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

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

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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		3:35.60 Salt Lake City, United States16 November 2013[4]
Olympic record Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers		3:39.95 Vancouver, 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.[5]

The following records were set during this competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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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  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.[9]

More information Rank, Country ...

TR = track record

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 February.[10]

More information Rank, Country ...

TR = track record

Finals

The finals were held on 22 February.[11]

More information Rank, Country ...

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

References

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    "Speed Skating Schedule and Results – Men's Team Pursuit". SOOC. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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    "'14 Need To Knows:Long Track Speedskating". 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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    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
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    "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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    "Visitenkarte der Eisbahn: Adler Arene Sotschi". speedskatingnews. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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    "IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings - Olympic News".
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    "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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    "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.
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    "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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    "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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    "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live". live.isuresults.eu. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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