| Event: | Men's team pursuit |
| Games: | 2014 Winter |
| Venue: | Adler Arena Skating Center |
| Date: | 21–22 February 2014 |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 3:37.71 |
| Gold: | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij |
| Goldnoc: | NED |
| Silver: | Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon |
| Silvernoc: | KOR |
| Bronze: | Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański |
| Bronzenoc: | POL |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2018 |
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.
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.
See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February | Final A | 3:37.71 | OR, TR | |||
| 21 February | Quarterfinal 2 | 3:40.84 | TR | |||
| 21 February | Semifinal 2 | 3:40.79 | TR |
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.
The quarterfinals were held on 21 February.[8]
| Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinal 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 3:43.30 | Semifinal 1 | ||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:46.82 | +3.52 | Final D | |||
| Quarterfinal 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 3:40.84 | Semifinal 1 TR | ||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:44.22 | +3.38 | ||||
| Quarterfinal 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | 3:42.78 | Semifinal 2 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:43.19 | +0.41 | Final C | |||
| Quarterfinal 4 | ||||||||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:44.48 | Semifinal 2 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | Alexis Contin Ewen Fernandez Benjamin Macé | 3:53.17 | +8.69 | Final D | ||
The semifinals were held on 21 February.[9]
| Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinal 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 3:42.32 | Final A | ||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:45.28 | +2.96 | Final B | |||
| Semifinal 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 3:40.79 | Final A TR | ||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:52.08 | +11.29 | Final B | |||
The finals were held on 22 February.[10]
| Rank | Country | Name | Time[11] | Deficit | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final A | ||||||
| 3:37.71 | OR, TR | |||||
| 3:40.85 | +3.14 | |||||
| Final B | ||||||
| 3:41.94 | ||||||
| 4 | 3:44.27 | +2.33 | ||||
| Final C | ||||||
| 5 | 3:44.91 | |||||
| 6 | 3:49.85 | +4.94 | ||||
| Final D | ||||||
| 7 | 3:46.50 | |||||
| 8 | 3:51.76 | +5.26 | ||||