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Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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Men's team pursuit
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNational Speed Skating Oval ,
Beijing
Date13 and 15 February
Competitors27 from 8 nations
Teams8
Winning time3:38.08
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hallgeir Engebråten
Peder Kongshaug
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
 ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ethan Cepuran
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman
Joey Mantia
 United States
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The men's team pursuit competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February (semifinals) and 15 February (final), at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.[1] Hallgeir Engebråten, Peder Kongshaug and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, representing Norway, won the event. Norway defended their 2018 title, but Pedersen was the only athlete returning to the podium. Daniil Aldoshkin, Sergey Trofimov and Ruslan Zakharov, representing the Russian Olympic committee, won the silver medal, the first time a Russian team medaled in the event. Zakharov, formerly a short track speed skater and the 2014 Olympic champion in the team relay, became the second man, after Eric Flaim, to medal at the Olympics in both speed skating and short track speed skating. Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Joey Mantia of the United States won bronze.

Norway were the defending champion and the Olympic record holder at the beginning of the Olympics. South Korea and the Netherlands are the 2018 silver and bronze medalist, respectively. The Netherlands are the 2021 World Single Distances champion in team pursuit, with Canada second and the Russian Skating Union third. The United States were leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup after three events before the Olympics, ahead of Norway and Canada. At one of the world cup events, two months before the start of the Olympics, the US team set a new world record. The four previous editions of this event at the Olympics were won by four different teams.

Qualification

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A total of 8 team quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of one team per NOC. The top six countries qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the last two countries qualified through their time performance.[2]

Emergence of a new technique

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In January 2020 the US team debuted a new team pursuit technique. While historically skaters share the work by rotating the front athlete to the back, they transferred energy from one athlete to the other by pushing and not rotating. The technique has since become known as the American Push.

In February 2021 the Canadian team won a World Cup using this new technique. In an ISU press release the second place Dutch team conceded that the strategy was superior to their approach.[3]

In the last World Cup before the Olympic Games the US team set a world record on home ice using the new technique.

All three medal winning teams at the 2022 Beijing Olympics used the American Push technique.

The significance of the American Push has been compared to the Fosbury Flop and the Clap Skate.[4]

Records

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

World record  USA
Joey Mantia
Emery Lehman
Casey Dawson
3:34.47 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 5 December 2021
Olympic record  Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:37.08 Gangneung, South Korea 21 February 2018
Track record  Netherlands
Jur Veenje
Kayo Vos
Gert Wierda
4:08.52 9 October 2021

A new Olympic record was set during the competition.

Date Round Athlete Country Time Record
15 February SFB Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
 ROC 3:36.62 OR, TR

Results

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Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals were held on 13 February at 21:00.[5]

Rank Heat SP Country Time Time behind Notes
1 3 F  Norway
Hallgeir Engebråten
Peder Kongshaug
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:37.47 Semifinal 1
2 3 C  United States
Ethan Cepuran
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman
3:37.51 +0.04 Semifinal 2
3 4 F  ROC
Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
3:38.67 +1.20 Semifinal 2
4 2 C  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
3:38.90 +1.43 Semifinal 1
5 2 F  Canada
Jordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Connor Howe
3:40.18 +2.70 Final C
6 1 C  South Korea
Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
3:41.89 +4.42 Final C
7 1 F  Italy
Davide Ghiotto
Andrea Giovannini
Michele Malfatti
3:42.04 +4.57 Final D
8 4 C  China
Lian Ziwen
Wang Haotian
Xu Fu
3:52.25 +14.78 Final D

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 15 February at 14:52.[6]

Rank SP Country Time Deficit Notes
Semifinal 1
1 F  Norway
Hallgeir Engebråten
Peder Kongshaug
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:38.28 Final A
2 C  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
3:39.62 +1.34 Final B
Semifinal 2
1 C  ROC
Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
3:36.62 OR, Final A
2 F  United States
Ethan Cepuran
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman
3:37.05 +0.43 Final B

Finals

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The finals were held on 15 February at 15:43.[7]

Rank SP Country Time Deficit Notes
Final A
1st place, gold medalist(s) F  Norway
Hallgeir Engebråten
Peder Kongshaug
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
3:38.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) C  ROC
Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
3:40.46 +2.38
Final B
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) F  United States
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman
Joey Mantia
3:38.81
4 C  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Sven Kramer
Patrick Roest
3:41.62 +2.81
Final C
5 F  Canada
Jordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Tyson Langelaar
3:40.39
6 C  South Korea
Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Park Seong-hyeon
3:53.77 +13.38
Final D
7 F  Italy
Davide Ghiotto
Andrea Giovannini
Michele Malfatti
3:44.20
8 C  China
Lian Ziwen
Wang Haotian
Xu Fu
3:53.58 +9.38

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ ISU Press Release (29 January 2021). "No change is as good as a rest for Team Pursuit champions".
  4. ^ Draper, Kevin (2022-02-11). "In Team Pursuit, U.S. Hopes to Push Their Way to Victory". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  5. ^ Quarterfinals results
  6. ^ Semifinals results
  7. ^ Finals results