A stator of a rotary electric machine, the stator comprising: a stator core; and a stator coil that is wound around the stator core, wherein the stator coil includes a first segment coil, a second segment coil, and a first connecting member that has a tubular shape in which a through-hole penetrating in the axial direction thereof is formed, a first fitting recess portion at a first end of the first connecting member and a second fitting recess portion at a second end of the first connecting member, the first connecting member connecting the first segment coil and the second segment coil by fitting the first segment coil into the first fitting recess portion and by fitting the second segment coil into the second fitting recess portion, characterised in that the first segment coil has a first peeled portion where a first coil film is peeled off at a portion proximal to a distal end of the first segment coil, the second segment coil has a second peeled portion where a second coil film is peeled off at a portion proximal to a distal end of the second segment coil, at least a part of the first peeled portion is accommodated in the first fitting recess portion, and at least a part of the second peeled portion is accommodated in the second fitting recess portion, at least one of the first peeled portion of the first segment coil and the first fitting recess portion is provided with a taper for guiding the other of the first peeled portion of the first segment coil and the first fitting recess portion, at least one of the second peeled portion of the second segment coil and the second fitting recess portion is provided with a taper for guiding the other of the second peeled portion of the second segment coil and the second fitting recess portion, and the first and second segment coils (22a, 22b) are configured to connect to the first connecting member solely by press-fitting the first segment coil into the first fitting recess portion and by press-fitting the second segment coil into the second fitting recess portion. a stator core; and a stator coil that is wound around the stator core, wherein the stator coil includes a first segment coil, a second segment coil, and a first connecting member that has a tubular shape in which a through-hole penetrating in the axial direction thereof is formed, a first fitting recess portion at a first end of the first connecting member and a second fitting recess portion at a second end of the first connecting member, the first connecting member connecting the first segment coil and the second segment coil by fitting the first segment coil into the first fitting recess portion and by fitting the second segment coil into the second fitting recess portion, characterised in that a first segment coil, a second segment coil, and a first connecting member that has a tubular shape in which a through-hole penetrating in the axial direction thereof is formed, a first fitting recess portion at a first end of the first connecting member and a second fitting recess portion at a second end of the first connecting member, the first connecting member connecting the first segment coil and the second segment coil by fitting the first segment coil into the first fitting recess portion and by fitting the second segment coil into the second fitting recess portion, characterised in that the first segment coil has a first peeled portion where a first coil film is peeled off at a portion proximal to a distal end of the first segment coil, the second segment coil has a second peeled portion where a second coil film is peeled off at a portion proximal to a distal end of the second segment coil, at least a part of the first peeled portion is accommodated in the first fitting recess portion, and at least a part of the second peeled portion is accommodated in the second fitting recess portion, at least one of the first peeled portion of the first segment coil and the first fitting recess portion is provided with a taper for guiding the other of the first peeled portion of the first segment coil and the first fitting recess portion, at least one of the second peeled portion of the second segment coil and the second fitting recess portion is provided with a taper for guiding the other of the second peeled portion of the second segment coil and the second fitting recess portion, and the first and second segment coils (22a, 22b) are configured to connect to the first connecting member solely by press-fitting the first segment coil into the first fitting recess portion and by press-fitting the second segment coil into the second fitting recess portion.