 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:40.50

Quarterfinals

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Quarterfinal 1
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
3:42.38Semifinal 1, OR
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Luca Stefani
3:46.35+3.97Final C
Quarterfinal 2
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Chad Hedrick
Jonathan Kuck
Trevor Marsicano
3:44.25 Semifinal 2
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shigeyuki Dejima
Hiroki Hirako
Teruhiro Sugimori
3:48.15+3.90Final D
Quarterfinal 3
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Mikael Flygind Larsen
Fredrik van der Horst
3:43.66Semifinal 1
2Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Ha Hong-sun
Lee Jong-woo
Lee Seung-hoon
3:43.69+0.03Final C
Quarterfinal 4
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers
3:44.25Semifinal 2
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Joel Eriksson
Daniel Friberg
Johan Röjler
3:46.40+2.15Final D

Semifinals

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Semifinal 1
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
3:42.22Final A, OR
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Henrik Christiansen
Fredrik van der Horst
3:43.44+1.22Final B
Semifinal 2
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Brian Hansen
Chad Hedrick
Jonathan Kuck
3:42.71Final A
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Mark Tuitert
3:43.11+0.40Final B

Finals

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Final A
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
3:41.37
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Brian Hansen
Chad Hedrick
Jonathan Kuck
3:41.58+0.21
Final B
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Mark Tuitert
3:39.95OR
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Henrik Christiansen
Mikael Flygind Larsen
3:40.50+0.55
Final C
5Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Ha Hong-sun
Lee Jong-woo
Lee Seung-hoon
3:48.60
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Luca Stefani
3:54.39+5.79
Final D
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Joel Eriksson
Daniel Friberg
Johan Röjler
3:46.18
8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shigeyuki Dejima
Hiroki Hirako
Teruhiro Sugimori
3:49.11+2.93

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References

  1. "Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Team Pursuit (8 laps)". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2019.