Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit

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
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