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:
The following new Olympic and world records were set during this competition.
Date Round Team Time OR WR 16 February Heat 1 Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin 4:14.977 OR 20 February A Final Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin 4:12.793 OR WR
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.
Semifinal 1 Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 1 Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Sun Dandan Wang Chunlu 4:15.931 QA 2 Chikage Tanaka Yuka Kamino Ikue Teshigawara Nobuko Yamada 4:17.968 QA 3 Katia Zini Mara Zini Evelina Rodigari Marinella Canclini 4:18.131 QB 4 Yvonne Kunze Christin Priebst Ulrike Lehmann Aika Klein 4:22.917 QB
Semifinal 2 Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 1 Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin 4:14.977 QA 2 Isabelle Charest Alanna Kraus Tania Vicent Marie-Ève Drolet 4:16.920 QA 3 Evgeniya Radanova Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Anna Krasteva Daniela Vlaeva 4:25.877 QB 4 Julie Goskowicz Caroline Hallisey Amy Peterson Erin Porter 4:36.002 QB
Finals The four qualifying teams competed in Final A, while four others raced in Final B.
Final A Rank Country Athletes Time Notes Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin 4:12.793 Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Sun Dandan Wang Chunlu 4:13.236 Isabelle Charest Alanna Kraus Marie-Ève Drolet Amélie Goulet-Nadon 4:15.738 4 Chikage Tanaka Yuka Kamino Ikue Teshigawara Atsuko Takata 4:21.107
Final B Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 5 Mara Zini Evelina Rodigari Marinella Canclini Marta Capurso 4:20.014 6 Evgeniya Radanova Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Anna Krasteva Daniela Vlaeva 4:20.703 7 Julie Goskowicz Caroline Hallisey Amy Peterson Erin Porter 4:20.730 8 Yvonne Kunze Christin Priebst Ulrike Lehmann Aika Klein 4:22.222
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