Short-track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay explained

Event:	Women's 3000 metre relay
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Salt Lake Ice Center
Dates:	16–20 February
Competitors:	35
Nations:	8
Win Value:	4:12.793
Gold:	Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin
Silver:	Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Sun Dandan Wang Chunlu
Bronze:	Isabelle Charest Alanna Kraus Marie-Ève Drolet Amélie Goulet-Nadon Tania Vicent
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

The women's 3000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 16 and 20 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[2]

The following new Olympic and world records were set during this competition.

Date	Round	Team	Time	OR	WR
13 February	Heat 1	Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin	4:14.977	OR
13 February	A Final	Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin	4:12.793	OR	WR

Results

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 16 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.^[2]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Country	Time
1	align=left	align=left	4:15.931	QA
2	align=left	align=left	4:17.968	QA
3	align=left	align=left	4:18.131	QB
4	align=left	align=left	4:22.917	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Country	Time
1	align=left	align=left	4:14.977	QA
2	align=left	align=left	4:16.920	QA
3	align=left	align=left	4:25.877	QB
4	align=left	align=left	4:36.002	QB

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.^[2]

Final A

Rank	Country	Time
	align=left	align=left	4:12.793
	align=left	align=left	4:13.236
	align=left	align=left	4:15.738
4	align=left	align=left	4:21.107

Final B

Rank	Country	Time
5	align=left	align=left	4:20.014
6	align=left	align=left	4:20.703
7	align=left	align=left	4:20.730
8	align=left	align=left	4:22.222

Notes and References

Web site: Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224728/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/STK/womens-3000-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 November 2019.
Web site: Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Salt Lake Organizing Committee . 2002 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220084643/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf . 20 February 2012 .