| | Event type
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Women
| Date | 19 February 1998 — 13:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Nozawa Onsen Resort, Nozawa Onsen | |
| Participants | 68 from 17 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Venue details | Course Length: 7,500 m Height Differential: 68 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 253 m | |
Germany had won the event at the last three World Championships and was a heavy favorite. They were led by Uschi Disl and Katrin Apel, medalists in the sprint, and Petra Behle, three-time individual gold medalist at the Worlds. Disl had a problem as the lead-off, when an opponent stepped on one of her poles. She dropped it and fell back to 15th place after retrieving it, but she recovered to be third at the first exchange. After the second exchange the surprise leader was Slovakia with Russia second, and Germany third. But order was restored on the third leg, with Germany taking the lead ahead of Russia, followed by Norway. They would finish in that order as well, Slovakia eventually crossing in fourth.
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time | Misses (Extra Shots) | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Germany |  GER | 1-40:13.6 | 0 (11) | Gold | |||
| 6-1 | Uschi Disl | 25:20.3 | 0 (5) | 25:20.3 (3) | |||||
| 6-2 | Martina Zellner | 24:46.1 | 0 (1) | 50:06.4 (3) | |||||
| 6-3 | Katrin Apel | 24:39.2 | 0 (2) | 1-14:45.6 (1) | |||||
| 6-4 | Petra Behle | 25:28.0 | 0 (3) | 1-40:13.6 (1) | |||||
| 2 | 7 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-40:25.2 | 0 (9) | Silver | |||
| 7-1 | Olga Melnik | 25:32.1 | 0 (3) | 25:32.1 (6) | |||||
| 7-2 | Galina Kukleva | 24:27.4 | 0 (3) | 49:59.5 (2) | |||||
| 7-3 | Albina Akhatova | 24:59.8 | 0 (2) | 1-14:59.3 (2) | |||||
| 7-4 | Olga Romasko | 25:25.9 | 0 (1) | 1-40:25.2 (2) | |||||
| 3 | 4 | Norway |  NOR | 1-40:37.3 | 2 (10) | Bronze | |||
| 4-1 | Ann-Elen Skjelbreid | 25:47.2 | 1 (4) | 25:47.2 (9) | |||||
| 4-2 | Annette Sikveland | 24:55.0 | 1 (4) | 50:42.2 (5) | |||||
| 4-3 | Gunn Margit Andreassen | 25:20.8 | 0 (0) | 1-16:03.0 (3) | |||||
| 4-4 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid | 24:34.3 | 0 (2) | 1-40:37.3 (3) | |||||
| 4 | 8 | Slovakia |  SVK | 1-41:20.6 | 2 (9) | ||||
| 8-1 | Martina Schwarzbacherová | 24:44.5 | 0 (1) | 24:44.5 (1) | |||||
| 8-2 | Anna Murínová | 24:57.1 | 0 (3) | 49:41.6 (1) | |||||
| 8-3 | Tatiana Kutlíková | 26:31.5 | 2 (4) | 1-16:13.1 (4) | |||||
| 8-4 | Soňa Mihoková | 25:07.5 | 0 (1) | 1-41:20.6 (4) | |||||
| 5 | 3 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-42:32.6 | 0 (6) | ||||
| 3-1 | Valentyna Tserbe-Nesina | 26:36.5 | 0 (2) | 26:36.5 (13) | |||||
| 3-2 | Olena Petrova | 25:20.9 | 0 (0) | 51:57.4 (13) | |||||
| 3-3 | Tetiana Vodop'ianova | 25:43.9 | 0 (2) | 1-17:41.3 (6) | |||||
| 3-4 | Olena Zubrilova | 24:51.3 | 0 (2) | 1-42:32.6 (5) | |||||
| 6 | 9 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-43:20.5 | 0 (10) | ||||
| 9-1 | Kateřina Losmanová | 25:32.4 | 0 (1) | 25:32.4 (7) | |||||
| 9-2 | Irena Novotná | 26:16.6 | 0 (4) | 51:49.0 (11) | |||||
| 9-3 | Jiřína Pelcová | 26:49.7 | 0 (2) | 1-18:38.7 (10) | |||||
| 9-4 | Eva Háková | 24:41.8 | 0 (3) | 1-43:20.5 (6) | |||||
| 7 | 17 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 1-43:32.6 | 1 (10) | ||||
| 17-1 | Yu Shumei | 25:15.7 | 0 (1) | 25:15.7 (2) | |||||
| 17-2 | Sun Ribo | 25:17.2 | 0 (2) | 50:32.9 (4) | |||||
| 17-3 | Liu Jinfeng | 25:59.0 | 0 (2) | 1-16:31.9 (5) | |||||
| 17-4 | Liu Xianying | 27:00.7 | 1 (5) | 1-43:32.6 (7) | |||||
| 8 | 5 | France |  FRA | 1-43:54.6 | 0 (8) | ||||
| 5-1 | Christelle Gros | 26:20.6 | 0 (3) | 26:20.6 (11) | |||||
| 5-2 | Emmanuelle Claret | 25:17.7 | 0 (2) | 51:38.3 (9) | |||||
| 5-3 | Florence Baverel | 26:20.7 | 0 (1) | 1-17:59.0 (7) | |||||
| 5-4 | Corinne Niogret | 25:55.6 | 0 (2) | 1-43:54.6 (8) | |||||
| 9 | 12 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-44:18.8 | 3 (14) | ||||
| 12-1 | Lucija Larisi | 27:12.3 | 2 (6) | 27:12.3 (14) | |||||
| 12-2 | Andreja Grašič | 24:44.3 | 0 (4) | 51:56.6 (12) | |||||
| 12-3 | Matejka Mohorič | 26:21.5 | 0 (1) | 1-18:18.1 (9) | |||||
| 12-4 | Tadeja Brankovič | 26:00.7 | 1 (3) | 1-44:18.8 (9) | |||||
| 10 | 2 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-44:50.8 | 0 (7) | ||||
| 2-1 | Maria Schylander | 27:28.0 | 0 (3) | 27:28.0 (15) | |||||
| 2-2 | Magdalena Forsberg | 24:06.2 | 0 (2) | 51:34.2 (8) | |||||
| 2-3 | Kristina Brounéus | 26:42.9 | 0 (2) | 1-18:17.1 (8) | |||||
| 2-4 | Eva-Karin Westin | 26:33.7 | 0 (0) | 1-44:50.8 (10) | |||||
| 11 | 10 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 1-45:22.9 | 2 (11) | ||||
| 10-1 | Inna Sheshkil | 25:24.6 | 0 (4) | 25:24.6 (4) | |||||
| 10-2 | Margarita Dulova | 25:27.0 | 0 (1) | 50:51.6 (6) | |||||
| 10-3 | Yelena Dubok | 28:35.5 | 2 (3) | 1-19:27.1 (11) | |||||
| 10-4 | Lyudmila Guryeva | 25:55.8 | 0 (3) | 1-45:22.9 (11) | |||||
| 12 | 1 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-45:24.0 | 0 (7) | ||||
| 1-1 | Iryna Tananaika | 25:42.4 | 0 (1) | 25:42.4 (8) | |||||
| 1-2 | Natallia Ryzhankova | 25:47.5 | 0 (2) | 51:29.9 (7) | |||||
| 1-3 | Natallia Maroz | 28:30.5 | 0 (2) | 1-20:00.4 (14) | |||||
| 1-4 | Sviatlana Paramihina | 25:23.6 | 0 (2) | 1-45:24.0 (12) | |||||
| 13 | 11 | Poland |  POL | 1-45:45.5 | 2 (15) | ||||
| 11-1 | Agata Suszka | 25:58.1 | 0 (3) | 25:58.1 (10) | |||||
| 11-2 | Halina Pitoń | 26:33.6 | 1 (5) | 52:31.7 (14) | |||||
| 11-3 | Iwona Daniluk | 27:01.0 | 0 (3) | 1-19:32.7 (13) | |||||
| 11-4 | Anna Stera | 26:12.8 | 1 (4) | 1-45:45.5 (13) | |||||
| 14 | 14 | Japan |  JPN | 1-46:23.0 | 1 (15) | ||||
| 14-1 | Mami Honma | 25:31.2 | 0 (2) | 25:31.2 (5) | |||||
| 14-2 | Hiromi Seino | 26:08.8 | 1 (6) | 51:40.0 (10) | |||||
| 14-3 | Mie Takeda | 27:51.3 | 0 (3) | 1-19:31.3 (12) | |||||
| 14-4 | Ryoko Takahashi | 26:51.7 | 0 (4) | 1-46:23.0 (14) | |||||
| 15 | 15 | United States |  USA | 1-48:30.2 | 1 (12) | ||||
| 15-1 | Ntala Skinner | 26:35.0 | 0 (3) | 26:35.0 (12) | |||||
| 15-2 | Stacey Wooley | 27:12.1 | 0 (1) | 53:47.1 (16) | |||||
| 15-3 | Kara Salmela | 26:21.2 | 0 (3) | 1-20:08.3 (15) | |||||
| 15-4 | Kristina Sabasteanski | 28:21.9 | 1 (5) | 1-48:30.2 (15) | |||||
| 16 | 16 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1-48:55.2 | 3 (9) | ||||
| 16-1 | Radka Popova | 28:06.0 | 0 (1) | 28:06.0 (16) | |||||
| 16-2 | Ekaterina Dafovska | 24:56.4 | 0 (0) | 53:02.4 (15) | |||||
| 16-3 | Pavlina Filipova | 27:52.7 | 3 (5) | 1-20:55.1 (16) | |||||
| 16-4 | Valentina Peychinova | 28:00.1 | 0 (3) | 1-48:55.2 (16) | |||||
| 17 | 13 | Canada |  CAN | 1-53:15.0 | 3 (15) | ||||
| 13-1 | Kristin Berg | 28:44.6 | 1 (5) | 28:44.6 (17) | |||||
| 13-2 | Myriam Bédard | 25:20.0 | 0 (1) | 54:04.6 (17) | |||||
| 13-3 | Nikki Keddie | 29:56.1 | 2 (6) | 1-24:00.7 (17) | |||||
| 13-4 | Michelle Collard | 29:14.3 | 0 (3) | 1-53:15.0 (17) |