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

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
1st, gold medalist(s) Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		  Poland

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 record Netherlands
Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer		3:35.60Salt Lake City, United States16 November 2013
Olympic record Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers		3:39.95Vancouver, Canada27 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.[4]

The following records were set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
22 FebruaryFinal AJan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		 Netherlands3:37.71OR, TR
21 FebruaryQuarterfinal 2Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		 South Korea3:40.84TR
21 FebruarySemifinal 2Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		 Netherlands3:40.79TR

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.[5] On 22 December, Ivan Skobrev was disqualified as well.[6] 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.[7] Their results were reinstated.

Bracket

  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

The quarterfinals were held on 21 February.[8]

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Quarterfinal 1
1 CanadaMathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison		3:43.30Semifinal 1
2 United StatesShani Davis
Brian Hansen
Jonathan Kuck		3:46.82+3.52Final D
Quarterfinal 2
1 South KoreaJoo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		3:40.84Semifinal 1
TR
2 RussiaAleksandr Rumyantsev
Denis Yuskov
Ivan Skobrev		3:44.22+3.38
Quarterfinal 3
1 PolandZbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		3:42.78Semifinal 2
2 NorwayHåvard Bøkko
Håvard Lorentzen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen		3:43.19+0.41Final C
Quarterfinal 4
1 NetherlandsJan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		3:44.48Semifinal 2
2 FranceAlexis Contin
Ewen Fernandez
Benjamin Macé		3:53.17+8.69Final D

TR = track record

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 February.[9]

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Semifinal 1
1 South KoreaJoo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		3:42.32Final A
2 CanadaMathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison		3:45.28+2.96Final B
Semifinal 2
1 NetherlandsJan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		3:40.79Final A
TR
2 PolandZbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		3:52.08+11.29Final B

TR = track record

Finals

The finals were held on 22 February.[10]

RankCountryNameTime[11]DeficitNotes
Final A
1st, gold medalist(s) NetherlandsJan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij		3:37.71OR, TR
2nd, silver medalist(s) South KoreaJoo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		3:40.85+3.14
Final B
3rd, bronze medalist(s) PolandZbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański		3:41.94
4 CanadaMathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison		3:44.27+2.33
Final C
5 NorwayHåvard Bøkko
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Simen Spieler Nilsen		3:44.91
6 RussiaAleksandr Rumyantsev
Aleksey Yesin
Denis Yuskov		3:49.85+4.94
Final D
7 United StatesBrian Hansen
Jonathan Kuck
Joey Mantia		3:46.50
8 FranceAlexis Contin
Ewen Fernandez
Benjamin Macé		3:51.76+5.26

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's Team Pursuit". SOOC. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/Road-to-Sochi-2014/Features/2013/June/27/14-Need-To-Knows-Long-Track-Speedskating
  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. ↑ "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  5. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-russian-athletes-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings-2017-11-24
  6. ↑ "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "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. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  8. ↑ Quarterfinals Results
  9. ↑ Semifinals Results
  10. ↑ Finals Results
  11. ↑ http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-team-pursuit-finals
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