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
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram of speed skating
Venue Adler Arena Skating Center
Date21–22 February 2014
Competitors24 from 8 nations
Winning time3:37.71
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2010
2018  

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 recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
3:35.60 Salt Lake City, United States 16 November 2013 [4]
Olympic recordFlag of the Netherlands.svg  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.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
22 FebruaryFinal A Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:37.71 OR , TR
21 FebruaryQuarterfinal 2 Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:40.84 TR
21 FebruarySemifinal 2 Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:40.79 TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

On 24 November 2017, the Russian team were disqualified after Aleksandr Rumyantsev was sanctioned for a doping violation. [6] On 22 December, Ivan Skobrev was disqualified as well. [7] In January 2018, they successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to disqualify them from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport. [8] Their results were reinstated.

Bracket

Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
         
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:44.48
7 Flag of France.svg  France 3:53.17
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:40.79
5 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:52.08
4 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:43.19
5 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:42.78
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:37.71
2 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:40.85
3 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3:46.82
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:43.30
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:45.28 Third place
2 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:42.32
2 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3:40.845 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:41.94
8 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:44.22 6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:44.27

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 21 February. [9]

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

TR = track record

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 February. [10]

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Semifinal 1
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
3:42.32Final A
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
3:45.28+2.96Final B
Semifinal 2
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:40.79Final A
TR
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański
3:52.08+11.29Final B

TR = track record

Finals

The finals were held on 22 February. [11]

RankCountryNameTime [12] DeficitNotes
Final A
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:37.71 OR , TR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
3:40.85+3.14
Final B
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański
3:41.94
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
3:44.27+2.33
Final C
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Simen Spieler Nilsen
3:44.91
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Aleksey Yesin
Denis Yuskov
3:49.85+4.94
Final D
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Brian Hansen
Jonathan Kuck
Joey Mantia
3:46.50
8Flag of France.svg  France Alexis Contin
Ewen Fernandez
Benjamin Macé
3:51.76+5.26

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

References

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  5. "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  6. "IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings - Olympic News".
  7. "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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