| Event: | Women's biathlon relay |
| Games: | 2006 Winter |
| Venue: | Cesana San Sicario |
| Dates: | 23 February |
| Competitors: | 72 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Value: | 1:16:12.5 |
| Gold: | Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Zaitseva Albina Akhatova |
| Goldnoc: | RUS |
| Silver: | Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly |
| Bronzenoc: | FRA |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The Women's 4 x 6 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 23 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 6 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.
At each shooting station, a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets; however, only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one - if additional shots are required, the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time. If after the eight shots are taken, there are still targets not yet hit, the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop.[1]
Germany won the relay event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, while Russia's women were the defending World Champions after beating Germany by 41.4 seconds at the 2005 World Championship; Russia also led the World Cup standings after four relay events.
Despite missing the veteran Olga Pyleva, suspended for two years after failing an anti-doping test the previous week, the Russian team led from start to finish. The Germans finished 50.7 seconds behind for the silver. The French team took the bronze.[2]
The race was held at 12:00.[3]
| Rank | Bib | Team | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Zaytseva Albina Akhatova | 1:16:12.5 19:06.3 18:56.2 19:06.8 19:03.2 | 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+0 | |||
| 2 | Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm | 1:17:03.2 19:18.8 19:15.9 19:45.5 18:43.0 | 0+3 1+5 0+1 0+2 0+2 0+0 0+0 1+3 0+0 0+0 | |||
| 4 | Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | 1:18:38.7 20:46.5 19:02.6 19:50.2 18:59.4 | 0+6 0+2 0+2 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+2 0+0 | +2:26.2 | ||
| 6 | Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Ananko Olena Zubrilova | 1:19:19.6 19:33.0 19:45.8 19:53.9 20:06.9 | 0+5 0+3 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+2 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+0 | +3:07.1 | ||
| 3 | Tora Berger Liv Grete Poirée Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Tjørhom | 1:19:34.4 20:28.1 18:43.2 20:32.0 19:51.1 | 1+6 0+7 1+3 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+3 0+2 0+2 | +3:21.9 | ||
| 5 | Teja Gregorin Andreja Mali Dijana Grudiček Tadeja Brankovič | 1:19:55.7 19:45.2 20:09.8 19:44.5 20:16.2 | 0+5 1+6 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+2 0+3 1+3 | +3:43.2 | ||
| 11 | Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdon Katarzyna Ponikwia Magdalena Grzywa | 1:20:29.3 20:11.1 19:39.3 20:15.5 20:23.4 | 0+4 0+4 0+2 0+1 0+1 0+2 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+0 | +4:16.8 | ||
| 9 | Pavlina Filipova Radka Popova Irina Nikoultchina Ekaterina Dafovska | 1:20:38.7 19:17.7 20:43.1 20:27.2 20:10.7 | 0+5 3+9 0+0 0+0 0+0 1+3 0+3 1+3 0+2 1+3 | +4:26.2 | ||
| 7 | Kong Yingchao Sun Ribo Yin Qiao Liu Xianying | 1:21:43.7 19:51.1 20:41.5 20:55.3 20:15.8 | 0+5 2+8 0+0 0+0 0+2 1+3 0+1 1+3 0+2 0+2 | +5:31.2 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Anna Murínová Marcela Pavkovčeková Martina Halinárová Soňa Mihoková | 1:21:55.5 21:09.2 20:12.2 20:35.4 19:58.7 | 0+2 0+8 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+2 | +5:43.0 | |
| 11 | 8 | Oksana Khvostenko Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Lilia Efremova | 1:21:55.5 20:14.2 19:36.7 21:37.5 20:27.1 | 3+7 0+7 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+1 2+3 0+3 1+3 0+3 | +5:43.0 | |
| 12 | 15 | Michela Ponza Saskia Santer Nathalie Santer Barbara Ertl | 1:22:42.7 19:22.7 20:38.3 22:01.1 20:40.6 | 0+4 3+5 0+1 0+0 0+2 0+2 0+0 3+3 0+1 0+0 | +6:30.2 | |
| 13 | 10 | Kateřina Holubcová Lenka Faltusová Magda Rezlerová Zdeňka Vejnarová | 1:24:14.8 20:47.3 20:34.8 21:23.6 21:29.1 | 0+5 1+7 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+3 0+3 0+1 1+3 | +8:02.3 | |
| 14 | 16 | Dana Elena Plotogea Éva Tófalvi Mihaela Purdea Alexandra Rusu | 1:25:13.3 21:26.7 19:38.1 22:09.8 21:58.7 | 1+8 2+10 0+3 0+3 0+0 0+3 0+2 2+3 1+3 0+1 | +9:00.8 | |
| 15 | 18 | Rachel Steer Tracy Barnes Lanny Barnes Carolyn Treacy | 1:25:20.3 20:31.1 22:07.0 21:21.7 21:20.5 | 0+5 0+6 0+1 0+3 0+2 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+2 | +9:07.8 | |
| 16 | 14 | Tomomi Otaka Kanae Meguro Tamami Tanaka Ikuyo Tsukidate | 1:26:09.0 23:21.2 19:58.5 21:21.3 21:28.0 | 0+5 4+9 0+2 2+3 0+2 0+0 0+1 1+3 0+0 1+3 | +9:56.5 | |
| 17 | 13 | Zina Kocher Sandra Keith Martine Albert Marie-Pierre Parent | 1:26:09.7 20:24.3 21:32.8 21:25.2 22:47.4 | 0+1 1+9 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+2 0+1 1+3 | +9:57.2 | |
| 18 | 17 | Madara Līduma Anžela Brice Linda Savļaka Gerda Krūmiņa | 1:26:21.3 19:35.8 20:57.9 22:07.3 23:40.3 | 0+5 2+6 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+3 2+3 |