Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit

The men's team pursuit speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 18 and 21 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung[1][2]

Men's team pursuit
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date18 February (quarterfinals)
21 February (semifinals, finals)
Competitors29 from 8 nations
Winning time3:37.32
Medalists
Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Sindre Henriksen
 Norway
Lee Seung-hoon
Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
 South Korea
Patrick Roest
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
 Netherlands

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track 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
Koen Verweij
3:37.71Sochi, Russia22 February 2014
Track record Netherlands
Jorrit Bergsma
Jan Blokhuijsen
Douwe de Vries
3:40.6610 February 2017

The following records were set during this competition.

DateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecord
18 FebruaryQuarterfinal 1Sindre Henriksen
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Norway3:40.09TR
Quarterfinal 2Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea3:39.29TR
21 FebruarySemifinal 1Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea3:38.82TR
Semifinal 2Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Norway3:37.08OR
WB (sea level)
TR

Results

Quarterfinals

Although these races are called quarterfinals, no direct elimination is used but the teams are ranked by time, with the top four teams progressing to the semifinals.

The quarterfinals were held on 18 February at 20:00.[3]

RankHeatCountryNameTimeNotes
12 South KoreaChung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
3:39.29
TR
Semifinal 1
24 NetherlandsJan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:40.03Semifinal 2
31 NorwaySindre Henriksen
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:40.09
TR
Semifinal 2
41 New ZealandShane Dobbin
Reyon Kay
Peter Michael
3:41.18Semifinal 1
53 JapanSeitaro Ichinohe
Shota Nakamura
Shane Williamson
3:41.62Final C
62 ItalyRiccardo Bugari
Andrea Giovannini
Nicola Tumolero
3:41.64Final C
73 CanadaJordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Denny Morrison
3:41.73Final D
84 United StatesBrian Hansen
Emery Lehman
Joey Mantia
3:42.98Final D

TR = track record

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 February at 20:22.[4]

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Semifinal 1
1 South KoreaChung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
3:38.82
TR
Final A
2 New ZealandShane Dobbin
Reyon Kay
Peter Michael
3:39.53+0.71Final B
Semifinal 2
1 NorwayHåvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:37.08
OR, TR
Final A
2 NetherlandsJan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
3:38.46+1.38Final B

Finals

The finals were held on 21 February at 21:13.[5]

RankCountryNameTimeDeficitNotes
Final A
 NorwayHåvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:37.32
 South KoreaChung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
3:38.52+1.20
Final B
 NetherlandsJan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
3:38.40
4 New ZealandShane Dobbin
Reyon Kay
Peter Michael
3:43.54+5.14
Final C
5 JapanSeitaro Ichinohe
Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Shane Williamson
3:41.62
6 ItalyRiccardo Bugari
Andrea Giovannini
Nicola Tumolero
DSQR 256.3
Final D
7 CanadaTed-Jan Bloemen
Ben Donnelly
Denny Morrison
3:42.16
8 United StatesJonathan Garcia
Brian Hansen
Emery Lehman
3:50.77+8.61

References

  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. "Schedule". POCOG. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. Quarterfinals results
  4. Semifinals results
  5. Final results
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