Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit
| Women's team pursuit at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | National Speed Skating Oval , Beijing | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12 and 15 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:53.44 | ||||||||||||
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| Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Mass start | men | women |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
The women's team pursuit competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February (semifinals) and 15 February (final), at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing.[1] Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais, and Isabelle Weidemann, representing Canada, won the event, setting an Olympic record in Final A.[2][3] This was the first gold medal for Canada in this event and the first Canadian medal since 2006. Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi, and Nana Takagi of Japan set an Olympic record in the semifinals and eventually won the silver medal. Japan was leading during the final against Canada when Nana Takagi fell down with less than half a lap to go. Antoinette de Jong, Marijke Groenewoud, Irene Schouten, and Ireen Wüst, representing the Netherlands, won the bronze medal.
Japan were the defending champion and the world record holder at the beginning of the Olympics. The Netherlands and the United States were the 2018 silver and bronze medalist, respectively; however, Japan and the United States did not enter this year. The Netherlands are the 2021 World Single Distances champion in team pursuit, with Canada second and the Russian Skating Union third. Canada were leading the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup after three events before the Olympics, ahead of Japan and the Netherlands.
Qualification
[edit]A total of 8 team quotas were available for the event, with a maximum of one team per NOC. The top six countries qualified through their performance at the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, while the last two countries qualified through their time performance.[4]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
| World record |  JapanNana Takagi Ayano Sato Miho Takagi |
2:50.76 | Salt Lake City, United States | 14 February 2020 |
| Olympic record |  JapanMiho Takagi Ayano Sato Nana Takagi |
2:53.89 | Gangneung, South Korea | 19 February 2018 |
| Track record |  NetherlandsLeonie Bats Isabel Grevelt Sophie Kraaijeveld |
3:15.64 | 9 October 2021 |
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
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| 12 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi |
Japan
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2:53.61 | OR, TR |
| 15 February | Final A | Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann |
 Canada
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2:53.44 | OR, TR |
Results
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]The quarterfinals were held on 12 February at 16:00.[5]
| Rank | Heat | SP | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | C | Japan Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi |
2:53.61 | OR, Semifinal 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | F | Canada Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann |
2:53.97 | +0.36 | Semifinal 2 |
| 3 | 2 | F |  NetherlandsAntoinette de Jong Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst |
2:57.26 | +3.65 | Semifinal 2 |
| 4 | 4 | F |  ROCElizaveta Golubeva Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina |
2:57.66 | +4.05 | Semifinal 1 |
| 5 | 1 | F |  ChinaAhenaer Adake Han Mei Li Qishi |
3:00.58 | +6.97 | Final C |
| 6 | 2 | C |  NorwayMarit Fjellanger Bøhm Sofie Karoline Haugen Ragne Wiklund |
3:01.84 | +8.23 | Final C |
| 7 | 4 | C |  PolandKarolina Bosiek Natalia Czerwonka Magdalena Czyszczoń |
3:01.92 | +8.31 | Final D |
| 8 | 3 | C |  BelarusEkaterina Sloeva Yauheniya Varabyova Maryna Zuyeva |
3:02.00 | +8.39 | Final D |
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals were held on 15 February at 14:30.[6]
| Rank | SP | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
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| Semifinal 1 | |||||
| 1 | F | Japan Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi |
2:58.93 | – | Final A |
| 2 | C | ROC Elizaveta Golubeva Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina |
3:05.92 | +6.99 | Final B |
| Semifinal 2 | |||||
| 1 | F | Canada Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann |
2:54.96 | – | Final A |
| 2 | C | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst |
2:55.94 | +0.98 | Final B |
Finals
[edit]The finals were held on 15 February at 15:24.[7]
| Rank | SP | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
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| Final A | |||||
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C | Canada Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann |
2:53.44 | – | OR |
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F | Japan Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi |
3:04.47 | +11.03 | Nana Takagi
fell in final lap |
| Final B | |||||
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F | Netherlands Marijke Groenewoud Irene Schouten Ireen Wüst |
2:56.86 | – | |
| 4 | C | ROC Elizaveta Golubeva Evgeniia Lalenkova Natalya Voronina |
2:58.66 | +1.80 | |
| Final C | |||||
| 5 | F | China Ahenaer Adake Han Mei Li Qishi |
2:58.33 | – | |
| 6 | C | Norway Marit Fjellanger Bøhm Sofie Karoline Haugen Ragne Wiklund |
3:02.15 | +3.82 | |
| Final D | |||||
| 7 | C | Belarus Ekaterina Sloeva Yauheniya Varabyova Maryna Zuyeva |
3:01.19 | – | |
| 8 | F | Poland Karolina Bosiek Natalia Czerwonka Magdalena Czyszczoń |
3:03.19 | +2.00 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ Boynton, Sean (15 February 2022). "Canada wins gold medal in women's team pursuit speed skating at Beijing Olympics". Global News. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Canada captures gold in Olympic women's speedskating team pursuit". www.sportsnet.ca/. Sportsnet. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ Quarterfinals results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Finals results
