Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit

The women's team pursuit speed skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 21 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval in Gangneung[1] on 21 February 2018.[2]

Women's team pursuit at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Gangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date	19 February (quarterfinals) 21 February (semifinals, finals)
Competitors	29 from 8 nations
Winning time	2:53.89
Medalists
Miho Takagi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi  Japan Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst Antoinette de Jong Lotte van Beek  Netherlands Heather Bergsma Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello Carlijn Schoutens  United States

Records

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

World record	Japan Miho Takagi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi	2:50.87	Salt Lake City, United States	8 December 2017
Olympic record	Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst	2:58.05	Sochi, Russia	22 February 2014
Track record	Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst Antoinette de Jong	2:55.85		10 February 2017

The following records were set during this competition.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record
19 February	Quarterfinal 1	Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst Antoinette de Jong	Netherlands	2:55.61	OR WB (sea level) TR
21 February	Final A	Miho Takagi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi	Japan	2:53.89	OR WB (sea level) TR

OR = Olympic record, TR = track record

Results

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 19 February at 20:00.[3]

Rank	Heat	Country	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	Netherlands	Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst	2:55.61 OR, TR	Semifinal 1
2	2	Japan	Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi	2:56.09	Semifinal 2
3	3	Canada	Ivanie Blondin Josie Morrison Isabelle Weidemann	2:59.02	Semifinal 2
4	4	United States	Heather Bergsma Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello	2:59.75	Semifinal 1
5	2	China	Han Mei Hao Jiachen Li Dan	3:00.01	Final C
6	3	Germany	Roxanne Dufter Gabriele Hirschbichler Claudia Pechstein	3:02.65	Final C
7	1	South Korea	Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Park Ji-woo	3:03.76	Final D
8	4	Poland	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska	3:04.80	Final D

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 21 February at 20:00.[4]

Rank	Country	Name	Time	Deficit	Notes
Semifinal 1
1	Netherlands	Antoinette de Jong Lotte van Beek Ireen Wüst	3:00.41		Final A
2	United States	Heather Bergsma Mia Manganello Carlijn Schoutens	3:07.28	+6.87	Final B
Semifinal 2
1	Japan	Ayaka Kikuchi Miho Takagi Nana Takagi	2:58.94		Final A
2	Canada	Ivanie Blondin Keri Morrison Isabelle Weidemann	3:01.84	+2.90	Final B

Finals

The finals were held on 21 February at 20:54.[5]

Rank	Country	Name	Time	Deficit	Notes
Final A
	Japan	Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi	2:53.89		OR, TR
	Netherlands	Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst	2:55.48	+1.59
Final B
	United States	Heather Bergsma Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello	2:59.27
4	Canada	Ivanie Blondin Josie Morrison Isabelle Weidemann	2:59.72	+0.45
Final C
5	China	Hao Jiachen Li Dan Liu Jing	3:00.04
6	Germany	Roxanne Dufter Gabriele Hirschbichler Claudia Pechstein	3:04.67	+4.63
Final D
7	Poland	Karolina Bosiek Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska	3:03.11
8	South Korea	Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Park Ji-woo	3:07.30	+4.19

References

1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
2. "Schedule". POCOG. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
3. Quarterfinals results
4. Semifinals results
5. Final results