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. The distance was 3,200 metres.

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.Qualification of NOC event quota places for the Olympic Winter Games 2014 based on Special Olympic Qualification Classification (SOQC) as of December 9, 2013

Records 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.

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record 22 February Final A Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij 3:37.71 OR, TR 21 February Quarterfinal 2 Joo Hyong-junKim Cheol-minLee Seung-hoon 3:40.84 TR 21 February Semifinal 2 Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij 3:40.79 TR 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. On 22 December, Ivan Skobrev was disqualified as well. 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. Their results were reinstated.

Bracket

Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were held on 21 February.

Rank Country Name Time Deficit NotesQuarterfinal 1 1 Mathieu GirouxLucas MakowskyDenny Morrison 3:43.30 Semifinal 1 2 Shani DavisBrian HansenJonathan Kuck 3:46.82 +3.52 Final DQuarterfinal 2 1 Joo Hyong-junKim Cheol-minLee Seung-hoon 3:40.84 Semifinal 1TR 2 Aleksandr RumyantsevDenis YuskovIvan Skobrev 3:44.22 +3.38 Quarterfinal 3 1 Zbigniew BródkaKonrad NiedźwiedzkiJan Szymański 3:42.78 Semifinal 2 2 Håvard BøkkoHåvard LorentzenSverre Lunde Pedersen 3:43.19 +0.41 Final CQuarterfinal 4 1 Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij 3:44.48 Semifinal 2 2 Alexis ContinEwen FernandezBenjamin Macé 3:53.17 +8.69 Final D TR = track record

Semifinals The semifinals were held on 21 February.

Rank Country Name Time Deficit NotesSemifinal 1 1 Joo Hyong-junKim Cheol-minLee Seung-hoon 3:42.32 Final A 2 Mathieu GirouxLucas MakowskyDenny Morrison 3:45.28 +2.96 Final BSemifinal 2 1 Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij 3:40.79 Final ATR 2 Zbigniew BródkaKonrad NiedźwiedzkiJan Szymański 3:52.08 +11.29 Final B TR = track record

Finals The finals were held on 22 February.

Rank Country Name Time Deficit NotesFinal A Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij 3:37.71 OR, TR Joo Hyong-junKim Cheol-minLee Seung-hoon 3:40.85 +3.14 Final B Zbigniew BródkaKonrad NiedźwiedzkiJan Szymański 3:41.94 4 Mathieu GirouxLucas MakowskyDenny Morrison 3:44.27 +2.33 Final C 5 Håvard BøkkoSverre Lunde PedersenSimen Spieler Nilsen 3:44.91 6 Aleksandr RumyantsevAleksey YesinDenis Yuskov 3:49.85 +4.94 Final D 7 Brian HansenJonathan KuckJoey Mantia 3:46.50 8 Alexis ContinEwen FernandezBenjamin Macé 3:51.76+5.26 OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

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