Women's team pursuit at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Adler Arena Skating Center |
Date | 21–22 February 2014 |
Competitors | 32 from 8 nations |
Winning time | 2:58.05 |
Medalists | |
Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
500 m | men | women |
1000 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | |
Team pursuit | men | women |
The women's team pursuit speed skating competition of the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held at Adler Arena Skating Center on 21 and 22 February 2014. [1] The distance was 2,400 metres. [2]
A total of eight teams of three or four speed skaters could qualify for this team event. The top 6 of the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit standings after the World Cup race in Berlin secured a spot in the Olympics. Of the teams outside the top six, the United States and Norway qualified based on the time ranking. Russia would still have qualified as hosts if they had failed to make the list, but their sixth place in the World Cup standings secured a spot outright. A reserve list was also made. [3]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Canada Christine Nesbitt Kristina Groves Brittany Schussler | 2:55.79 | Calgary, Canada | 6 December 2009 | [4] |
Olympic record | Canada Christine Nesbitt Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen | 3:01.24 | Torino, Italy | 15 February 2006 |
At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was at 3:00.02 by the team of the Netherlands consisting of Marrit Leenstra, Diane Valkenburg, and Ireen Wüst. [5]
The following records were set during this competition.
Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
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22 February | Final A | Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 2:58.05 | OR , TR |
22 February | Semifinal 2 | Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 2:58.43 | OR, TR |
21 February | Quarterfinal 4 | Jorien ter Mors Lotte van Beek Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 2:58.61 | OR, TR |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Netherlands | 2:58.61 | ||||||||||||
7 | United States | 3:02.21 | ||||||||||||
1 | Netherlands | 2:58.43 | ||||||||||||
4 | Japan | 3:10.19 | ||||||||||||
4 | Japan | 3:03.99 | ||||||||||||
5 | South Korea | 3:05.28 | ||||||||||||
1 | Netherlands | 2:58.05 | ||||||||||||
2 | Poland | 3:05.55 | ||||||||||||
3 | Canada | 3:02.06 | ||||||||||||
6 | Russia | 3:01.53 | ||||||||||||
6 | Russia | 3:02.09 | Third place | |||||||||||
2 | Poland | 3:00.60 | ||||||||||||
2 | Poland | 3:02.12 | 4 | Japan | 3:02.57 | |||||||||
8 | Norway | 3:05.13 | 6 | Russia | 2:59.73 |
The quarterfinals were held on 21 February. [6]
Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
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Quarterfinal 1 | |||||
1 | Russia | Olga Graf Yekaterina Lobysheva Yuliya Skokova | 3:01.53 | Semifinal 1 | |
2 | Canada | Kali Christ Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | 3:02.06 | +0.53 | Final C |
Quarterfinal 2 | |||||
1 | Poland | Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska | 3:02.12 | Semifinal 1 | |
2 | Norway | Hege Bøkko Mari Hemmer Ida Njåtun | 3:05.13 | +3.01 | Final D |
Quarterfinal 3 | |||||
1 | Japan | Misaki Oshigiri Maki Tabata Nana Takagi | 3:03.99 | Semifinal 2 | |
2 | South Korea | Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Yang Shin-young | 3:05.28 | +1.29 | Final D |
Quarterfinal 4 | |||||
1 | Netherlands | Jorien ter Mors Lotte van Beek Ireen Wüst | 2:58.61 | Semifinal 2 OR, TR | |
2 | United States | Brittany Bowe Heather Richardson Jilleanne Rookard | 3:02.21 | +3.60 | Final C |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
The semifinals were held on 22 February. [7]
Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
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Semifinal 1 | |||||
1 | Poland | Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska | 3:00.60 | Final A | |
2 | Russia | Olga Graf Yekaterina Shikhova Yuliya Skokova | 3:02.09 | +1.49 | Final B |
Semifinal 2 | |||||
1 | Netherlands | Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst | 2:58.43 | Final A OR, TR | |
2 | Japan | Misaki Oshigiri Ayaka Kikuchi Nana Takagi | 3:10.19 | +11.76 | Final B |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
The finals were held on 22 February. [8]
Rank | Country | Name | Time | Deficit | Notes |
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Final A | |||||
Netherlands | Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst | 2:58.05 | OR , TR | ||
Poland | Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska | 3:05.55 | +7.50 | ||
Final B | |||||
Russia | Olga Graf Yekaterina Lobysheva Yuliya Skokova | 2:59.73 | |||
4 | Japan | Misaki Oshigiri Maki Tabata Nana Takagi | 3:02.57 | +2.84 | |
Final C | |||||
5 | Canada | Ivanie Blondin Kali Christ Brittany Schussler | 3:02.04 | ||
6 | United States | Brittany Bowe Heather Richardson Jilleanne Rookard | 3:03.77 | +1.73 | |
Final D | |||||
7 | Norway | Hege Bøkko Camilla Farestveit Ida Njåtun | 3:08.35 | ||
8 | South Korea | Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Yang Shin-young | 3:11.54 | +3.19 |
OR = Olympic record, TR = track record
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