Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed 2000 metre relay

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Mixed 2000 metre relay
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg
Venue Capital Indoor Stadium,
Beijing
Date5 February
Competitors59 from 12 nations
Teams12
Winning time2:37.348
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Qu Chunyu
Fan Kexin
Wu Dajing
Ren Ziwei
Zhang Yuting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Arianna Fontana
Arianna Valcepina
Martina Valcepina
Pietro Sighel
Andrea Cassinelli
Yuri Confortola
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Petra Jászapáti
Zsófia Kónya
Shaoang Liu
Shaolin Sándor Liu
John-Henry Krueger
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2026  

The mixed 2000 metre relay competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. [1] This will be the first time a mixed short track speed skating event is featured at the Olympics.

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay to the Olympic program held over a distance of 2000 metres. [2] Due to the addition of the event, the competition schedule was increased to six days from five. [3]

China was favored after leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by the Netherlands and Hungary.

The Dutch team set an Olympic record in the quarterfinals, but after a fall finished last in their semifinal. South Korea did not advance to semifinals, also after a fall. In the semi-finals, the United States was disqualified for "blocking by infield skater" and the Russian Olympic Committee was disqualified because of "extra team skater causing obstruction", after finishing second and fourth, respectively. [4] This resulted in China, who finished third in their semifinal, having been promoted to Final A.

In Final A, Hungary and Canada crashed in the first turn, forcing the officials to call a restart. In the repeat, Italy and China were leading more than halfway through the race when Canada's Florence Brunelle and Hungary's Petra Jaszapati collided, with both sliding off the course. Both teams recovered to finish the race, but after review, Canada received a penalty for a push from behind and Hungary finished at third place. [5]

China won gold ahead of a late sprint by Italy’s Pietro Sighel at the finish line.

Qualification

The top 12 countries qualified a relay through the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, including host nation China. If a county needed an additional quota spot to complete a relay, it was awarded an additional quota. Italy and the ROC were awarded an additional male athlete spot, while Kazakhstan and Poland were awarded an additional female spot. [6] [7]

Records

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

World recordFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kim A-lang
Kim Dong-wook
Kim Ji-yoo
Kwak Yoon-gy
2:35.951 Beijing, China 24 October 2021
Olympic recordNot Established

The following records were set during the competition:

DateRoundAthletesCountryTimeRecordRef.
5 FebruaryHeat 2 Suzanne Schulting
Xandra Velzeboer
Itzhak de Laat
Jens van 't Wout
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands OR 2:36.437

Results

Quarterfinals

[8]

RankHeatCountryAthletesTimeNotes
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qu Chunyu
Fan Kexin
Wu Dajing
Ren Ziwei
2:37.535Q
21Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Arianna Fontana
Arianna Valcepina
Yuri Confortola
Andrea Cassinelli
2:38.308Q
31Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Choi Min-jeong
Lee Yu-bin
Hwang Dae-heon
Park Jang-hyuk
2:48.308
41Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Nikola Mazur
Kamila Stormowska
Michal Niewinski
Lukasz Kuczynski
2:50.513
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Suzanne Schulting
Xandra Velzeboer
Itzhak de Laat
Jens van 't Wout
2:36.437Q, OR
22Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Courtney Sarault
Florence Brunelle
Steven Dubois
Pascal Dion
2:36.747Q
32Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Yana Khan
Olga Tikhonova
Denis Nikisha
Abzal Azhgaliyev
2:43.004q
42Flag of France.svg  France Tifany Huot-Marchand
Gwendoline Daudet
Sébastien Lepape
Quentin Fercoq
2:51.221
13Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Petra Jászapáti
Zsófia Kónya
Shaolin Sándor Liu
John-Henry Krueger
2:38.396Q
23Olympic flag.svg  ROC Sofia Prosvirnova
Ekaterina Efremenkova
Semion Elistratov
Konstantin Ivliev
2:38.445Q
33Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kristen Santos
Maame Biney
Andrew Heo
Ryan Pivirotto
2:39.043q
43Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yuki Kikuchi
Sumire Kikuchi
Kazuki Yoshinaga
Kota Kikuchi
2:39.112

Semifinals

[9]

QA – qualified for Final A
QB – qualified for Final B
PEN – penalty
RankHeatCountryAthletesTimeNotes
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Courtney Sarault
Kim Boutin
Jordan Pierre-Gilles
Pascal Dion
2:36.808QA
21Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Arianna Fontana
Martina Valcepina
Pietro Sighel
Andrea Cassinelli
2:36.895QA
31Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Yana Khan
Olga Tikhonova
Denis Nikisha
Abzal Azhgaliyev
2:42.575QB
41Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Suzanne Schulting
Selma Poutsma
Sjinkie Knegt
Jens van 't Wout
2:51.919QB
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Petra Jászapáti
Zsófia Kónya
Shaoang Liu
Shaolin Sándor Liu
2:38.052QA
22Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qu Chunyu
Zhang Yuting
Wu Dajing
Ren Ziwei
2:38.783QA
2Olympic flag.svg  ROC Sofia Prosvirnova
Elena Seregina
Semion Elistratov
Konstantin Ivliev
PEN
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kristen Santos
Corinne Stoddard
Andrew Heo
Ryan Pivirotto
PEN

Finals

Final B

RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Suzanne Schulting
Selma Poutsma
Sjinkie Knegt
Jens van 't Wout
2:36.966
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Yana Khan
Olga Tikhonova
Adil Galiakhmetov
Denis Nikisha
2:44.148

Final A

[10]

RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qu Chunyu
Fan Kexin
Wu Dajing
Ren Ziwei
2:37.348
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Arianna Fontana
Martina Valcepina
Pietro Sighel
Andrea Cassinelli
2:37.364
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Petra Jászapáti
Zsófia Kónya
Shaoang Liu
Shaolin Sándor Liu
2:40.900
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Florence Brunelle
Kim Boutin
Steven Dubois
Jordan Pierre-Gilles
PEN

Final ranking

[11]

RankCountryAthletesQFSFFBFABest Time
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qu Chunyu
Fan Kexin
Zhang Yuting
Wu Dajing
Ren Ziwei
1212:37.348
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Arianna Fontana
Martina Valcepina
Arianna Valcepina
Pietro Sighel
Yuri Confortola
Andrea Cassinelli
2222:36.895
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Petra Jászapáti
Zsófia Kónya
Shaoang Liu
Shaolin Sándor Liu
John-Henry Krueger
1132:38.052
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Suzanne Schulting
Selma Poutsma
Xandra Velzeboer
Itzhak de Laat
Sjinkie Knegt
Jens van 't Wout
1412:36.437
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Yana Khan
Olga Tikhonova
Denis Nikisha
Abzal Azhgaliyev
3322:42.575
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Courtney Sarault
Florence Brunelle
Kim Boutin
Steven Dubois
Jordan Pierre-Gilles
Pascal Dion
21PEN2:36.747
7Olympic flag.svg  ROC Sofia Prosvirnova
Ekaterina Efremenkova
Elena Seregina
Semion Elistratov
Konstantin Ivliev
2PEN2:38.445
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States Kristen Santos
Corinne Stoddard
Maame Biney
Andrew Heo
Ryan Pivirotto
3PEN2:39.043
9Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Choi Min-jeong
Lee Yu-bin
Hwang Dae-heon
Park Jang-hyuk
32:48.308
10Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yuki Kikuchi
Sumire Kikuchi
Kazuki Yoshinaga
Kota Kikuchi
42:39.112
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Nikola Mazur
Kamila Stormowska
Michal Niewinski
Lukasz Kuczynski
42:50.513
12Flag of France.svg  France Tifany Huot-Marchand
Gwendoline Daudet
Sébastien Lepape
Quentin Fercoq
42:51.221

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