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4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Women

Date25 February 1994 — 10:00
StatusOlympic
LocationBirkebeineren Skistadion, Lillehammer
Participants68 from 17 countries
FormatEight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target.
DetailsCourse Length: 8,250 m
Height Differential: 57 m
Maximum Climb: 23 m
Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range
Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range
Total Climbing: 279 m

The event was expanded to 4 x 7.5 km, as it had been 3 x 7.5 km in 1992 at Albertville. This was expected to be a battle between the Germans and the Russians. Also expected to challenge for medals were the Czech Republic, the 1993 World Champions, and the defending champions France, second at the 1993 Worlds. And for the first two legs, the chalk looked good, as Germany led the opening leg, followed by Russia, and they pulled further ahead on the second leg, leading Russia by 1:11.2 at the second exchange. But on the third leg German Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm missed six of her 10 targets, and 12 of 16 shots overall, and was forced to ski 900 metres in penalty loops, posting a time of 30:43.1, slowest by any biathlete on the top seven teams. This dropped Germany to third, but over 2½ minutes behind Russia, and the gold medal chase was over. Russia won by almost four minutes, while Germany pulled back some time on the anchor leg to get the silver medal, over a minute ahead of France.

PosCompetitorsNOCTimeMissesExtra ShotsShooting 1 MissesShooting 1 Extra ShotsShooting 1Shooting 2 MissesShooting 2 Extra ShotsShooting 2Exchange
1Russian FederationRUS1-47:19.50– (–)– (–)– (–)Gold
Lead-OffNadezhda Talanova 27:21.100– (–)0– (–)27:21.1 (2)
2nd LegNataliya Snytina 27:25.400– (–)0– (–)54:46.5 (2)
3rd LegLuiza Noskova 26:59.000– (–)0– (–)1-21:45.5 (1)
AnchorAnfisa Reztsova 25:34.000– (–)0– (–)1-47:19.5 (1)
2GermanyGER1-51:16.56– (–)– (–)– (–)Silver
Lead-OffUschi Disl 26:56.800– (–)0– (–)26:56.8 (1)
2nd LegAntje Misersky-Harvey 26:38.500– (–)0– (–)53:35.3 (1)
3rd LegSimone Greiner-Petter-Memm 30:43.163– (–)3– (–)1-24:18.4 (3)
AnchorPetra Schaaf-Behle 26:58.100– (–)0– (–)1-51:16.5 (2)
3FranceFRA1-52:28.31– (–)– (–)– (–)Bronze
Lead-OffCorinne Niogret 27:32.500– (–)0– (–)27:32.5 (3)
2nd LegVéronique Claudel 28:15.300– (–)0– (–)55:47.8 (3)
3rd LegDelphyne Heymann-Burlet 28:30.200– (–)0– (–)1-24:18.0 (2)
AnchorAnne Briand-Bouthiaux 28:10.310– (–)1– (–)1-52:28.3 (3)
4NorwayNOR1-54:08.12– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffAnn-Elen Skjelbreid 29:36.710– (–)1– (–)29:36.7 (8)
2nd LegAnnette Sikveland 28:21.210– (–)1– (–)57:57.9 (4)
3rd LegHildegunn Fossen 28:17.000– (–)0– (–)1-26:14.9 (4)
AnchorElin Kristiansen 27:53.200– (–)0– (–)1-54:08.1 (4)
5UkraineUKR1-54:26.53– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffValentyna Tserbe-Nesina 27:59.600– (–)0– (–)27:59.6 (4)
2nd LegMaryna Skolota 30:14.221– (–)1– (–)58:13.8 (5)
3rd LegOlena Petrova 28:25.400– (–)0– (–)1-26:39.2 (5)
AnchorAlena Ohurtsana-Zubrilava 27:47.311– (–)0– (–)1-54:26.5 (5)
6BelarusBLR1-54:55.18– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffIryna Kakuyeva 30:10.944– (–)0– (–)30:10.9 (10)
2nd LegNatallia Permiakova 29:19.521– (–)1– (–)59:30.4 (10)
3rd LegNatallia Ryzhankova 28:43.920– (–)2– (–)1-28:14.3 (7)
AnchorSviatlana Paramihina 26:40.800– (–)0– (–)1-54:55.1 (6)
7Czech RepublicCZE1-57:00.83– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffJana Kulhavá 29:03.000– (–)0– (–)29:03.0 (5)
2nd LegJiřina Adamičková-Pelcová 30:24.511– (–)0– (–)59:27.5 (9)
3rd LegIveta Knížková 30:19.522– (–)0– (–)1-29:47.0 (11)
AnchorEva Háková 27:13.800– (–)0– (–)1-57:00.8 (7)
8United StatesUSA1-57:35.93– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffBeth Coats 31:35.230– (–)3– (–)31:35.2 (14)
2nd LegJoan Smith 27:34.700– (–)0– (–)59:09.9 (8)
3rd LegLaurie Tavares 28:15.400– (–)0– (–)1-27:25.3 (6)
AnchorJoan Guetschow 30:10.600– (–)0– (–)1-57:35.9 (8)
9SwedenSWE1-58:07.20– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffEva-Karin Westin 30:43.400– (–)0– (–)30:43.4 (12)
2nd LegCatarina Eklund 29:06.500– (–)0– (–)59:49.9 (12)
3rd LegMaria Schylander 29:18.000– (–)0– (–)1-29:07.9 (9)
AnchorHeléne Dahlberg 28:59.300– (–)0– (–)1-58:07.2 (9)
10FinlandFIN1-58:55.74– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffKatja Holanti 33:11.030– (–)3– (–)33:11.0 (17)
2nd LegTuija Sikiö 28:24.200– (–)0– (–)1-01:35.2 (15)
3rd LegMari Lampinen 29:50.710– (–)1– (–)1-31:25.9 (14)
AnchorTuija Vuoksiala 27:29.800– (–)0– (–)1-58:55.7 (10)
11PolandPOL1-59:18.14– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffAnna Stera-Kustucz 30:03.600– (–)0– (–)30:03.6 (9)
2nd LegHelena Mikołajczyk 30:01.920– (–)2– (–)1-00:05.5 (13)
3rd LegAgata Suszka 29:17.900– (–)0– (–)1-29:23.4 (10)
AnchorHalina Pitoń 29:54.722– (–)0– (–)1-59:18.1 (11)
12EstoniaEST1-59:30.42– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffJelena Poljakova-Všivtseva 29:31.400– (–)0– (–)29:31.4 (6)
2nd LegEveli Peterson 29:10.400– (–)0– (–)58:41.8 (6)
3rd LegKrista Lepik 29:33.610– (–)1– (–)1-28:15.4 (8)
AnchorMerle Viirmaa 31:15.010– (–)1– (–)1-59:30.4 (12)
13BulgariaBUL2-00:16.23– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffMariya Manolova 29:33.300– (–)0– (–)29:33.3 (7)
2nd LegNadezhda Aleksieva 31:47.321– (–)1– (–)1-01:20.6 (14)
3rd LegEkaterina Dafovska 29:26.111– (–)0– (–)1-30:46.7 (12)
AnchorIva Karagyozova-Shkodreva 29:29.500– (–)0– (–)2-00:16.2 (13)
14People's Republic of ChinaCHN2-01:08.85– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffLiu Giulan 30:42.800– (–)0– (–)30:42.8 (11)
2nd LegSong Aiqin 28:51.000– (–)0– (–)59:33.8 (11)
3rd LegWang Jinping 33:04.242– (–)2– (–)1-32:38.0 (15)
AnchorWang Jinfen 28:30.810– (–)1– (–)2-01:08.8 (14)
15CanadaCAN2-02:22.763– (–)3– (–)– (–)1
Lead-OffJane Isakson 31:42.600– (–)0– (–)31:42.6 (16)
2nd LegMyriam Bédard 27:20.900– (–)0– (–)59:03.5 (7)
3rd LegKristin Berg 32:15.633– (–)0– (–)1-31:19.1 (13)
AnchorLise Meloche 31:03.630– (–)3– (–)2-02:22.7 (15)
16RomaniaROU2-02:36.840– (–)4– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffAdina Țuțulan-Șotropa 31:01.300– (–)0– (–)31:01.3 (13)
2nd LegMihaela Cârstoi 31:17.530– (–)3– (–)1-02:18.8 (16)
3rd LegAna Roman 30:33.600– (–)0– (–)1-32:52.4 (16)
AnchorIleana Ianoșiu-Hangan 29:44.410– (–)1– (–)2-02:36.8 (16)
17HungaryHUN2-08:27.650– (–)5– (–)– (–)
Lead-OffAnna Bozsik 31:37.120– (–)2– (–)31:37.1 (15)
2nd LegBrigitta Bereczki 32:11.020– (–)2– (–)1-03:48.1 (17)
3rd LegÉva Szemcsák 31:49.910– (–)1– (–)1-35:38.0 (17)
AnchorBeatrix Holéczy 32:49.600– (–)0– (–)2-08:27.6 (17)