The mixed 2000 metre relay competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. This will be the first time a mixed short track speed skating event is featured at the Olympics.
In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay to the Olympic program held over a distance of 2000 metres. Due to the addition of the event, the competition schedule was increased to six days from five.
China was favored after leading the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup with four races completed before the Olympics, followed by the Netherlands and Hungary.
The Dutch team set an Olympic record in the quarterfinals, but after a fall finished last in their semifinal. South Korea did not advance to semifinals, also after a fall. In the semi-finals, the United States was disqualified for "blocking by infield skater" and the Russian Olympic Committee was disqualified because of "extra team skater causing obstruction", after finishing second and fourth, respectively. This resulted in China, who finished third in their semifinal, having been promoted to Final A.
In Final A, Hungary and Canada crashed in the first turn, forcing the officials to call a restart. In the repeat, Italy and China were leading more than halfway through the race when Canada's Florence Brunelle and Hungary's Petra Jászapáti collided, with both sliding off the course. Both teams recovered to finish the race, but after review, Canada received a penalty for a push from behind and Hungary finished at third place.
China won gold ahead of a late sprint by Italy’s Pietro Sighel at the finish line.
Qualification
The top 12 countries qualified a relay through the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, including host nation China. If a county needed an additional quota spot to complete a relay, it was awarded an additional quota. Italy and the ROC were awarded an additional male athlete spot, while Kazakhstan and Poland were awarded an additional female spot.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following records were set during the competition: +DateRoundAthletesCountryTimeRecordRef.5 FebruaryHeat 2Suzanne SchultingXandra VelzeboerItzhak de LaatJens van 't WoutOR2:36.437
Results Quarterfinals Quarterfinals results, Olympics.com Rank Heat Country Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Qu ChunyuFan KexinWu DajingRen Ziwei 2:37.535 Q 2 1 Arianna FontanaArianna ValcepinaYuri ConfortolaAndrea Cassinelli 2:38.308 Q 3 1 Choi Min-jeongLee Yu-binHwang Dae-heonPark Jang-hyuk 2:48.308 4 1 Nikola MazurKamila StormowskaMichał NiewińskiŁukasz Kuczyński 2:50.513 1 2 Suzanne SchultingXandra VelzeboerItzhak de LaatJens van 't Wout 2:36.437 Q, OR 2 2 Courtney SaraultFlorence BrunelleSteven DuboisPascal Dion 2:36.747 Q 3 2 Yana KhanOlga TikhonovaDenis NikishaAbzal Azhgaliyev 2:43.004 q 4 2 Tifany Huot-MarchandGwendoline DaudetSébastien LepapeQuentin Fercoq 2:51.221 1 3 Petra JászapátiZsófia KónyaShaolin Sándor LiuJohn-Henry Krueger 2:38.396 Q 2 3 Sofia ProsvirnovaEkaterina EfremenkovaSemion ElistratovKonstantin Ivliev 2:38.445 Q 3 3 Kristen SantosMaame BineyAndrew HeoRyan Pivirotto 2:39.043 q 4 3 Yuki KikuchiSumire KikuchiKazuki YoshinagaKota Kikuchi 2:39.112
Semifinals Semifinals results, Olympics.com QA – qualified for Final A QB – qualified for Final B PEN – penalty
Rank Heat Country Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Courtney SaraultKim BoutinJordan Pierre-GillesPascal Dion 2:36.808 QA 2 1 Arianna FontanaMartina ValcepinaPietro SighelAndrea Cassinelli 2:36.895 QA 3 1 Yana KhanOlga TikhonovaDenis NikishaAbzal Azhgaliyev 2:42.575 QB 4 1 Suzanne SchultingSelma PoutsmaSjinkie KnegtJens van 't Wout 2:51.919 QB 1 2 Petra JászapátiZsófia KónyaShaoang LiuShaolin Sándor Liu 2:38.052 QA 2 2 Qu ChunyuZhang YutingWu DajingRen Ziwei 2:38.783 QA 2 Sofia ProsvirnovaElena SereginaSemion ElistratovKonstantin Ivliev PEN 2 Kristen SantosCorinne StoddardAndrew HeoRyan Pivirotto PEN
Finals Final B Rank Country Athletes Time Notes 4 Suzanne SchultingSelma PoutsmaSjinkie KnegtJens van 't Wout 2:36.966 5 Yana KhanOlga TikhonovaAdil GaliakhmetovDenis Nikisha 2:44.148
Final A Finals results, Olympics.com Rank Country Athletes Time Notes Qu ChunyuFan KexinWu DajingRen Ziwei 2:37.348 Arianna FontanaMartina ValcepinaPietro SighelAndrea Cassinelli 2:37.364 Petra JászapátiZsófia KónyaShaoang LiuShaolin Sándor Liu 2:40.900 Florence BrunelleKim BoutinSteven DuboisJordan Pierre-Gilles PEN
Final ranking Event Classification, Olympics.com Rank Country Athletes QF SF FB FA Best Time Qu ChunyuFan KexinZhang YutingWu DajingRen Ziwei 1 2 1 2:37.348 Arianna FontanaMartina ValcepinaArianna ValcepinaPietro SighelYuri ConfortolaAndrea Cassinelli 2 2 2 2:36.895 Petra JászapátiZsófia KónyaShaoang LiuShaolin Sándor LiuJohn-Henry Krueger 1 1 3 2:38.052 4 Suzanne SchultingSelma PoutsmaXandra VelzeboerItzhak de LaatSjinkie KnegtJens van 't Wout 1 4 1 2:36.437 5 Yana KhanOlga TikhonovaDenis NikishaAbzal Azhgaliyev 3 3 2 2:42.575 6 Courtney SaraultFlorence BrunelleKim BoutinSteven DuboisJordan Pierre-GillesPascal Dion 2 1 PEN 2:36.747 7 Sofia ProsvirnovaEkaterina EfremenkovaElena SereginaSemion ElistratovKonstantin Ivliev 2 PEN 2:38.445 8 Kristen SantosCorinne StoddardMaame BineyAndrew HeoRyan Pivirotto 3 PEN 2:39.043 9 Choi Min-jeongLee Yu-binHwang Dae-heonPark Jang-hyuk 3 2:48.308 10 Yuki KikuchiSumire KikuchiKazuki YoshinagaKota Kikuchi 4 2:39.112 11 Nikola MazurKamila StormowskaMichal NiewinskiLukasz Kuczynski 4 2:50.513 12 Tifany Huot-MarchandGwendoline DaudetSébastien LepapeQuentin Fercoq 4 2:51.221
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