Background

Norway were the defending champion. The Russian Olympic Committee were the 2022 silver medalist, but in 2026 they were barred from participation because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United States were the bronze medalist. Before the Olympics, the United States were leading the women's team pursuit standings of the 2025–26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, followed by the Netherlands and France. The United States were also the 2025 world champion.

Qualification

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and track records were as follows.

World record	United States Casey Dawson Emery Lehman Ethan Cepuran	3:32.49	Salt Lake City, United States	16 November 2025
Olympic record	ROC Daniil Aldoshkin Sergey Trofimov Ruslan Zakharov	3:36.63	Beijing, China	15 February 2022
Track record	Japan Taiga Sasaki Taiki Shingai Yuuta Fuchigami	3:48.29		29 November 2025

Results

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 15 February at 16:00. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	SP	Country	Time	Time behind	Notes
1	2	F	Italy Davide Ghiotto Andrea Giovannini Michele Malfatti	3:38.40		SF1
2	2	C	United States Ethan Cepuran Casey Dawson Emery Lehman	3:39.37	+0.97	SF2
3	3	F	China Li Wenhao Liu Hanbin Wu Yu	3:41.66	+3.26	SF2
4	4	C	Netherlands Marcel Bosker Chris Huizinga Stijn van de Bunt	3:41.85	+3.45	SF1
5	4	F	France Germain Deschamps Timothy Loubineaud Valentin Thiebault	3:42.70	+4.30	FC
6	3	C	Norway Sigurd Holbø Dyrset Peder Kongshaug Didrik Eng Strand	3:44.36	+5.96	FC
7	1	F	Germany Patrick Beckert Felix Maly Fridtjof Petzold	3:45.28	+6.88	FD
8	1	C	Japan Motonaga Arito Shomu Sasaki Kazuya Yamada	3:48.14	+9.74	FD

Semifinals

Rank	SP	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
Semifinal 1
		Italy
		Netherlands
Semifinal 2
		United States
		China

Finals

Rank	SP	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
Final A
Final B
Final C
		France
		Norway
Final D
		Germany
		Japan

References