Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay explained

Event:Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay
Games:2002 Winter
Venue:Soldier Hollow
Dates:21 February
Competitors:52
Nations:13
Win Value:49:30.6
Gold:Manuela Henkel
Viola Bauer
Claudia Künzel
Evi Sachenbacher
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Marit Bjørgen
Bente Skari
Hilde Pedersen
Anita Moen
Silvernoc:NOR
Bronze:Andrea Huber
Laurence Rochat
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:1998
Next:2006

The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow.

At Nagano in 1998, the Russians won over the Norwegians, and would have been overwhelming favorites at Salt Lake City but this time were forced to scratch due to positive drug tests from Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova.[1]

Race summary

In Russia's absence, Germany took an early lead in the first leg. Switzerland, Slovenia, and Norway trailed after Germany the first leg. Norway went ahead on the second leg, 2.7 seconds ahead of Germany, as they both distanced themselves from Switzerland, which was third. Norway stayed ahead by the third and final exchange, nine seconds over Germany, and another seven seconds ahead of Switzerland. On the anchor leg, Germany's Evi Sachenbacher caught Norway's anchor, Anita Moen, and pulled ahead 100 metres from the finish line to win the gold medal for Germany. Switzerland won the bronze medal.

Results

Each team used four skiers, with each completing racing over the same 5 kilometre circuit. The first two raced in the classical style, and the final pair of skiers raced freestyle.[2]

The race was started at 12:30.[3]

Rank Bib TeamTime [min:s] Deficit
4
Manuela Henkel
Viola Bauer
Claudia Künzel
Evi Sachenbacher
49:30.6
13:01.8
12:58.0
11:47.7
11:43.1
2
Marit Bjørgen
Bente Skari
Hilde Pedersen
Anita Moen
49:31.9
13:15.9
12:41.2
11:41.0
11:53.8
7
Andrea Huber
Laurence Rochat
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
50:03.6
13:08.2
13:02.7
11:43.3
12:09.4
4 8
Helena Balatková
Kamila Rajdlová
Kateřina Neumannová
Kateřina Hanušová
50:35.2
13:33.6
13:24.6
11:26.4
12:10.6
+1:04.6
5 13
Yelena Kalugina
Svetlana Nageykina
Vera Zyatikova
Nataliya Zyatikova
50:37.9
13:45.1
12:47.9
12:11.1
11:53.8
+1:07.3
6 3
Marianna Longa
Gabriella Paruzzi
Sabina Valbusa
Stefania Belmondo
50:38.6
14:14.2
13:13.2
11:41.3
11:29.9
+1:08.0
7 15
Kati Sundqvist
Satu Salonen
Riitta-Liisa Lassila
Kaisa Varis
50:45.5
13:48.5
12:44.8
12:09.3
12:02.9
+1:14.9
8 6
Sara Renner
Milaine Thériault
Amanda Fortier
Beckie Scott
50:49.6
13:19.8
13:39.7
12:10.7
11:39.4
+1:19.0
9 10
Petra Majdič
Teja Gregorin
Andreja Mali
Nataša Lačen
51:19.6
13:12.7
14:04.2
11:50.5
12:12.2
+1:49.0
10 12
Kanoko Goto
Madoka Natsumi
Nobuko Fukuda
Sumiko Yokoyama
51:35.7
13:35.7
13:22.9
12:27.4
12:09.7
+2:05.1
11 14
Svetlana Deshevykh
Yelena Antonova
Oksana Yatskaya
Svetlana Shishkina
51:52.2
13:53.9
13:23.2
12:04.0
12:31.1
+2:21.6
12 5
Lina Andersson
Elin Ek
Jenny Olsson
Anna Dahlberg
52:40.4
14:09.6
13:37.0
12:11.5
12:42.3
+3:09.8
13 11
Wendy Wagner
Nina Kemppel
Barbara Jones
Aelin Peterson
53:23.4
14:03.4
13:49.9
12:35.2
12:54.9
+3:52.8
1
Olga Danilova
Larisa Lazutina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Yuliya Chepalova
Did not start
9
Olena Rodina
Valentyna Shevchenko
Olena Zubrilova
Iryna Terelya

References

  1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 4 x 5 kilometres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191142/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/CCS/womens-4-x-5-kilometres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . sports-reference.com . 2 February 2018.
  2. Web site: OFFICIAL RESULTS Olympic Winter Games - Ladies' Rel 4x5 km . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 2 February 2018.
  3. https://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2002/CC/2854/2854RL.pdf Final results

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