4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Women
| Date | 18 February 2002 — 11:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Soldier Hollow, Wasatch Mountain State Park | |
| Participants | 60 from 15 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Venue details | Course Length: 7,821 m Height Differential: 42 m Maximum Climb: 21 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 242 m | |
Germany had won every World Championship from 1995-99, but Russia had won in 2000-01. Germany was favored, having won three of the season’s four World Cup relays, with Ukraine, Norway, and Russia considered for a shot at the podium, having placed third at the last two Worlds. Russia immediately went into the lead on the first leg, followed by Belarus, Norway, and the Ukraine, with Germany trailing sixth. The first five teams shot cleanly but Katrin Apel missed four (one miss and three re-load misses) shots and skied one penalty loop for Germany. Uschi Disl solved that problem on the second leg, with a leg that was the fastest of the event, and put Germany ahead of Bulgaria by 21.2 seconds, with Slovenia third and Russia back in seventh after Galina Kukleva had to ski two penalty loops. But at the final exchange the order was Germany, Norway, and Russia, and that is how the medals would sort out, with Bulgaria dropping off the podium into fourth. The Ukraine was not a factor, trailing back in 10th place.
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time | Misses (Extra Shots) | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Germany |  GER | 1-27:55.0 | 1 (7) | Gold | |||
| 1-1 | Katrin Apel | 22:15.6 | 1 (3) | 22:15.6 (6) | |||||
| 1-2 | Uschi Disl | 21:19.2 | 0 (2) | 43:34.8 (1) | |||||
| 1-3 | Andrea Henkel | 22:13.8 | 0 (0) | 1-05:48.6 (1) | |||||
| 1-4 | Kati Wilhelm | 22:06.4 | 0 (2) | 1-27:55.0 (1) | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Norway |  NOR | 1-28:25.6 | 0 (9) | Silver | |||
| 2-1 | Ann-Elen Skjelbreid | 22:01.0 | 0 (3) | 22:01.0 (3) | |||||
| 2-2 | Linda Tjørhom | 22:07.7 | 0 (1) | 44:08.7 (5) | |||||
| 2-3 | Gunn Margit Andreassen | 22:18.5 | 0 (2) | 1-06:27.2 (2) | |||||
| 2-4 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée | 21:58.4 | 0 (3) | 1-28:25.6 (2) | |||||
| 3 | 3 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-29:19.7 | 2 (13) | Bronze | |||
| 3-1 | Olga Pylyova | 21:32.4 | 0 (2) | 21:32.4 (1) | |||||
| 3-2 | Galina Kukleva | 23:05.8 | 2 (6) | 44:38.2 (7) | |||||
| 3-3 | Svetlana Ishmuratova | 22:00.1 | 0 (2) | 1-06:38.3 (3) | |||||
| 3-4 | Albina Akhatova | 22:41.4 | 0 (3) | 1-29:19.7 (3) | |||||
| 4 | 11 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1-29:25.8 | 0 (13) | ||||
| 11-1 | Pavlina Filipova | 22:11.9 | 0 (4) | 22:11.9 (5) | |||||
| 11-2 | Irina Nikulchina | 21:44.1 | 0 (3) | 43:56.0 (2) | |||||
| 11-3 | Iva Karagiozova | 23:29.2 | 0 (3) | 1-07:25.2 (7) | |||||
| 11-4 | Ekaterina Dafovska | 22:00.6 | 0 (3) | 1-29:25.8 (4) | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Slovakia |  SVK | 1-30:11.5 | 1 (8) | ||||
| 5-1 | Martina Jašicová | 22:24.9 | 0 (0) | 22:24.9 (8) | |||||
| 5-2 | Anna Murínová | 21:57.7 | 0 (1) | 44:22.6 (6) | |||||
| 5-3 | Marcela Pavkovčeková | 23:39.2 | 1 (5) | 1-08:01.8 (8) | |||||
| 5-4 | Soňa Mihoková | 22:09.7 | 0 (2) | 1-30:11.5 (5) | |||||
| 6 | 6 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-30:18.0 | 0 (13) | ||||
| 6-1 | Lucija Larisi | 22:22.4 | 0 (3) | 22:22.4 (7) | |||||
| 6-2 | Andreja Grašič | 21:38.6 | 0 (3) | 44:01.0 (3) | |||||
| 6-3 | Dijana Grudiček | 22:40.8 | 0 (2) | 1-06:41.8 (4) | |||||
| 6-4 | Tadeja Brankovič | 23:36.2 | 0 (5) | 1-30:18.0 (6) | |||||
| 7 | 12 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-31:01.6 | 0 (7) | ||||
| 12-1 | Volha Nazarava | 21:44.5 | 0 (0) | 21:44.5 (2) | |||||
| 12-2 | Liudmila Lysenka | 22:23.7 | 0 (1) | 44:08.2 (4) | |||||
| 12-3 | Yauheniya Kutsepalova | 23:11.6 | 0 (4) | 1-07:19.8 (5) | |||||
| 12-4 | Alena Khrustaliova | 23:41.8 | 0 (2) | 1-31:01.6 (7) | |||||
| 8 | 14 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-31:07.6 | 0 (8) | ||||
| 14-1 | Kateřina Losmanová | 22:28.9 | 0 (1) | 22:28.9 (9) | |||||
| 14-2 | Magda Rezlerová | 22:14.3 | 0 (1) | 44:43.2 (8) | |||||
| 14-3 | Irena Česneková | 22:39.1 | 0 (2) | 1-07:22.3 (6) | |||||
| 14-4 | Eva Háková | 23:45.3 | 0 (4) | 1-31:07.6 (8) | |||||
| 9 | 4 | France |  FRA | 1-31:09.3 | 0 (11) | ||||
| 4-1 | Delphyne Burlet | 22:45.4 | 0 (2) | 22:45.4 (11) | |||||
| 4-2 | Florence Baverel-Robert | 22:46.1 | 0 (3) | 45:31.5 (9) | |||||
| 4-3 | Sandrine Bailly | 22:35.6 | 0 (4) | 1-08:07.1 (9) | |||||
| 4-4 | Corinne Niogret | 23:02.2 | 0 (2) | 1-31:09.3 (9) | |||||
| 10 | 8 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-32:00.6 | 1 (5) | ||||
| 8-1 | Olena Zubrilova | 22:04.0 | 0 (0) | 22:04.0 (4) | |||||
| 8-2 | Olena Petrova | 24:04.9 | 1 (3) | 46:08.9 (10) | |||||
| 8-3 | Nina Lemesh | 23:19.2 | 0 (1) | 1-09:28.1 (10) | |||||
| 8-4 | Tetiana Vodop'ianova | 22:32.5 | 0 (1) | 1-32:00.6 (10) | |||||
| 11 | 7 | Italy |  ITA | 1-34:03.7 | 2 (9) | ||||
| 7-1 | Michela Ponza | 22:49.3 | 0 (0) | 22:49.3 (12) | |||||
| 7-2 | Nathalie Santer | 24:18.8 | 2 (5) | 47:08.1 (14) | |||||
| 7-3 | Katja Haller | 23:19.8 | 0 (0) | 1-10:27.9 (12) | |||||
| 7-4 | Saskia Santer | 23:35.8 | 0 (4) | 1-34:03.7 (11) | |||||
| 12 | 10 | Finland |  FIN | 1-34:18.7 | 0 (10) | ||||
| 10-1 | Katja Holanti | 23:21.5 | 0 (2) | 23:21.5 (13) | |||||
| 10-2 | Sanna-Leena Perunka | 23:03.6 | 0 (2) | 46:25.1 (11) | |||||
| 10-3 | Anita Nyman | 23:31.3 | 0 (4) | 1-09:56.4 (11) | |||||
| 10-4 | Outi Kettunen | 24:22.3 | 0 (2) | 1-34:18.7 (12) | |||||
| 13 | 9 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 1-34:45.6 | 0 (9) | ||||
| 9-1 | Yu Shumei | 22:31.9 | 0 (3) | 22:31.9 (10) | |||||
| 9-2 | Sun Ribo | 24:02.4 | 0 (3) | 46:34.3 (12) | |||||
| 9-3 | Liu Xianying | 23:57.3 | 0 (2) | 1-10:31.6 (13) | |||||
| 9-4 | Kong Yingchao | 24:14.0 | 0 (1) | 1-34:45.6 (13) | |||||
| 14 | 13 | Japan |  JPN | 1-35:09.8 | 1 (15) | ||||
| 13-1 | Mami Shindo | 23:25.1 | 0 (3) | 23:25.1 (14) | |||||
| 13-2 | Tamami Tanaka | 23:14.9 | 0 (3) | 46:40.0 (13) | |||||
| 13-3 | Hiromi Suga | 24:35.2 | 1 (5) | 1-11:15.2 (14) | |||||
| 13-4 | Ryoko Takahashi | 23:54.6 | 0 (4) | 1-35:09.8 (14) | |||||
| 15 | 15 | United States |  USA | 1-41:16.0 | 3 (16) | ||||
| 15-1 | Andrea Nahrgang | 25:23.7 | 1 (3) | 25:23.7 (15) | |||||
| 15-2 | Kara Salmela | 25:45.6 | 1 (6) | 51:09.3 (15) | 1 | ||||
| 15-3 | Rachel Steer | 24:21.1 | 0 (2) | 1-15:30.4 (15) | |||||
| 15-4 | Kristina Sabasteanski | 25:45.6 | 1 (5) | 1-41:16.0 (15) |