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Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

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Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
VenueCross Country Skiing Stadium
Date12 February
Competitors36 from 9 nations
Winning time1:07:49.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nina Baldycheva
Zinaida Amosova
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liisa Suikhonen
Marjatta Kajosmaa
Hiikka Kuntola
Helena Takalo
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Monika Debertshäuser
Sigrun Krause
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Hesse
 East Germany
← 1972
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The Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1976 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the sixth appearance of the women's relay event and the first to have a team of four skiers, instead of three. The competition was held on 12 February 1976, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium.[1]

Results

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Rank Name Country Time
1 Nina Baldycheva
Zinaida Amosova
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union 1:07:49.75
2 Liisa Suihkonen
Marjatta Kajosmaa
Hiikka Kuntola
Helena Takalo
 Finland 1:08:36.57
3 Monika Debertshäuser
Sigrun Krause
Barbara Petzold
Veronika Hesse
 East Germany 1:09:57.95
4 Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck
Görel Partapuoli
Marie Johansson-Risby
Eva Olsson
 Sweden 1:10:14.68
5 Berit Kvello
Marit Myrmæl
Berit Johannessen
Grete Kummen
 Norway 1:11:09.08
6 Anna Pasiarová
Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová
Alena Bartošová
Blanka Paulů
 Czechoslovakia 1:11:27.83
7 Shirley Firth
Joan Groothuysen
Sue Holloway
Sharon Firth
 Canada 1:14:02.72
8 Anna Pawlusiak
Anna Gębala-Duraj
Maria Trebunia
Władysława Majerczyk
 Poland 1:14:13.40
9 Martha Rockwell
Jana Hlavaty
Terry Porter
Twila Hinkle
 United States 1:17:58.18

References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2018.