Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's team pursuit
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The women's team pursuit competition in speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (quarterfinals) and 17 February (semifinals and finals), at the Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan.[1][2] Canada, represented by Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais, and Isabelle Weidemann, won the event, successfully defending the title. The Netherlands were second, and Japan third.[3][4]
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| Venue | Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Milan | ||||||||||||
| Date | 14, 17 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:55.81 | ||||||||||||
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Background
Canada were the defending champion. Japan were the 2022 silver medalist, and the Netherlands the bronze medalist. Before the Olympics, Canada were leading the women's team pursuit standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, followed by Japan and the United States. The Netherlands were the 2025 world champion.
Qualification
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic and track records were as follows.
| World record |  JapanNana Takagi Ayano Sato Miho Takagi | 2:50.76 | Salt Lake City, United States | 14 February 2020 |
| Olympic record |  CanadaIvanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann | 2:53.44 | Beijing, China | 15 February 2022 |
| Track record |  ItalyGiulia Presti Alice Marletti Emily Tormen | 3:12.31 | 29 November 2025 |
Results
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on 14 February at 16:00.[5]
| Rank | Heat | SP | Country | Time | Time behind | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | C | Canada Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann | 2:55.03 | SF1 | |
| 2 | 2 | F | Japan Momoka Horikawa Ayano Sato Miho Takagi | 2:55.52 | +0.49 | SF2 |
| 3 | 1 | C |  NetherlandsJoy Beune Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | 2:55.65 | +0.62 | SF2 |
| 4 | 3 | F |  United StatesGiorgia Birkeland Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello | 2:58.32 | +3.29 | SF1 |
| 5 | 3 | C |  GermanyJosie Hofmann Josephine Schlörb Lea Sophie Scholz | 3:00.52 | +5.49 | FC |
| 6 | 4 | F |  BelgiumSandrine Tas Isabelle van Elst Fran Vanhoutte | 3:01.33 | +6.30 | FC |
| 7 | 2 | C |  ChinaAhenaer Adake Han Mei Li Jiaxuan | 3:01.42 | +6.39 | FD |
| 1 | F |  KazakhstanElizaveta Golubeva Arina Ilyachshenko Nadezhda Morozova | Did not finish | FD | ||
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 17 February at 14:52.[6]
| Rank | SP | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
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| Semifinal 1 | |||||
| 1 | F | Canada Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann | 2:55.92 | FA | |
| 2 | C | United States Giorgia Birkeland Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello | 3:00.14 | +4.22 | FB |
| Semifinal 2 | |||||
| 1 | C | Netherlands Joy Beune Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | 2:55.84 | FA | |
| 2 | F | Japan Momoka Horikawa Ayano Sato Miho Takagi | 2:55.95 | +0.11 | FB |
Finals
The finals were held on 17 February at 15:49.[7]
| Rank | SP | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
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| Final A | |||||
 | F | Canada Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann | 2:55.81 | ||
 | C | Netherlands Joy Beune Marijke Groenewoud Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong | 2:56.77 | +0.96 | |
| Final B | |||||
 | F | Japan Hana Noake Ayano Sato Miho Takagi | 2:58.50 | ||
| 4 | C | United States Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello Greta Myers | 3:02.00 | +3.50 | |
| Final C | |||||
| 5 | F | Germany Josie Hofmann Josephine Schlörb Lea Sophie Scholz | 3:00.65 | ||
| 6 | C | Belgium Sandrine Tas Isabelle van Elst Fran Vanhoutte | 3:04.92 | +4.27 | |
| Final D | |||||
| 7 | F | China | |||
| 8 | C | Kazakhstan | Withdrawn | ||