| World Championship speed skating at selected distances 2013  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | men | women | ||
| 1000 m | men | women | ||
| 1,500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| Team race | men | women | ||
Competitions in the women's 8 lap team race at the 2013 World Speed Skating Championships at the individual distances were held on March 24 at the Adler Arena ice rink in Sochi , Russia . 8 teams took part in the races.
The Netherlands won the gold medal, the Polish team won silver and the Korean team won bronze.
The Canadian team that started in the last race until the very last moment was confidently in second place, ahead of Poland by two seconds, but in the last corner Kristin Nesbitt could not resist and fell, as a result the team took the last place.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 NetherlandsIrene Wust Diane Valkenburg Marritte Lenstra |  PolandNatalya Chervonka Katarzyna Bahleda-Tsurus Louise Zlotkovska |  The Republic of KoreaKim Bo Rym But Song Young Pak To Young |
Records
| World record |  Christina Groves , Christine Nesbitt , Brittany Schussler | 2: 55.79 | Calgary | December 6, 2009 |
| Championship record | Christina Groves , Christine Nesbitt , Shannon Rempel | 2: 58.15 | Salt Lake City | March 10, 2007 |
| Ice rink record | - [1] | - | Sochi | - |
Competition
| A place | Couple | A country | Athletes | Time | Lagging behind | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| four | Netherlands | Irene Wust Diane Valkenburg Marritte Lenstra | 3:00 a.m. | |||
| 3 | Poland | Natalya Chervonka Katarzyna Bahleda-Tsurus Louise Zlotkovska | 3: 04.91 | +4.89 | ||
| 2 | The Republic of Korea | Kim Bo Rym But Song Young Pak To Young | 3:05 p.m. | +5.30 | ||
| four | 3 | Germany | Monique Angermüller Bente kraus Claudia Pechstein | 3:05 a.m. | +5.48 | |
| five | one | Russia | Olga Graf Ekaterina Lobysheva Julia Skokova | 3:05 a.m. | +5.92 | |
| 6 | one | Norway | Hehe Bökko Marie Hemmer Ida Nyotong | 3: 07.23 | +7.21 | |
| 7 | 2 | Japan | Masako Hozumi Eriko Isino Miho Takagi | 3: 07.90 | +7.88 | |
| eight | four | Canada | Ivani Blondin Kristin Nesbitt Brittany shussler | 3: 20.92 | +20.90 |
Notes
- ↑ Team ice rink has not been held before