Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay

Women's 3000 metre relay at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Short track speed skating
Venue	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Date	9 and 13 February
Competitors	34 from 8 nations
Teams	8
Winning time	4:03.409
Medalists
Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting Yara van Kerkhof Xandra Velzeboer  Netherlands Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Lee Yu-bin Seo Whi-min  South Korea Fan Kexin Han Yutong Qu Chunyu Zhang Chutong Zhang Yuting  China

The women's 3000 metre relay competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February (semifinals) and 13 February (finals), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. The event was won by Suzanne Schulting, Selma Poutsma, Xandra Velzeboer, and Yara van Kerkhof, representing the Netherlands. They set a new Olympic record in Final A. It was the first time a European team won the event. South Korea won silver, and China bronze.

The defending champion were South Korea, with Italy and the Netherlands being second and third in 2018. The Netherlands were the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating champion, France and Italy are the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Many top athletes did not participate in the championship, however. The Netherlands were leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by South Korea and Canada.

Qualification

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The top with the top 8 countries qualified a relay through the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, including host nation China.

Records

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

World record	Netherlands Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting Yara van Kerkhof Xandra Velzeboer	4:02.809	Beijing, China	23 October 2021
Olympic record	Netherlands Suzanne Schulting Yara van Kerkhof Lara van Ruijven Jorien ter Mors	4:03.471	Gangneung, South Korea	20 February 2018

A new Olympic record was set during the competition.

Date	Round	Athlete	Time	Record	Ref
13 February	Final A	Netherlands Suzanne Schulting Selma Poutsma Xandra Velzeboer Yara van Kerkhof	4:03.409	OR

Results

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Netherlands	Suzanne Schulting Selma Poutsma Xandra Velzeboer Yara van Kerkhof	4:04.133	QA
2	1	China	Han Yutong Qu Chunyu Fan Kexin Zhang Yuting	4:04.383	QA
3	1	Poland	Nikola Mazur Natalia Maliszewska Kamila Stormowska Patrycja Maliszewska	4:10.074	QB
4	1	Italy	Arianna Fontana Cynthia Mascitto Martina Valcepina Arianna Valcepina	4:17.438	QB
1	2	Canada	Courtney Sarault Florence Brunelle Kim Boutin Alyson Charles	4:05.893	QA
2	2	South Korea	Seo Whi-min Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Lee Yu-bin	4:05.904	QA
3	2	ROC	Sofia Prosvirnova Ekaterina Efremenkova Elena Seregina Anna Vostrikova	4:06.064	QB
4	2	United States	Kristen Santos Corinne Stoddard Maame Biney Julie Letai	4:06.098	QB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
5	Italy	Arianna Fontana Martina Valcepina Arianna Sighel Arianna Valcepina	4:09.688
6	Poland	Nikola Mazur Natalia Maliszewska Kamila Stormowska Patrycja Maliszewska	4:10.210
	ROC	Sofia Prosvirnova Ekaterina Efremenkova Elena Seregina Anna Vostrikova		PEN
	United States	Kristen Santos Corinne Stoddard Maame Biney Julie Letai		PEN

Final A

Rank	Country	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Netherlands	Suzanne Schulting Selma Poutsma Xandra Velzeboer Yara van Kerkhof	4:03.409	OR
	South Korea	Seo Whi-min Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Lee Yu-bin	4:03.627
	China	Qu Chunyu Zhang Chutong Fan Kexin Zhang Yuting	4:03.863
4	Canada	Courtney Sarault Florence Brunelle Kim Boutin Alyson Charles	4:04.329