Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay
Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||
![]() Pictogram for cross country | |||||||
Venue | Pragelato | ||||||
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Dates | February 18 | ||||||
Competitors | 68 from 17 nations | ||||||
Winning time | 54:47.7 | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Distance | ||||
10 km | women | |||
15 km | men | women | ||
30 km | men | women | ||
50 km | men | |||
4 x 5 km relay | women | |||
4 x 10 km relay | men | |||
Sprint | ||||
Individual | men | women | ||
Team | men | women |
The Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Pragelato.
Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira and Marit Bjørgen of Norway were the defending World Champions,[1] but finished third at a pre-Olympic World Cup event in Val di Fiemme, where a team representing Finland won. Germany were defending Olympic champions, with Claudia Künzel, Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer and Evi Sachenbacher.
Results
Each team used four skiers, with each completing racing over the same 5 kilometre circuit. The first two raced in the classical style, and the final pair of skiers raced freestyle.[2]
Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | ![]() Natalia Baranova-Masolkina Larisa Kurkina Julija Tchepalova Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova | 54:47.7 |
2 | ![]() Stefanie Boehler Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Kuenzel | 54:57.7 |
3 | ![]() Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa | 54:58.7 |
4 | ![]() Anna Dahlberg Elin Ek Britta Norgren Anna-Karin Strömstedt | 55:00.3 |
5 | ![]() Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde G. Pedersen Kristin Murer Stemland Marit Bjørgen | 55:21.8 |
6 | ![]() Helena Balatkova Erbenova Kamila Rajdlova Ivana Janečková Kateřina Neumannová | 55:46.3 |
7 | ![]() Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta Liisa Lassila Kati Venalainen | 55:55.8 |
8 | ![]() Kateryna Grygorenko Tatjana Zavalij Vita Jakimchuk Valentina Shevchenko | 56:36.3 |
9 | ![]() Aurelie Perrillat Karine Philippot Cecile Storti Emilie Vina | 56:41.4 |
10 | ![]() Milaine Theriault Sara Renner Amanda Ammar Beckie Scott | 56:49.8 |
11 | ![]() Seraina Mischol Laurence Rochat Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Seraina Boner | 56:52.4 |
12 | ![]() Nokubo Fukuda Masako Ishida Sumiko Yokoyama Madoka Natsumi | 56:57.8 |
13 | ![]() Oxana Jatskaja Yevgeniya Voloshenko Elena Kolomina Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina | 57:52.9 |
14 | ![]() Wendy Kay Wagner Kikkan Randall Sarah Konrad Rebecca Dussault | 57:58.4 |
15 | ![]() Alena Sannikova Ludmila Korolik Shablouskaya Ekaterina Rudakova Bulauka Olga Vasiljonok | 58:19.5 |
16 | ![]() Wang Chunli Li Hongxue Liu Yuanyuan Song Bo | 58:42.5 |
17 | ![]() Piret Pormeister Silja Suija Kaili Sirge Tatjana Mannima | 60:24.4 |
References
- ↑ "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005". International Ski Federation. 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
- ↑ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved Jun 8, 2009.