Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay
Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center, Zhangjiakou | |||||||||||||
Date | 12 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 72 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 18 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 53:41.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Distance | ||
Classical | men | women |
Skiathlon | men | women |
Freestyle | men | women |
Relay | men | women |
Sprint | ||
Individual | men | women |
Team | men | women |
The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay competition in
Natalya Nepryayeva, Tatiana Sorina, Veronika Stepanova, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won the event, the first Russian win since 2006
. Germany were second, and Sweden third.
Summary
Norway were the defending champion, and Sweden and Russian Olympic Committee athletes were the 2018 silver and bronze medalist, respectively. The only relay in the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was won by Russia, with Sweden second and Norway third. Norway were also the 2021 World Champion, with Russian Ski Federation second and Finland third. Only five nations – Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia, and Sweden – ever won the women's Olympic cross-country skiing relay.
In the first leg,
Ragnhild Haga
finished fifth.
Qualification
Results
The race was started at 15:30.[2]