Short-track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay explained

Event:	Women's 3000 metre relay
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia
Dates:	10 February (semifinal) 18 February (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	8
Win Value:	4:09.498
Gold:	Shim Suk-hee Park Seung-hi Kong Sang-jeong Cho Ha-ri Kim A-lang
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Marie-Ève Drolet Jessica Hewitt Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The women's 3000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 10 and 18 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.^[1]

The semifinal was held on 10 February with the final on 18 February.

The defending Olympic Champion and World Champion was China.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classifications that were held at two world cups in November 2013.^[2] For this event a total of 8 nations qualified to compete.^[3]

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 10 February.^[4]

Rank	Semifinal	Country	Time
1	1	align=left	align=left	4:08.052	QA
2	1	align=left	align=left	4:08.871	QA
3	1	align=left	align=left	4:13.938	QB
4	1	align=left	align=left	4:15.473	QB
1	2	align=left	align=left	4:09.555	QA
2	2	align=left	align=left	4:11.282	QA
3	2	align=left	align=left	4:11.913	QB
PEN	2	align=left	align=left	PEN

Finals

The finals were held on 18 February.^[5]

Final B (Classification Round)

Rank	Country	Time
4	align=left	align=left	4:14.862
5	align=left	align=left	4:15.253
6	align=left	align=left	4:24.496

Final A (Medal Round)

Rank	Country	Notes
	align=left	align=left	4:09.498
	align=left	align=left	4:10.641
	align=left	align=left	4:14.014
–	align=left		PEN

Notes and References

Web site: Short Track Speed Skating Schedule and Results. SOOC. 12 January 2014. 20 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140320055452/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/short-track-schedule-and-results. dead.
Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 . September 2012 . . 20 December 2012.
Web site: XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi – Entries Short Track Speed Skating . . 22 November 2013 . 22 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235443/http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=1469 . 2 December 2013 .
Web site: Semifinals Results . 2014-02-18 . 2018-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180210180150/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000010&gen=w&ref=15486&view=rou . dead .
Web site: Finals Results . 2014-02-18 . 2014-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223065330/http://shorttrack.sportresult.com/Results.aspx?evt=11213100000010&gen=w&ref=15487&view=rou . dead .