Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Mixed relay

Mixed relay
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Mixed relay; at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
	Biathlon
Venue	Hualindong Ski Resort
Date	5 February
Competitors	80 from 20 nations
Teams	20
Winning time	1:06:45.6
Medalists
	← 2018 2026 →

Last updated March 24, 2024

The mixed relay competition of the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February, at the National Biathlon Centre,^[1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft).^[2] The event was won by Norway. France was second, and the Russian Olympic Committee third.

Summary

The defending champions were France, and the 2018 silver and bronze medalists were Norway and Italy, respectively. There was only one mixed relay in the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics, won by Norway, with Belarus second and France third. Norway were also the 2021 world champion.

Marte Olsbu Røiseland comfortably won the first leg for Norway, who was 15 seconds ahead of Italy, followed by Belarus, Sweden, and the Russian Olympic Committee. For France, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet had to ski two penalty loops and was in the ninth position. However, in the second leg Norway's Tiril Eckhoff got three penalty loops and dropped to the fifth position. Julia Simon brought France to the leading position after the second leg, 4 seconds ahead of Italy, fifteen ahead of Sweden, and 30 seconds ahead of the United States and Norway. Meanwhile, Kristina Reztsova had to ski a penalty loop on her leg, and the Russian Olympic Committee dropped to seventh, a minute behind France. Alexander Loginov was the fastest in the third leg, bringing the Russian Olympic Committee to the leading position. Sweden was second, France dropped to third due to Émilien Jacquelin being on the penalty loop twice on his standing shoot. The United States were still fourth, and Norway fifth, all four teams approximately 20 seconds behind the leader. Italy dropped to seventh after a penalty loop of Thomas Bormolini and was not able to return to medal contention. On the last leg Quentin Fillon Maillet caught up with Eduard Latypov and Johannes Thingnes Bø caught over 9 seconds. At the finish Bø outsprinted Fillon Maillet and Latypov, and Norway won the gold medal ahead of France and the Russia Olympic Committee.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 17:00.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Country	Time	Penalties (P+S)	Deficit
	1	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:06:45.6 17:18.6 19:12.6 15:31.1 14:43.3	1+6 2+7 0+1 0+0 1+3 2+3 0+0 0+3 0+2 0+1
	3	France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:06:46.5 18:43.7 17:17.7 15:56.3 14:48.8	0+5 3+6 0+2 1+3 0+2 0+0 0+0 2+3 0+1 0+0	+0.9
	5	ROC Uliana Nigmatullina Kristina Reztsova Alexander Loginov Eduard Latypov	1:06:47.1 18:16.0 18:46.1 14:38.3 15:06.7	0+4 1+9 0+2 0+3 0+1 1+3 0+0 0+2 0+1 0+1	+1.5
4	4	Sweden Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	1:07:26.6 18:02.6 18:13.8 15:41.1 15:29.1	0+7 0+6 0+2 0+1 0+3 0+2 0+0 0+3 0+2 0+0	+41.0
5	6	Germany Vanessa Voigt Denise Herrmann Benedikt Doll Philipp Nawrath	1:07:51.1 19:37.1 18:00.0 15:23.0 14:51.0	1+10 1+8 1+3 1+3 0+3 0+3 0+3 0+1 0+1 0+1	+1:05.5
6	2	Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Mikita Labastau Anton Smolski	1:08:00.2 17:49.8 19:05.0 15:32.8 15:32.6	0+6 2+8 0+1 0+1 0+3 2+3 0+0 0+2 0+2 0+2	+1:14.6
7	19	United States Susan Dunklee Clare Egan Sean Doherty Paul Schommer	1:08:58.3 18:52.3 17:38.8 15:27.8 16:59.4	1+8 0+4 0+3 0+2 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+0 1+3 0+2	+2:12.7
8	14	Switzerland Amy Baserga Lena Häcki Benjamin Weger Sebastian Stalder	1:09:06.0 18:39.9 18:44.0 15:23.8 16:18.3	2+6 0+5 1+3 0+1 1+3 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+2	+2:20.4
9	7	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Thomas Bormolini Lukas Hofer	1:09:25.3 17:35.3 18:30.2 16:23.0 16:56.8	0+4 2+10 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+3 0+0 1+3 0+3 1+3	+2:39.7
10	11	Austria Julia Schwaiger Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder Felix Leitner	1:09:44.2 19:25.7 18:41.6 15:49.8 15:47.1	1+6 1+7 0+2 1+3 1+3 0+0 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+1	+2:58.6
11	8	Finland Suvi Minkkinen Mari Eder Tero Seppälä Olli Hiidensalo	1:10:06.7 19:24.1 18:14.2 15:12.5 17:15.9	1+6 0+6 0+0 0+0 0+2 0+3 0+1 0+0 1+3 0+3	+3:21.1
12	9	Czech Republic Jessica Jislová Markéta Davidová Mikuláš Karlík Michal Krčmář	1:10:20.2 18:40.2 18:44.1 17:11.7 15:44.2	2+7 1+10 0+3 0+2 0+0 0+3 2+3 1+3 0+1 0+2	+3:34.6
13	10	Ukraine Valentyna Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Artem Pryma Dmytro Pidruchnyi	1:10:21.7 20:46.4 17:50.2 15:45.1 16:00.0	3+9 1+6 2+3 1+3 0+0 0+2 0+3 0+1 1+3 0+0	+3:36.1
14	18	Canada Sarah Beaudry Emma Lunder Christian Gow Scott Gow	1:11:12.4 19:48.9 18:48.1 16:30.5 16:04.9	0+5 3+12 0+1 0+3 0+1 0+3 0+3 2+3 0+0 1+3	+4:26.8
15	12	China Meng Fanqi Chu Yuanmeng Yan Xingyuan Cheng Fangming	1:11:28.1 19:15.9 19:46.1 16:20.4 16:05.7	0+3 0+9 0+0 0+3 0+3 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+2	+4:42.5
16	13	Estonia Regina Oja Tuuli Tomingas Rene Zahkna Kristo Siimer	1:11:56.5 18:50.6 19:19.0 16:13.1 17:33.8	0+8 1+6 0+3 0+1 0+0 1+3 0+2 0+0 0+3 0+2	+5:10.9
17	15	Slovakia Ivona Fialková Paulína Fialková Michal Šíma Tomáš Sklenárik	LAP 19:59.3 19:45.2 LAP 0	3+3 0+3 1+3 0+1 5+3
18	20	Japan Fuyuko Tachizaki Sari Maeda Tsukasa Kobonoki Kosuke Ozaki	LAP 19:53.9 LAP 0	0+3 0+3 0+2 3+3
19	17	Bulgaria Milena Todorova Maria Zdravkova Vladimir Iliev Dimitar Gerdzhikov	LAP 19:38.6 LAP 0	0+2 1+3 0+1 2+3
20	16	Slovenia Polona Klemenčič Živa Klemenčič Jakov Fak Miha Dovžan	LAP 19:15.0 LAP 0	0+1 0+3 3+3 1+3

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References

↑ "Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". www.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
↑ "Beijing". Inside IBU. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
↑ "Final results" (PDF). Ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 5 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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[1] "Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". www.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-18.

[2] "Beijing". Inside IBU. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 2022-01-16.

[3] "Final results" (PDF). Ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 5 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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v t e Olympic champions in biathlon – mixed relay
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km	2014: Tora Berger, Tiril Eckhoff, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2018: Marie Dorin Habert, Anaïs Bescond, Simon Desthieux, Martin Fourcade (FRA)
4 × 6 km	2022: Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)

Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Qualification
Individual	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Mass start	men	women
Relay	men	women	mixed
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