Men's team pursuit at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() 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 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
---|---|---|
![]() | ||
Qualification | ||
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 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 21 and 22 February 2014. [1] The distance was 3,200 metres. [2]
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer | 3:35.60 | Salt Lake City, United States | 16 November 2013 | [4] |
Olympic record | ![]() 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.
Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 February | Final A | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | ![]() | 3:37.71 | OR , TR |
21 February | Quarterfinal 2 | Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon | ![]() | 3:40.84 | TR |
21 February | Semifinal 2 | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | ![]() | 3:40.79 | TR |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
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.
Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3:44.48 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 3:53.17 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3:40.79 | ||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 3:52.08 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 3:43.19 | ||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 3:42.78 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3:37.71 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 3:40.85 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3:46.82 | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 3:43.30 | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 3:45.28 | Third place | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 3:42.32 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 3:40.84 | 5 | ![]() | 3:41.94 | |||||||||
8 | ![]() | 3:44.22 | 6 | ![]() | 3:44.27 |
The quarterfinals were held on 21 February. [9]
Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarterfinal 1 | |||||
1 | ![]() | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison | 3:43.30 | Semifinal 1 | |
2 | ![]() | Shani Davis Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck | 3:46.82 | +3.52 | Final D |
Quarterfinal 2 | |||||
1 | ![]() | Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon | 3:40.84 | Semifinal 1 TR | |
2 | ![]() | Aleksandr Rumyantsev Denis Yuskov Ivan Skobrev | 3:44.22 | +3.38 | |
Quarterfinal 3 | |||||
1 | ![]() | Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | 3:42.78 | Semifinal 2 | |
2 | ![]() | Håvard Bøkko Håvard Lorentzen Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 3:43.19 | +0.41 | Final C |
Quarterfinal 4 | |||||
1 | ![]() | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:44.48 | Semifinal 2 | |
2 | ![]() | Alexis Contin Ewen Fernandez Benjamin Macé | 3:53.17 | +8.69 | Final D |
TR = track record
The semifinals were held on 21 February. [10]
Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Semifinal 1 | |||||
1 | ![]() | Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon | 3:42.32 | Final A | |
2 | ![]() | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison | 3:45.28 | +2.96 | Final B |
Semifinal 2 | |||||
1 | ![]() | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:40.79 | Final A TR | |
2 | ![]() | Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | 3:52.08 | +11.29 | Final B |
TR = track record
The finals were held on 22 February. [11]
Rank | Country | Name | Time [12] | Deficit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Final A | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:37.71 | OR , TR | |
![]() | ![]() | Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon | 3:40.85 | +3.14 | |
Final B | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | 3:41.94 | ||
4 | ![]() | Mathieu Giroux Lucas Makowsky Denny Morrison | 3:44.27 | +2.33 | |
Final C | |||||
5 | ![]() | Håvard Bøkko Sverre Lunde Pedersen Simen Spieler Nilsen | 3:44.91 | ||
6 | ![]() | Aleksandr Rumyantsev Aleksey Yesin Denis Yuskov | 3:49.85 | +4.94 | |
Final D | |||||
7 | ![]() | Brian Hansen Jonathan Kuck Joey Mantia | 3:46.50 | ||
8 | ![]() | Alexis Contin Ewen Fernandez Benjamin Macé | 3:51.76 | +5.26 |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record