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
Dates	February 18
Competitors	68 from 17 nations
Winning time	54:47.7
Medalists
Russia Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova, Julija Tchepalova   Germany Viola Bauer, Stefanie Boehler, Claudia Kuenzel, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle   Italy Antonella Confortola, Arianna Follis, Gabriella Paruzzi, Sabina Valbusa

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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
1	Russia Natalia Baranova-Masolkina Larisa Kurkina Julija Tchepalova Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova	54:47.7
2	Germany Stefanie Boehler Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Kuenzel	54:57.7
3	Italy Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	54:58.7
4	Sweden Anna Dahlberg Elin Ek Britta Norgren Anna-Karin Strömstedt	55:00.3
5	Norway Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde G. Pedersen Kristin Murer Stemland Marit Bjørgen	55:21.8
6	Czech Republic Helena Balatkova Erbenova Kamila Rajdlova Ivana Janečková Kateřina Neumannová	55:46.3
7	Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta Liisa Lassila Kati Venalainen	55:55.8
8	Ukraine Kateryna Grygorenko Tatjana Zavalij Vita Jakimchuk Valentina Shevchenko	56:36.3
9	France Aurelie Perrillat Karine Philippot Cecile Storti Emilie Vina	56:41.4
10	Canada Milaine Theriault Sara Renner Amanda Ammar Beckie Scott	56:49.8
11	Switzerland Seraina Mischol Laurence Rochat Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Seraina Boner	56:52.4
12	Japan Nobuko Fukuda Masako Ishida Sumiko Yokoyama Madoka Natsumi	56:57.8
13	Kazakhstan Oxana Jatskaja Yevgeniya Voloshenko Elena Kolomina Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina	57:52.9
14	United States Wendy Kay Wagner Kikkan Randall Sarah Konrad Rebecca Dussault	57:58.4
15	Belarus Alena Sannikova Ludmila Korolik Shablouskaya Ekaterina Rudakova Bulauka Olga Vasiljonok	58:19.5
16	China Wang Chunli Li Hongxue Liu Yuanyuan Song Bo	58:42.5
17	Estonia Piret Pormeister Silja Suija Kaili Sirge Tatjana Mannima	60:24.4

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