Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's relay
| Women's relay at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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 Pictogram for biathlon | |
| Venue | Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex |
| Date | February 21 |
| Competitors | 68 from 17 nations |
| Winning time | 1:10:02.5 |
| Medalists | |
| Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |||
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| Qualification
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| Individual | men | women | |
| Sprint | men | women | |
| Pursuit | men | women | |
| Mass start | men | women | |
| Relay | men | women | mixed |
The Women's 4 x 6 kilometre relay biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on February 21, 2014.[1] Ukraine won the first ever gold Olympic medal in biathlon (and the second gold winter Olympic medal, the first one since 1994[nb 1]),[3] ahead of Russia, the defending champion, and Norway. It also became the fourth nation — after France, Russia, and Germany — to ever win the Olympic gold medal in women's biathlon relay.
For the first time Germany failed to reach the podium in Olympic women's relay. Franziska Preuß, who was running the first leg, fell and has broken a pole. After that, Germany was never in the medal contention.[4] Marie-Laure Brunet, running the first leg for France, collapsed, so that France did not finish.
Results
The race was started at 18:30.[5]
| Rank | Bib | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 |  UkraineVita Semerenko Juliya Dzhyma Valentyna Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna |
1:10:02.5 16:56.4 17:16.3 17:40.9 18:08.9 |
0+1 0+4 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+3 0+1 0+0 |
— |
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3 |  RussiaYana Romanova Olga Zaitseva Ekaterina Shumilova Olga Vilukhina |
1:10:28.9 16:56.3 17:43.2 17:43.3 18:06.1 |
0+1 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1 |
+26.4 |
 |
4 |  NorwayFanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Aafeldt Flatland Tora Berger |
1:10:40.1 17:40.5 16:57.9 17:43.6 18:18.1 |
0+1 0+4 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1 |
+37.6 |
| 4 | 10 |  Czech RepublicEva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková |
1:11:25.7 17:54.2 16:30.6 18:42.4 18:18.5 |
0+7 0+7 0+2 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+3 0+2 0+2 0+1 |
+1:23.2 |
| 5 | 6 |  BelarusLiudmila Kalinchik Nadezhda Skardino Nadzeya Pisarava Darya Domracheva |
1:11:33.4 18:39.0 17:38.3 18:02.1 17:14.0 |
0+4 1+4 0+2 1+3 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+0 0+0 |
+1:30.9 |
| 6 | 8 |  ItalyDorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Michela Ponza Karin Oberhofer |
1:11:43.3 16:49.7 18:46.0 18:06.5 18:01.1 |
1+5 0+4 0+2 0+1 1+3 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+0 |
+1:40.8 |
| 7 | 14 |  United StatesSusan Dunklee Hannah Dreissigacker Sara Studebaker Annelies Cook |
1:12:14.2 17:02.6 18:08.3 17:55.6 19:07.7 |
0+7 0+6 0+2 0+1 0+3 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+2 0+2 |
+2:11.7 |
| 8 | 7 |  CanadaRosanna Crawford Megan Imrie Megan Heinicke Zina Kocher |
1:12:21.5 17:20.7 17:41.7 17:38.1 19:41.0 |
0+6 2+6 0+2 0+1 0+2 0+2 0+0 0+0 0+2 2+3 |
+2:19.0 |
| 9 | 12 |  SwitzerlandSelina Gasparin Elisa Gasparin Aita Gasparin Irene Cadurisch |
1:12:34.3 17:17.6 17:55.8 17:56.1 19:24.8 |
0+6 0+3 0+3 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+3 0+0 |
+2:31.8 |
| 10 | 11 |  PolandKrystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdoń Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Monika Hojnisz |
1:12:34.4 19:39.0 17:06.8 17:21.7 18:26.9 |
4+5 0+3 4+3 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+0 0+1 |
+2:31.9 |
| 11 | 1 |  GermanyFranziska Preuß Andrea Henkel Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier |
1:13:44.2 19:46.7 17:25.1 17:59.4 18:33.0 |
0+5 0+1 0+3 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+0 |
+3:41.7 |
| 12 | 13 |  KazakhstanGalina Vishnevskaya Elena Khrustaleva Darya Usanova Marina Lebedeva |
1:15:54.7 17:36.6 18:35.5 18:17.4 21:25.2 |
0+5 0+8 0+0 0+2 0+2 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+3 0+2 |
+5:52.2 |
| 13 | 17 |  JapanFuyuko Suzuki Yuki Nakajima Miki Kobayashi Rina Suzuki |
LAP 17:33.2 18:47.0 19:23.3 LAP |
0+6 0+5 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+2 0+1 0+1 0+3 0+1 |
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| 14 | 9 |  SlovakiaJana Gereková Paulína Fialková Terézia Poliaková Martina Chrapánová |
LAP 17:51.3 18:57.7 19:48.0 LAP |
4+11 1+8 0+2 1+3 1+3 0+2 3+3 0+0 0+3 0+3 |
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| 15 | 16 |  ChinaSong Chaoqing Zhang Yan Tang Jialin Song Na |
LAP 18:40.2 18:41.1 18:40.0 LAP |
0+6 0+5 0+1 0+2 0+2 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+3 0+2 |
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| 16 | 15 |  EstoniaKadri Lehtla Grete Gaim Daria Yurlova Johanna Talihärm |
LAP 18:03.8 19:14.8 19:58.1 LAP |
0+5 1+8 0+2 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+2 1+3 0+0 0+3 |
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| 5 |  FranceMarie-Laure Brunet Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Chevalier Anaïs Bescond |
DNF |
Notes
- ^ Won by Oksana Baiul.[2]
References
- ^ "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ Oksana Baiul, Sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ Minute's silence respected at Ukraine news conference, Reuters (21 February 2014)
- ^ Willemsen, Eric (21 February 2014). "Ukraine wins women's biathlon relay for first gold medal at Sochi Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ Final Results