The women's 3000 metre relay competition in short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (Semifinals) and 18 February 2026 (Finals) at the Forum di Milano in Milan. Choi Min-jeong, Kim Gil-li, Shim Suk-hee, Lee So-yeon, and Noh Do-hee (with Lee only skating in the semifinal), representing South Korea, won the event. Italy was second and Canada third.
Fontana won her third medal at these Olympics and her fourteenth overall, becoming Italy's most decorated Olympic athlete of all time.
Background The defending champions were the Netherlands. South Korea were the 2022 silver medalists, and China the bronze medalists. Before the Olympics, the Netherlands were leading the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour women's relay standings. Canada were the 2025 World champion in women's relay.
Qualification
Countries qualified for the relay competition at the Winter Olympics during the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. A total of 8 nations qualified for the event.
Records Prior to this competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Semifinals 14 February 2026, 22:00 PM RankHeatCountryAthletesTimeNotes11 Xandra VelzeboerMichelle VelzeboerZoë DeltrapSelma Poutsma4:06.299QA21Elisa ConfortolaArianna FontanaChiara BettiArianna Sighel4:06.550QA31Kristen Santos-GriswoldCorinne StoddardJulie LetaiKamryn Lute4:07.415QB41Cloé OllivierAurélie LévêqueBérénice CombyEva Grenouilloux4:08.826QB12Choi Min-jeongKim Gil-liShim Suk-heeLee So-yeon4:04.729QA22Danaé BlaisFlorence BrunelleKim BoutinCourtney Sarault4:04.856QA32Gong LiZhang ChutongYang JingruWang Xinran4:04.978QB42Ami HiraiMirei NakashimaRika KanaiHaruna Nagamori4:09.061QB
Finals
Final B 18 February 2026, 20:50 PM RankCountryAthletesTimeNotes1Gong LiZhang ChutongYang JingruWang Xinran4:10.4462Mirei NakashimaRika KanaiAoi WatanabeHaruna Nagamori4:11.3853Cloé OllivierAurélie LévêqueBérénice CombyEva Grenouilloux4:12.2724Kristen Santos-GriswoldCorinne StoddardEunice LeeJulie Letai
Final A 18 February 2026, 20:59 PM RankCountryAthletesTimeNotesChoi Min-jeongKim Gil-liShim Suk-heeNoh Do-hee4:04.014Elisa ConfortolaArianna FontanaChiara BettiArianna Sighel4:04.107Danaé BlaisFlorence BrunelleKim BoutinCourtney Sarault4:04.3144 Xandra VelzeboerMichelle VelzeboerZoë DeltrapSelma Poutsma4:09.081
Final ranking RankCountryAthletesSFFBFABest TimeChoi Min-jeongKim Gil-liShim Suk-heeLee So-yeonNoh Do-hee114:04.014Elisa ConfortolaArianna FontanaChiara BettiArianna Sighel224:04.107Danaé BlaisFlorence BrunelleKim BoutinCourtney Sarault234:04.3144Xandra VelzeboerMichelle VelzeboerZoë DeltrapSelma Poutsma144:06.2995Gong LiZhang ChutongYang JingruWang Xinran314:04.9786Ami HiraiMirei NakashimaRika KanaiAoi WatanabeHaruna Nagamori424:09.0617Cloé OllivierAurélie LévêqueBérénice CombyEva Grenouilloux434:08.8268Kristen Santos-GriswoldCorinne StoddardEunice LeeJulie LetaiKamryn Lute34:07.415
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