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

Women's team pursuit
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date19 February (quarterfinals)
21 February (semifinals, finals)
Competitors29 from 8 nations
Winning time2:53.89
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miho Takagi
Ayano Sato
Nana Takagi
Ayaka Kikuchi
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst
Antoinette de Jong
Lotte van Beek
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heather Bergsma
Brittany Bowe
Mia Manganello
Carlijn Schoutens
 United States
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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]

Records

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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

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Quarterfinals

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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

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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

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

Rank Country Name Time Deficit Notes
Final A
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi
2:53.89 OR, TR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands Antoinette de Jong
Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst
2:55.48 +1.59
Final B
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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  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 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  4. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-21.