Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's relay

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Women's relay
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram.svg
Pictogram for biathlon
Venue Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date21 February 2014
Competitors68 from 17 nations
Winning time1:10:02.5
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vita Semerenko
Juliya Dzhyma
Valentyna Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna 		Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg Fanny Welle-Strand Horn
Tiril Eckhoff
Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland
Tora Berger 		Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Eva Puskarčíková
Gabriela Soukalová
Jitka Landová
Veronika Vítková 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
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The Women's 4 x 6 kilometre relay biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 21 February 2014. [1]

Summary

Ukraine won their first ever gold Olympic medal in biathlon (and the second gold winter Olympic medal, the first one since 1994 (won by Oksana Baiul), [2] [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 broke a pole. After that, Germany was never in the medal contention. [4] Marie-Laure Brunet, running the first leg for France, collapsed, so France did not finish.

On 27 November 2017, the IOC disqualified Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova for doping violations and stripped Russia of the silver medal. [5] Fellow teammate Olga Zaitseva was sanctioned on 1 December 2017. [6] On 24 September 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport removed the sanctions from biathletes Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova, but upheld them on their teammate Olga Zaitseva. [7] Medals in this event were redistributed by the IOC on 19 May 2022. [8] The Czech team was awarded the medals on 4 March 2023 during the Biathlon World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě. [9]

Results

The race was started at 18:30. [10]

RankBibCountryTimePenalties (P+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Vita 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		—
Silver medal icon.svg4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Fanny Welle-Strand Horn
Tiril Eckhoff
Ann Kristin Aafedt 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
Bronze medal icon.svg10Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Eva 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
46Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Liudmila 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
58Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Dorothea 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
614Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Susan 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
77Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Rosanna 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
812Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Selina 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
911Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Krystyna 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
101Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Franziska 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
1113Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
Galina 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
1217Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fuyuko 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
139Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Jana 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
1416Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Song 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
1515Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Kadri 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
5Flag of France.svg  France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Marie Dorin Habert
Anaïs Chevalier
Anaïs Bescond








DNF
DSQ (2)3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yana 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

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