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

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]

Men's team pursuit
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram of speed skating
VenueAdler Arena Skating Center
Date21–22 February 2014
Competitors24 from 8 nations
Winning time3:37.71
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański
 Poland
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Qualification

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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

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The quarterfinals were held on 21 February.[9]

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
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

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The semifinals were held on 21 February.[10]

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

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The finals were held on 22 February.[11]

Rank Country Name Time[12] Deficit Notes
Final A
    Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:37.71 OR, TR
    South Korea Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
3:40.85 +3.14
Final B
    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. ^ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's Team Pursuit". SOOC. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ^ "'14 Need To Knows:Long Track Speedskating". 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  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 Archived January 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  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.
  8. ^ "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DELIVERS ITS DECISIONS IN THE MATTER OF 39 RUSSIAN ATHLETES V/ THE IOC:28 APPEALS UPHELD, 11 PARTIALLY UPHELD" (PDF). THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  10. ^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  11. ^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)