Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay explained

Event:	Women's 3000 metre relay
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	White Ring
Dates:	17 February
Competitors:	33
Nations:	8
Win Value:	4:16.260
Gold:	Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi
Silver:	Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan
Bronze:	Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

The women's 3000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place on 17 February at the White Ring.^[1] ^[2]

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 17 February. The top two teams in each semifinal qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place teams advanced to the B Final.^[1]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Country	Result
1	align=left	align=left	4:24.087	QA
2	align=left	align=left	4:24.152	QA
3	align=left	align=left	4:28.018	QB
4	align=left	align=left	4:38.776	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Country	Result	Notes
1	align=left	align=left		4:21.510	QA
2	align=left	align=left		4:22.342	QA
3	align=left	align=left	Jong Ok-myong Ho Jong-hae Hwang Ok-sil Han Ryon-hui	4:25.126	QB
4	align=left	align=left		4:33.352	QB

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.^[1]

Final A

Rank	Country	Result
	align=left	align=left	4:16.260
	align=left	align=left	4:16.383
	align=left	align=left	4:21.205
4	align=left	align=left	4:30.612

Final B

Rank	Country	Result	Notes
5	align=left	align=left		4:26.253
6	align=left	align=left		4:26.592
7	align=left	align=left	Jong Ok-myong Ho Jong-hae Hwang Ok-sil Han Ryon-hui	4:27.030
8	align=left	align=left		4:37.110

Notes and References

Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . 16 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . 26 February 2008 .
Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224714/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/STK/womens-3000-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 November 2019.