Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay

Women's 3000 metre relay
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track
Venue Salt Lake Ice Center
Dates February 16–20
Competitors 35 from 8 nations
Winning time 4:12.793
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  South Korea
Choi Eun-kyung
Choi Min-kyung
Park Hye-won
Joo Min-jin
2nd, silver medalist(s)  China
Yang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Sun Dandan
Wang Chunlu
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
Isabelle Charest
Alanna Kraus
Marie-Ève Drolet
Amélie Goulet-Nadon
Tania Vicent

The women's 3000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on 16 and 20 February at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[1]

World record Canada (CAN)6:43.730Calgary, Canada14 October 2001
Olympic record Japan (JPN)7:01.660Nagano, Japan21 February 1998

The following new Olympic and world records were set during this competition.

DateRoundTeamTimeORWR
13 FebruaryHeat 1 South Korea
Choi Eun-kyung
Choi Min-kyung
Park Hye-won
Joo Min-jin
4:14.977OR
13 FebruaryA Final South Korea
Choi Eun-kyung
Choi Min-kyung
Park Hye-won
Joo Min-jin
4:12.793ORWR

Results

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 16 February. The top two teams in each semifinal qualified for the A final, while the third and fourth place teams advanced to the B Final.[1]

Semifinal 1
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1 ChinaYang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Sun Dandan
Wang Chunlu
4:15.931QA
2 JapanChikage Tanaka
Yuka Kamino
Ikue Teshigawara
Nobuko Yamada
4:17.968QA
3 ItalyKatia Zini
Mara Zini
Evelina Rodigari
Marinella Canclini
4:18.131QB
4 GermanyYvonne Kunze
Christin Priebst
Ulrike Lehmann
Aika Klein
4:22.917QB
Semifinal 2
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1 South KoreaChoi Eun-kyung
Choi Min-kyung
Park Hye-won
Joo Min-jin
4:14.977QA OR
2 CanadaIsabelle Charest
Alanna Kraus
Tania Vicent
Marie-Ève Drolet
4:16.920QA
3 BulgariaEvgeniya Radanova
Marina Georgieva-Nikolova
Anna Krasteva
Daniela Vlaeva
4:25.877QB
4 United StatesJulie Goskowicz
Caroline Hallisey
Amy Peterson
Erin Porter
4:36.002QB

Finals

The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.[1]

Final A
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) South KoreaChoi Eun-kyung
Choi Min-kyung
Park Hye-won
Joo Min-jin
4:12.793WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) ChinaYang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Sun Dandan
Wang Chunlu
4:13.236
3rd, bronze medalist(s) CanadaIsabelle Charest
Alanna Kraus
Marie-Ève Drolet
Amélie Goulet-Nadon
4:15.738
4 JapanChikage Tanaka
Yuka Kamino
Ikue Teshigawara
Atsuko Takata
4:21.107
Final B
RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes
5 ItalyMara Zini
Evelina Rodigari
Marinella Canclini
Marta Capurso
4:20.014
6 BulgariaEvgeniya Radanova
Marina Georgieva-Nikolova
Anna Krasteva
Daniela Vlaeva
4:20.703
7 United StatesJulie Goskowicz
Caroline Hallisey
Amy Peterson
Erin Porter
4:20.730
8 GermanyYvonne Kunze
Christin Priebst
Ulrike Lehmann
Aika Klein
4:22.222

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-20.
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