| | Event type
4 × 6 kilometres Relay, Women
| Date | 23 February 2006 — 12:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Cesana San Sicario | |
| Participants | 72 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Venue details | Course Length: 6,000 m Height Differential: 41 m Maximum Climb: 13 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.0 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 4.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 816 m | |
This event had been held at 4 x 7.5 km since 1994, but was shortened to 4 x 6 km for Torino. Three teams were expected to battle for the medals – Russia, Germany, and Norway. They had dominated the recent World Cup relays, and the World Championships. Russia went into the lead on the first leg, and would never fall back, winning the gold medal fairly easily. Germany was third on the first leg, trailing Bulgaria, but would move into second on the second leg and stay there to win the silver medal. Norway shot poorly and would finish only fifth. The bronze medal was won by France, which was somewhat surprising. But they would win the 2006-07 World Cup in the relay, the first time it had been won by a nation other than Russia, Germany, or Norway. And they would be on the podium at the next three World Championships, placing second in 2007 and third in 2008-09.
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time | Misses (Extra Shots) | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-16:12.5 | 0 (2) | Gold | |||
| 1-1 | Anna Bogaly | 19:06.3 | 0 (1) | 19:06.3 (1) | |||||
| 1-2 | Svetlana Ishmuratova | 18:56.2 | 0 (1) | 38:02.5 (1) | |||||
| 1-3 | Olga Zaytseva | 19:06.8 | 0 (0) | 57:09.3 (1) | |||||
| 1-4 | Albina Akhatova | 19:03.2 | 0 (0) | 1-16:12.5 (1) | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Germany |  GER | 1-17:03.2 | 1 (8) | Silver | |||
| 2-1 | Martina Glagow | 19:18.8 | 0 (3) | 19:18.8 (3) | |||||
| 2-2 | Andrea Henkel | 19:15.9 | 0 (2) | 38:34.7 (2) | |||||
| 2-3 | Katrin Apel | 19:45.5 | 1 (3) | 58:20.2 (2) | |||||
| 2-4 | Kati Wilhelm | 18:43.0 | 0 (0) | 1-17:03.2 (2) | |||||
| 3 | 4 | France |  FRA | 1-18:38.7 | 0 (8) | Bronze | |||
| 4-1 | Delphine Peretto | 20:46.5 | 0 (3) | 20:46.5 (14) | |||||
| 4-2 | Florence Baverel-Robert | 19:02.6 | 0 (1) | 39:49.1 (5) | |||||
| 4-3 | Sylvie Becaert | 19:50.2 | 0 (2) | 59:39.3 (4) | |||||
| 4-4 | Sandrine Bailly | 18:59.4 | 0 (2) | 1-18:38.7 (3) | |||||
| 4 | 6 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-19:19.6 | 0 (8) | ||||
| 6-1 | Katsiaryna Ivanova | 19:33.0 | 0 (2) | 19:33.0 (5) | |||||
| 6-2 | Volha Nazarava | 19:45.8 | 0 (4) | 39:18.8 (4) | |||||
| 6-3 | Liudmila Ananka | 19:53.9 | 0 (1) | 59:12.7 (3) | |||||
| 6-4 | Alena Zubrilava | 20:06.9 | 0 (1) | 1-19:19.6 (4) | |||||
| 5 | 3 | Norway |  NOR | 1-19:34.4 | 1 (13) | ||||
| 3-1 | Tora Berger | 20:28.1 | 1 (4) | 20:28.1 (12) | |||||
| 3-2 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée | 18:43.2 | 0 (2) | 39:11.3 (3) | |||||
| 3-3 | Gunn Margit Andreassen | 20:32.0 | 0 (3) | 59:43.3 (6) | |||||
| 3-4 | Linda Tjørhom | 19:51.1 | 0 (4) | 1-19:34.4 (5) | |||||
| 6 | 5 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-19:55.7 | 1 (11) | ||||
| 5-1 | Teja Gregorin | 19:45.2 | 0 (0) | 19:45.2 (7) | |||||
| 5-2 | Andreja Mali | 20:09.8 | 0 (1) | 39:55.0 (8) | |||||
| 5-3 | Dijana Grudiček | 19:44.5 | 0 (4) | 59:39.5 (5) | |||||
| 5-4 | Tadeja Brankovič | 20:16.2 | 1 (6) | 1-19:55.7 (6) | |||||
| 7 | 11 | Poland |  POL | 1-20:29.3 | 0 (8) | ||||
| 11-1 | Krystyna Pałka | 20:11.1 | 0 (3) | 20:11.1 (9) | |||||
| 11-2 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | 19:39.3 | 0 (3) | 39:50.4 (6) | |||||
| 11-3 | Katarzyna Ponikwia | 20:15.5 | 0 (2) | 1-00:05.9 (7) | |||||
| 11-4 | Magdalena Grzywa | 20:23.4 | 0 (0) | 1-20:29.3 (7) | |||||
| 8 | 9 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1-20:38.7 | 3 (14) | ||||
| 9-1 | Pavlina Filipova | 19:17.7 | 0 (0) | 19:17.7 (2) | |||||
| 9-2 | Radka Popova | 20:43.1 | 1 (3) | 40:00.8 (9) | |||||
| 9-3 | Irina Nikulchina | 20:27.2 | 1 (6) | 1-00:28.0 (8) | |||||
| 9-4 | Ekaterina Dafovska | 20:10.7 | 1 (5) | 1-20:38.7 (8) | |||||
| 9 | 7 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 1-21:43.7 | 2 (13) | ||||
| 7-1 | Kong Yingchao | 19:51.1 | 0 (0) | 19:51.1 (8) | |||||
| 7-2 | Sun Ribo | 20:41.5 | 1 (5) | 40:32.6 (11) | |||||
| 7-3 | Yin Qiao | 20:55.3 | 1 (4) | 1-01:27.9 (9) | |||||
| 7-4 | Liu Xianying | 20:15.8 | 0 (4) | 1-21:43.7 (9) | |||||
| 10 | 12 | Slovakia |  SVK | 1-21:55.5 | 0 (10) | ||||
| 12-1 | Anna Murínová | 21:09.2 | 0 (2) | 21:09.2 (16) | |||||
| 12-2 | Marcela Pavkovčeková | 20:12.2 | 0 (3) | 41:21.4 (14) | |||||
| 12-3 | Martina Halinárová | 20:35.4 | 0 (1) | 1-01:56.8 (11) | |||||
| 12-4 | Soňa Mihoková | 19:58.7 | 0 (4) | 1-21:55.5 (10) | |||||
| 11 | 8 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-21:55.5 | 3 (14) | ||||
| 8-1 | Oksana Khvostenko | 20:14.2 | 0 (0) | 20:14.2 (10) | |||||
| 8-2 | Olena Petrova | 19:36.7 | 0 (2) | 39:50.9 (7) | |||||
| 8-3 | Nina Lemesh | 21:37.5 | 2 (6) | 1-01:28.4 (10) | |||||
| 8-4 | Liliya Yefremova | 20:27.1 | 1 (6) | 1-21:55.5 (11) | |||||
| 12 | 15 | Italy |  ITA | 1-22:42.7 | 3 (9) | ||||
| 15-1 | Michela Ponza | 19:22.7 | 0 (1) | 19:22.7 (4) | |||||
| 15-2 | Saskia Santer | 20:38.3 | 0 (4) | 40:01.0 (10) | |||||
| 15-3 | Nathalie Santer | 22:01.1 | 3 (3) | 1-02:02.1 (12) | |||||
| 15-4 | Barbara Ertl | 20:40.6 | 0 (1) | 1-22:42.7 (12) | |||||
| 13 | 10 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-24:14.8 | 1 (12) | ||||
| 10-1 | Kateřina Holubcová | 20:47.3 | 0 (1) | 20:47.3 (15) | |||||
| 10-2 | Lenka Faltusová | 20:34.8 | 0 (1) | 41:22.1 (15) | |||||
| 10-3 | Magda Rezlerová | 21:23.6 | 0 (6) | 1-02:45.7 (14) | |||||
| 10-4 | Zdeňka Vejnarová | 21:29.1 | 1 (4) | 1-24:14.8 (13) | |||||
| 14 | 16 | Romania |  ROU | 1-25:13.3 | 3 (18) | ||||
| 16-1 | Dana Plotogea | 21:26.7 | 0 (6) | 21:26.7 (17) | |||||
| 16-2 | Eva Tofalvi | 19:38.1 | 0 (3) | 41:04.8 (13) | |||||
| 16-3 | Mihaela Purdea | 22:09.8 | 2 (5) | 1-03:14.6 (15) | |||||
| 16-4 | Alexandra Rusu | 21:58.7 | 1 (4) | 1-25:13.3 (14) | |||||
| 15 | 18 | United States |  USA | 1-25:20.3 | 0 (11) | ||||
| 18-1 | Rachel Steer | 20:31.1 | 0 (4) | 20:31.1 (13) | |||||
| 18-2 | Tracy Barnes | 22:07.0 | 0 (2) | 42:38.1 (17) | |||||
| 18-3 | Lanny Barnes | 21:21.7 | 0 (2) | 1-03:59.8 (17) | |||||
| 18-4 | Carolyn Treacy | 21:20.5 | 0 (3) | 1-25:20.3 (15) | |||||
| 16 | 14 | Japan |  JPN | 1-26:09.0 | 4 (14) | ||||
| 14-1 | Tomomi Otaka | 23:21.2 | 2 (5) | 23:21.2 (18) | |||||
| 14-2 | Kanae Meguro | 19:58.5 | 0 (2) | 43:19.7 (18) | |||||
| 14-3 | Tamami Tanaka | 21:21.3 | 1 (4) | 1-04:41.0 (18) | |||||
| 14-4 | Ikuyo Tsukidate | 21:28.0 | 1 (3) | 1-26:09.0 (16) | |||||
| 17 | 13 | Canada |  CAN | 1-26:09.7 | 1 (10) | ||||
| 13-1 | Zina Kocher | 20:24.3 | 0 (1) | 20:24.3 (11) | |||||
| 13-2 | Sandra Keith | 21:32.8 | 0 (3) | 41:57.1 (16) | |||||
| 13-3 | Martine Albert | 21:25.2 | 0 (2) | 1-03:22.3 (16) | |||||
| 13-4 | Marie-Pierre Parent | 22:47.4 | 1 (4) | 1-26:09.7 (17) | |||||
| 18 | 17 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-26:21.3 | 2 (11) | ||||
| 17-1 | Madara Līduma | 19:35.8 | 0 (3) | 19:35.8 (6) | |||||
| 17-2 | Andžela Brice | 20:57.9 | 0 (1) | 40:33.7 (12) | |||||
| 17-3 | Linda Savļaka | 22:07.3 | 0 (1) | 1-02:41.0 (13) | |||||
| 17-4 | Gerda Krūmiņa | 23:40.3 | 2 (6) | 1-26:21.3 (18) |