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

Event:	Women's team pursuit
Games:	2018 Winter
Venue:	Gangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea
Date:	19 February (quarterfinals) 21 February (semifinals, finals)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	8
Win Value:	2:53.89
Gold:	Miho Takagi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst Antoinette de Jong Lotte van Beek
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Heather Bergsma Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello Carlijn Schoutens
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

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

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

The following records were set during this competition.

See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record
19 February	Quarterfinal 1			2:55.61	OR WB (sea level) TR
21 February	Final A			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	align=left		align=left			Semifinal 1
2	2	align=left		align=left		2:56.09	Semifinal 2
3	3	align=left		align=left		2:59.02	Semifinal 2
4	4	align=left		align=left		2:59.75	Semifinal 1
5	2	align=left		align=left		3:00.01	Final C
6	3	align=left		align=left		3:02.65	Final C
7	1	align=left		align=left		3:03.76	Final D
8	4	align=left		align=left		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	align=left		align=left		3:00.41		Final A
2	align=left		align=left		3:07.28	+6.87	Final B
Semifinal 2
1	align=left		align=left		2:58.94		Final A
2	align=left		align=left		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
	align=left		align=left		2:53.89		OR, TR
	align=left		align=left		2:55.48	+1.59
Final B
	align=left		align=left		2:59.27
4	align=left		align=left		2:59.72	+0.45
Final C
5	align=left		align=left		3:00.04
6	align=left		align=left		3:04.67	+4.63
Final D
7	align=left		align=left		3:03.11
8	align=left		align=left		3:07.30	+4.19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venues. www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. 16 December 2017. 17 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217011059/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues. dead.
2. Web site: Schedule . . 15 September 2017 . 5 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule . dead .
3. Web site: Quarterfinals results . 2018-02-19 . 2018-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219115453/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73E1_SSKWTEAMPU------------QFNL--------.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Semifinals results . 2018-02-21 . 2018-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043748/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73E2_SSKWTEAMPU------------SFNL--------.pdf . dead .
5. Web site: Final results . 2018-02-21 . 2018-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043817/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73E3_SSKWTEAMPU------------FNL---------.pdf . dead .