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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
Sindre Henriksen
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lee Seung-hoon
Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
 South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patrick Roest
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
 Netherlands
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Speed skating at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
Mass startmenwomen
Team pursuitmenwomen

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

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.

World record  Netherlands
Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
3:35.60 Salt Lake City, United States 16 November 2013
Olympic record  Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:37.71 Sochi, Russia 22 February 2014
Track record  Netherlands
Jorrit Bergsma
Jan Blokhuijsen
Douwe de Vries
3:40.66 10 February 2017

The following records were set during this competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
18 February Quarterfinal 1 Sindre Henriksen
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Norway 3:40.09 TR
Quarterfinal 2 Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea 3:39.29 TR
21 February Semifinal 1 Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
 South Korea 3:38.82 TR
Semifinal 2 Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Norway 3:37.08 OR
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.

Rank Heat Country Name Time Notes
1 2  South Korea Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
3:39.29
TR
Semifinal 1
2 4  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:40.03 Semifinal 2
3 1  Norway Sindre Henriksen
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:40.09
TR
Semifinal 2
4 1  New Zealand Shane Dobbin
Reyon Kay
Peter Michael
3:41.18 Semifinal 1
5 3  Japan Seitaro Ichinohe
Shota Nakamura
Shane Williamson
3:41.62 Final C
6 2  Italy Riccardo Bugari
Andrea Giovannini
Nicola Tumolero
3:41.64 Final C
7 3  Canada Jordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Denny Morrison
3:41.73 Final D
8 4  United States Brian Hansen
Emery Lehman
Joey Mantia
3:42.98 Final D

TR = track record

Semifinals

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

Rank Country Name Time Deficit Notes
Semifinal 1
1  South Korea Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
3:38.82
TR
Final A
2  New Zealand Shane Dobbin
Reyon Kay
Peter Michael
3:39.53 +0.71 Final B
Semifinal 2
1  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:37.08
OR, TR
Final A
2  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
3:38.46 +1.38 Final B

Finals

The finals were held on 21 February at 21:13.

Rank Country Name Time Deficit Notes
Final A
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:37.32
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
3:38.52 +1.20
Final B
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
3:38.40
4  New Zealand Shane Dobbin
Reyon Kay
Peter Michael
3:43.54 +5.14
Final C
5  Japan Seitaro Ichinohe
Ryosuke Tsuchiya
Shane Williamson
3:41.62
6  Italy Riccardo Bugari
Andrea Giovannini
Nicola Tumolero
DSQ R 256.3
Final D
7  Canada Ted-Jan Bloemen
Ben Donnelly
Denny Morrison
3:42.16
8  United States Jonathan 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. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. "Quarterfinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  4. "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  5. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
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