Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's relay

Women’s relay
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Women’s relay; at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
	Biathlon
Venue	Hualindong Ski Resort
Date	16 February
Competitors	80 from 20 nations
Teams	20
Winning time	1:11:03.9
Medalists
	← 2018 2026 →

Last updated December 18, 2022

The Women's relay competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 16 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] Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Hanna Öberg, and Elvira Öberg of Sweden won the event, with the Russian Olympic Committee winning the silver medal, and Germany bronze. This was the first Olympic gold in women's relay for Sweden.

Summary

The defending champions are Belarus, and the 2018 silver and bronze medalists were Sweden and France, respectively. There were four women's relays in the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics; two were won by France, and one by Sweden and Norway each. Norway are also the 2021 World Champion with Germany and Ukraine as silver and bronze medalists.

Germany, Sweden, and Italy finished the first leg together, with an advantage of about 15-20 seconds over a large group of competitors, which included all the top teams. There were no penalty loops in the first leg. In the second leg, France and Belarus run one penalty loop each, and Norway run two, and these teams dropped behind. At the second exchange the Russian Olympic Committee were leading, 11 seconds ahead of Italy, 27 seconds ahead of Sweden, and 46 seconds ahead of Germany. Norway were almost two minutes behind, as well as the number of other teams. On the second shooting of the third leg, Svetlana Mironova had to run a penalty loop. She remained in the leading group, but lost the advantage she developed on the leg. At the thirst interchange, Sweden were leading, with Italy 7 seconds behind, the Russian Olympic committee 13 seconds, Germany 37 seconds, and Norway and France one minute 15 seconds behind. In leg 4, France got a penalty loop at the second shooting and dropped out of medal contention. After the last shooting, Sweden were leading with the Russian Olympic Committee 25 seconds, Germany 35 seconds, and Norway 54 seconds behind. They finished in the same order.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 15:45.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Country	Time	Penalties (P+S)	Deficit
	3	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg	1:11:03.9 17:24.9 17:45.9 17:58.4 17:54.7	0+6 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+1	—
	2	ROC Irina Kazakevich Kristina Reztsova Svetlana Mironova Uliana Nigmatullina	1:11:15.9 17:41.3 17:02.5 18:38.9 17:53.2	1+7 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+0 1+3 0+0 0+1	+12.0
	5	Germany Vanessa Voigt Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	1:11:41.3 17:24.4 18:05.3 18:16.5 17:55.1	0+6 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+1 0+1	+37.4
4	4	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Tiril Eckhoff Ida Lien Marte Olsbu Røiseland	1:11:54.6 17:38.0 18:59.2 17:47.5 17:29.9	2+8 0+0 0+0 0+2 2+3 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1	+50.7
5	7	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Samuela Comola Federica Sanfilippo	1:12:37.0 17:25.9 17:28.6 18:22.1 19:20.4	0+5 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+2	+1:33.1
6	1	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Julia Simon	1:13:16.9 17:36.9 18:53.4 17:55.1 18:51.5	2+10 0+0 0+1 1+3 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+0 1+3	+2:13.0
7	9	Ukraine Iryna Petrenko Yuliia Dzhima Anastasiya Merkushyna Olena Bilosiuk	1:14:04.1 17:46.1 19:06.1 18:09.5 19:02.4	1+6 0+0 0+0 1+3 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+0	+3:00.2
8	8	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Markéta Davidová Jessica Jislová Lucie Charvátová	1:14:06.0 18:20.2 17:40.7 18:49.8 19:15.3	1+8 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 1+3	+3:02.1
9	14	Austria Dunja Zdouc Lisa Theresa Hauser Anna Juppe Katharina Innerhofer	1:15:07.6 18:13.0 18:12.3 19:51.3 18:51.0	3+7 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+0 2+3 0+0 0+0 1+3	+4:03.7
10	16	Canada Emma Lunder Megan Bankes Emily Dickson Sarah Beaudry	1:15:34.3 17:45.8 18:29.7 19:39.3 19:39.5	0+8 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+3 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+0	+4:30.4
11	10	United States Susan Dunklee Clare Egan Deedra Irwin Joanne Reid	1:15:51.3 18:44.8 19:04.1 19:17.1 18:45.3	2+9 0+0 0+0 0+2 1+3 0+0 1+3 0+0 0+1	+4:47.4
12	18	China Tang Jialin Chu Yuanmeng Ding Yuhuan Meng Fanqi	1:16:11.5 18:05.2 18:37.9 19:44.2 19:44.2	1+5 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+0 1+3 0+0 0+0	+5:07.6
13	6	Belarus Iryna Leshchanka Dzinara Alimbekava Elena Kruchinkina Hanna Sola	1:16:34.4 17:51.9 18:59.9 20:47.7 18:54.9	5+16 0+0 0+2 0+0 1+3 0+3 3+3 0+2 1+3	+5:30.5
14	15	Poland Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Kamila Żuk Kinga Zbylut Anna Mąka	1:17:12.1 18:06.0 20:04.3 19:33.1 19:28.7	1+10 0+2 0+1 1+3 0+1 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+0	+6:08.2
15	12	Estonia Regina Oja Tuuli Tomingas Susan Külm Johanna Talihärm	LAP 18:18.9 19:36.8 18:42.6 LAP	0+1 0+3 0+2 2+3 0+1 0+0 3+3
16	13	Finland Suvi Minkkinen Mari Eder Erika Jänkä Nastassia Kinnunen	LAP 19:15.2 17:39.3 21:11.6 LAP	0+0 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1 2+3 0+2
17	17	Japan Fuyuko Tachizaki Sari Maeda Asuka Hachisuka Yurie Tanaka	LAP 17:55.9 19:01.8 21:16.4 LAP	0+1 0+2 0+0 0+3 0+0 2+3 0+3
18	20	Bulgaria Milena Todorova Maria Zdravkova Lora Hristova Daniela Kadeva	LAP 17:36.7 21:04.7 LAP	0+1 0+1 0+0 1+3 0+1 0+1
19	19	Slovakia Ivona Fialková Henrieta Horvátová Veronika Machyniaková Paulína Fialková	LAP 17:43.0 20:10.2 LAP	0+1 0+2 0+3 0+2 2+3 0+1
	11	Switzerland Irene Cadurisch Lena Häcki Selina Gasparin Amy Baserga	DNF DNF	0+2 0+1

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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. 16 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 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. 16 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

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v t e Olympic champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay
3 × 7.5 km	1992: Corinne Niogret, Véronique Claudel, Anne Briand (FRA)
4 × 7.5 km	1994: Nadezhda Talanova, Natalya Snytina, Luiza Noskova, Anfisa Reztsova (RUS) 1998: Uschi Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle (GER) 2002: Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm (GER)
4 × 6 km	2006: Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olga Zaitseva, Albina Akhatova (RUS) 2010: Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 2014: Vita Semerenko, Yuliia Dzhima, Valentyna Semerenko, Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) 2018: Nadezhda Skardino, Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2022: Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Hanna Öberg, Elvira Öberg (SWE)

Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Qualification
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