The Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Pragelato.
Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira and Marit Bjørgen of Norway were the defending World Champions, but finished third at a pre-Olympic World Cup event in Val di Fiemme, where a team representing Finland won. Germany were defending Olympic champions, with Claudia Künzel, Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer and Evi Sachenbacher.
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.
The race was started at 09:45.Final results Rank Bib Team Time Deficit 2 Natalya Baranova-MasalkinaLarisa KurkinaYuliya ChepalovaYevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova 54:47.714:34.914:41.812:41.212:49.8 4 Stefanie BöhlerViola BauerEvi Sachenbacher-StehleClaudia Künzel 54:57.714:33.914:19.512:50.613:13.7 3 Arianna FollisGabriella ParuzziAntonella ConfortolaSabina Valbusa 54:58.714:32.014:26.113:05.012:55.6 8 Anna DahlbergElin EkBritta Johansson NorgrenAnna-Karin Strömstedt 55:00.314:23.914:38.612:55.013:02.8 1 Kristin Størmer SteiraHilde Gjermundshaug PedersenKristin Mürer StemlandMarit Bjørgen 55:21.814:23.514:29.313:03.713:25.3 6 Helena ErbenováKamila RajdlováIvana JanečkováKateřina Neumannová 55:46.314:40.815:03.013:16.612:45.9 5 Aino-Kaisa SaarinenVirpi KuitunenRiitta-Liisa LassilaKati Venäläinen 55:55.814:21.114:30.413:13.413:50.9 +1:08.1 16 Kateryna GrygorenkoTetyana ZavalíyVita YakymchukValentyna Shevchenko 56:36.314:56.515:01.813:33.413:04.6 +1:48.6 9 Aurélie PerrillatKarine PhilippotCécile StortiÉmilie Vina 56:41.414:27.914:31.213:22.114:20.2 +1:53.7 10 17 Milaine ThériaultSara RennerAmanda AmmarBeckie Scott 56:49.815:09.614:04.514:31.513:04.2 +2:02.1 11 11 Seraina MischolLaurence RochatNatascia Leonardi CortesiSeraina Boner 56:52.414:25.315:03.413:29.413:54.3 +2:04.7 12 12 Nobuko FukudaMasako IshidaSumiko YokoyamaMadoka Natsumi 56:57.814:20.015:22.813:18.813:56.2 +2:10.1 13 7 Oxana YatskayaYevgeniya VoloshenkoElena KolominaSvetlana Malahova-Shishkina 57:52.915:02.615:52.313:41.813:16.2 +3:05.2 14 15 Wendy Kay WagnerKikkan RandallSarah KonradRebecca Dussault 57:58.415:00.015:28.513:43.513:46.4 +3:10.7 15 10 Alena SannikovaLudmila Korolik ShablouskayaEkaterina Rudakova BulaukaOlga Vasiljonok 58:19.514:54.015:24.014:09.913:51.6 +3:31.8 16 14 Wang ChunliLi HongxueLiu YuanyuanSong Bo 58:42.514:58.015:01.613:47.514:55.4 +3:54.8 17 13 Piret PormeisterSilja SuijaKaili SirgeTatjana Mannima +5:36.7
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