| | Event type
4 × 6 kilometres Relay, Women
| Date | 23 February 2010 — 11:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler | |
| Participants | 76 from 19 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 6,244 m Height Differential: 27 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.0 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 4.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 198 m | |
The teams from Russia, Germany and France were in close contention to the half way stage but, on the third leg, Olga Medvedtseva made no shooting errors and took a lead of 44.8 seconds into the final leg. Behind them, the German team, minus Magdalena Neuner who had given up her place to her friend Martina Beck, had a lead of 20.2 seconds ahead of France after Marie Dorin had missed 4 targets in her leg. Olga Zaitseva, despite missing 3 targets in the final leg, brought the Russian team home in the time of 1-09:36.3 to win the gold medal comfortably. A good leg from Sandrine Bailly saw her overtake Andrea Henkel in the last leg to win the silver medal for France ahead of Germany. The Russian victory was not without controversy. Olga Medvedtseva, then competing under the name Olga Pylyova, had been an Olympic champion in Salt Lake City but was thrown out of the 2006 Winter Games after testing positive for the drug Carphedon which is claimed to increase physical stamina and tolerance to cold. The Russian biathlon programme had been in turmoil over the previous few years following a number of positive tests by some of the nation’s leading athletes.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Misses | Extra Shots | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 Extra Shots | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 Extra Shots | Shooting 2 | Exchange | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-09:36.3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | 3 | – (–) | – (–) | Gold | ||
| Lead-Off | Svetlana Sleptsova | 17:24.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:41.2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 11:43.4 (1) | 17:24.4 (2) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Anna Bogaly-Titovets | 17:17.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:09.5 (3) | 0 | 1 | 29:16.4 (3) | 34:41.7 (2) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Olga Pylyova-Medvedtseva | 17:27.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40:18.5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 46:24.7 (1) | 52:09.4 (1) | ||||
| Anchor | Olga Zaytseva | 17:26.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 57:56.8 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1-04:12.5 (1) | 1-09:36.3 (1) | ||||
| 2 | France |  FRA | 1-10:09.1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | – (–) | 0 | 4 | – (–) | – (–) | Silver | ||
| Lead-Off | Marie-Laure Brunet | 17:22.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:43.6 (2) | 0 | 2 | 11:58.7 (4) | 17:22.6 (1) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Sylvie Becaert | 17:17.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:57.1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 29:15.6 (2) | 34:40.2 (1) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Marie Dorin-Habert | 18:34.2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 41:33.1 (9) | 0 | 1 | 47:36.9 (6) | 53:14.4 (3) | ||||
| Anchor | Sandrine Bailly | 16:54.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59:08.2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 1-05:03.5 (3) | 1-10:09.1 (2) | ||||
| 3 | Germany |  GER | 1-10:13.4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | 3 | – (–) | – (–) | Bronze | ||
| Lead-Off | Kati Wilhelm | 17:26.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:03.3 (14) | 0 | 0 | 11:55.0 (2) | 17:26.0 (3) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Simone Hauswald | 17:16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:01.9 (2) | 0 | 0 | 29:07.5 (1) | 34:42.2 (3) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Martina Glagow-Beck | 18:12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40:30.1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 46:59.6 (2) | 52:54.2 (2) | ||||
| Anchor | Andrea Henkel | 17:19.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58:35.4 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1-04:58.1 (2) | 1-10:13.4 (3) | ||||
| 4 | Norway |  NOR | 1-10:34.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – (–) | 0 | 2 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Liv Kjersti Eikeland | 18:20.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:49.2 (4) | 0 | 2 | 12:33.4 (15) | 18:20.4 (14) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Ann Kristin Flatland | 16:52.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:51.7 (12) | 0 | 0 | 29:49.4 (6) | 35:13.0 (6) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Solveig Rogstad | 18:21.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41:05.1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 47:30.9 (4) | 53:34.2 (6) | ||||
| Anchor | Tora Berger | 16:59.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59:24.7 (6) | 0 | 0 | 1-05:25.0 (4) | 1-10:34.1 (4) | ||||
| 5 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-10:47.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | 1 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Elisabeth Högberg | 17:46.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:51.0 (6) | 0 | 1 | 12:05.9 (7) | 17:46.7 (8) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek | 17:25.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:29.1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 29:38.5 (4) | 35:12.6 (5) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Anna-Maria Nilsson | 18:16.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41:32.2 (8) | 0 | 0 | 47:47.7 (7) | 53:29.4 (5) | ||||
| Anchor | Helena Jonsson | 17:17.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:16.7 (5) | 0 | 0 | 1-05:25.4 (5) | 1-10:47.2 (5) | ||||
| 6 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-11:08.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | 6 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Olena Pidhrushna | 17:36.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:51.9 (9) | 0 | 1 | 12:00.0 (5) | 17:36.9 (4) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Valj Semerenko | 17:56.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23:20.8 (4) | 0 | 3 | 29:54.0 (7) | 35:33.2 (8) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Oksana Khvostenko | 17:44.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41:22.2 (6) | 0 | 0 | 47:26.4 (3) | 53:17.9 (4) | ||||
| Anchor | Vita Semerenko | 17:50.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58:57.4 (3) | 0 | 2 | 1-05:26.0 (6) | 1-11:08.2 (6) | ||||
| 7 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-11:34.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – (–) | 0 | 2 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Liudmila Kalinchyk | 17:40.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6:00.1 (11) | 0 | 1 | 12:09.9 (10) | 17:40.0 (5) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Daria Domrachava | 17:28.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:21.5 (5) | 0 | 1 | 29:44.2 (5) | 35:08.7 (4) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Volha Kudrashova | 18:27.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41:03.4 (3) | 0 | 0 | 47:33.3 (5) | 53:36.1 (7) | ||||
| Anchor | Nadzeya Skardzina | 17:57.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:37.4 (7) | 0 | 0 | 1-05:57.1 (7) | 1-11:34.0 (7) | ||||
| 8 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 1-12:16.9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | 6 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Wang Chunli | 17:44.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6:00.7 (12) | 0 | 2 | 12:15.0 (12) | 17:44.7 (7) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Liu Xianying | 17:47.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:35.9 (8) | 0 | 1 | 29:58.8 (8) | 35:32.4 (7) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Kong Yingchao | 19:10.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41:21.9 (5) | 0 | 3 | 48:30.1 (9) | 54:42.8 (13) | ||||
| Anchor | Song Chaoqing | 17:34.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-00:25.3 (10) | 0 | 0 | 1-06:39.7 (9) | 1-12:16.9 (9) | ||||
| 9 | Romania |  ROU | 1-12:32.9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | 3 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Dana Plotogea-Cojocea | 18:10.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:45.0 (3) | 0 | 1 | 12:09.4 (8) | 18:10.6 (12) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Eva Tofalvi | 17:47.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:49.8 (11) | 0 | 2 | 30:11.1 (11) | 35:58.4 (11) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Mihaela Purdea | 18:23.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 41:57.6 (11) | 0 | 3 | 48:35.4 (10) | 54:21.6 (9) | ||||
| Anchor | Reka Ferencz | 18:11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-00:20.9 (9) | 0 | 0 | 1-06:46.5 (10) | 1-12:32.9 (10) | ||||
| 10 | Italy |  ITA | 1-12:54.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | – (–) | 0 | 4 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Michela Ponza | 18:20.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5:55.3 (10) | 0 | 1 | 12:26.6 (14) | 18:20.5 (15) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Katja Haller | 17:58.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:10.4 (15) | 0 | 0 | 30:23.4 (13) | 36:18.7 (14) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Karin Oberhofer | 18:19.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42:03.9 (12) | 0 | 2 | 48:55.5 (14) | 54:38.0 (11) | ||||
| Anchor | Roberta Fiandino | 18:16.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1-01:04.2 (12) | 0 | 1 | 1-07:28.6 (12) | 1-12:54.2 (11) | ||||
| 11 | Poland |  POL | 1-12:54.3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | – (–) | 1 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Krystyna Pałka | 18:21.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6:04.9 (16) | 0 | 2 | 12:26.3 (13) | 18:21.2 (16) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Magdalena Gwizdoń | 19:10.2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24:30.3 (17) | 1 | 3 | 31:35.4 (18) | 37:31.4 (18) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | 17:55.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43:20.7 (16) | 0 | 1 | 49:40.1 (15) | 55:27.1 (15) | ||||
| Anchor | Agnieszka Cyl | 17:27.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-01:11.8 (13) | 0 | 1 | 1-07:26.2 (11) | 1-12:54.3 (12) | ||||
| 12 | Slovakia |  SVK | 1-13:15.8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | – (–) | 1 | 9 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Martina Jašicová-Schwarzbacherová-Halinárová | 18:27.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6:05.8 (17) | 0 | 2 | 12:33.9 (16) | 18:27.1 (17) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Anastasia Kuzmina | 17:09.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:04.1 (14) | 0 | 1 | 30:07.6 (10) | 35:36.4 (9) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Natália Prekopová | 19:41.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41:31.4 (7) | 1 | 3 | 48:50.4 (13) | 55:18.1 (14) | ||||
| Anchor | Janka Gereková | 17:57.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1-01:16.5 (14) | 0 | 3 | 1-07:44.2 (14) | 1-13:15.8 (13) | ||||
| 13 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 1-13:42.9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | – (–) | 0 | 5 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Yelena Khrustalyova | 17:42.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:50.5 (5) | 0 | 1 | 12:09.7 (9) | 17:42.1 (6) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Anna Lebedeva | 18:00.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:37.3 (9) | 0 | 1 | 30:01.2 (9) | 35:42.9 (10) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Lyubov Filimonova | 18:52.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41:40.7 (10) | 0 | 2 | 48:29.7 (8) | 54:35.5 (10) | ||||
| Anchor | Marina Lebedeva | 19:07.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1-00:56.6 (11) | 0 | 1 | 1-07:40.4 (13) | 1-13:42.9 (14) | ||||
| 14 | Canada |  CAN | 1-14:25.5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7 | – (–) | 0 | 5 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Megan Imrie | 18:18.9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6:01.0 (13) | 0 | 3 | 12:38.2 (17) | 18:18.9 (13) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Zina Kocher | 18:04.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24:16.0 (16) | 0 | 1 | 30:45.9 (16) | 36:23.8 (15) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Rosanna Crawford | 19:50.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 43:12.1 (15) | 0 | 0 | 49:53.5 (17) | 56:14.7 (17) | ||||
| Anchor | Megan Tandy-Heinicke | 18:10.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-02:28.4 (16) | 0 | 1 | 1-08:55.7 (16) | 1-14:25.5 (15) | ||||
| 15 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-14:37.5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | – (–) | 1 | 6 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Veronika Vítková | 17:51.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5:51.5 (7) | 0 | 1 | 12:01.2 (6) | 17:51.1 (10) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Magda Rezlerová | 18:25.9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:24.1 (6) | 1 | 3 | 30:29.6 (15) | 36:17.0 (13) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Gabriela Soukalová | 18:23.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42:09.9 (13) | 0 | 1 | 48:45.6 (12) | 54:40.7 (12) | ||||
| Anchor | Zdeňka Vejnarová | 19:56.8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1-02:07.6 (15) | 0 | 1 | 1-08:48.9 (15) | 1-14:37.5 (16) | ||||
| 16 | United States |  USA | 1-15:47.5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | – (–) | 0 | 4 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Sara Studebaker | 17:53.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:03.9 (15) | 0 | 0 | 12:14.2 (11) | 17:53.2 (11) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Lanny Barnes | 18:52.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:49.1 (10) | 0 | 1 | 30:28.5 (14) | 36:45.7 (16) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Haley Johnson | 19:01.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43:24.4 (17) | 0 | 0 | 49:41.3 (16) | 55:47.2 (16) | ||||
| Anchor | Laura Spector | 20:00.3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1-02:47.2 (17) | 0 | 3 | 1-09:53.8 (17) | 1-15:47.5 (17) | ||||
| 17 | Estonia |  EST | 1-17:55.5 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 9 | – (–) | 0 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Kadri Lehtla | 18:49.8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6:07.4 (18) | 0 | 2 | 12:46.1 (18) | 18:49.8 (18) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Eveli Saue | 18:15.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:54.1 (18) | 0 | 1 | 31:18.5 (17) | 37:05.2 (17) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Sirli Hanni | 20:06.6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 44:11.7 (18) | 0 | 1 | 50:55.2 (18) | 57:11.8 (18) | ||||
| Anchor | Kristel Viigipuu | 20:43.7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1-04:31.9 (18) | 0 | 3 | 1-11:48.1 (18) | 1-17:55.5 (18) | ||||
| 18 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-18:56.2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 | – (–) | 2 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Žanna Juškāne | 21:06.7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7:25.3 (19) | 0 | 2 | 14:44.7 (19) | 21:06.7 (19) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Madara Līduma | 18:09.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27:16.2 (19) | 0 | 1 | 33:36.6 (19) | 39:16.4 (19) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Līga Glāzere | 20:51.6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45:37.7 (19) | 2 | 3 | 53:42.8 (19) | 1-00:08.0 (19) | ||||
| Anchor | Gerda Krūmiņa | 18:48.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-06:29.3 (19) | 0 | 1 | 1-13:03.9 (19) | 1-18:56.2 (19) | ||||
| Slovenia |  SLO | [1-12:02.4] | [0] | [6] | [0] | [4] | – (–) | [0] | [2] | – (–) | – (–) | 1 | |||
| Lead-Off | Dijana Grudiček-Ravnikar | 17:50.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:51.7 (8) | 0 | 1 | 11:56.8 (3) | 17:50.4 (9) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Andreja Mali | 18:18.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:52.5 (13) | 0 | 1 | 30:17.8 (12) | 36:08.6 (12) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Tadeja Brankovič | 18:07.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42:27.0 (14) | 0 | 0 | 48:38.5 (11) | 54:16.4 (8) | ||||
| Anchor | Teja Gregorin | [17:46.0] | [0] | [1] | [0] | [1] | [1-00:19.4] ([8]) | [0] | [0] | [1-06:38.3] ([8]) | [1-12:02.4] ([8]) | 2 |