Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit

The women's team pursuit speed skating competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Richmond Olympic Oval on 26 and 27 February 2010.

Women's team pursuit at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Richmond Olympic Oval
Dates	26–27 February 2010
Medalists
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, Stephanie Beckert, Anni Friesinger-Postma, Katrin Mattscherodt  Germany Masako Hozumi, Nao Kodaira, Maki Tabata  Japan Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś, Katarzyna Woźniak, Luiza Złotkowska  Poland

Records

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
Olympic record	Canada Christine Nesbitt Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen	3:01.24	Torino, Italy	15 February 2006

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

1

Canada

3:02.24

7

United States

3:02.19

7

United States

3:03.78

4

Germany

3:03.55

5

Netherlands

3:03.38

4

Germany

3:01.95

4

Germany

3:02.82

3

Japan

3:02.84

3

Japan

3:02.89

6

South Korea

3:07.45

3

Japan

3:02.73

Third place

8

Poland

3:02.92

8

Poland

3:02.90

7

United States

3:05.30

2

Russia

3:04.86

8

Poland

3:03.73

Quarterfinals

Rank	Country	Name	Time	Deficit	Notes
Quarterfinal 1
1	Japan	Masako Hozumi Nao Kodaira Maki Tabata	3:02.89		Semifinal 1
2	South Korea	Lee Ju-Youn Noh Seon-Yeong Park Do-Yeong	3:07.45	+4.56	Final D
Quarterfinal 2
1	Poland	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:02.90		Semifinal 1
2	Russia	Galina Likhachova Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Shikhova	3:04.86	+1.96	Final D
Quarterfinal 3
1	Germany	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Stephanie Beckert Anni Friesinger-Postma	3:01.95		Semifinal 2
2	Netherlands	Renate Groenewold Diane Valkenburg Ireen Wüst	3:03.38	+1.43	Final C
Quarterfinal 4
1	United States	Jennifer Rodriguez Jilleanne Rookard Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr	3:02.19		Semifinal 2
2	Canada	Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	3:02.24	+0.05	Final C

Semifinals

Rank	Country	Name	Time	Deficit	Notes
Semifinal 1
1	Japan	Masako Hozumi Nao Kodaira Maki Tabata	3:02.73		Final A
2	Poland	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:02.92	+0.19	Final B
Semifinal 2
1	Germany	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Stephanie Beckert Anni Friesinger-Postma	3:03.55		Final A
2	United States	Jennifer Rodriguez Jilleanne Rookard Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr	3:03.78	+0.23	Final B

Finals

Poland won the bronze medal

Rank	Country	Name	Time	Deficit	Notes
Final A
	Germany	Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Stephanie Beckert Katrin Mattscherodt	3:02.82
	Japan	Masako Hozumi Nao Kodaira Maki Tabata	3:02.84	+0.02
Final B
	Poland	Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:03.73
4	United States	Catherine Raney-Norman Jennifer Rodriguez Jilleanne Rookard	3:05.30	+1.57
Final C
5	Canada	Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	3:01.41
6	Netherlands	Diane Valkenburg Jorien Voorhuis Ireen Wüst	3:02.04	+0.63
Final D
7	Russia	Yekaterina Lobysheva Alla Shabanova Yekaterina Shikhova	3:06.47
8	South Korea	Lee Ju-Youn Noh Seon-Young Park Do-Yeong	3:06.96	+0.49

External links

• "Results of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Team pursuit Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
• "2010 Winter Olympics medalist in Speed Skating". Olympic.org. Retrieved 19 November 2013.