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

Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Soldier Hollow
Dates	21 February
Competitors	60 from 15 nations
Winning time	49:30.6
Medalists
Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, Evi Sachenbacher   Norway Marit Bjørgen, Bente Skari, Hilde Pedersen, Anita Moen   Switzerland Andrea Huber, Laurence Rochat, Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan, Natascia Leonardi Cortesi

The women's 4 x 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, but were forced to scratch due to positive drug tests from Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova.

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.

Rank	Team	Time
1	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	49:30.6
2	Norway Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Hilde Pedersen Anita Moen	49:31.9
3	Switzerland Andrea Huber Laurence Rochat Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	50:03.6
4	Czech Republic Helena Balatková Kamila Rajdlová Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Hanušová	50:35.2
5	Belarus Yelena Kalugina Svetlana Nageykina Vera Zyatikova Nataliya Zyatikova	50:37.9
6	Italy Marianna Longa Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	50:38.6
7	Finland Kati Sundqvist Satu Salonen Riitta Liisa Lassila Kaisa Varis	50:45.5
8	Canada Sara Renner Milaine Thériault Amanda Fortier Beckie Scott	50:49.6
9	Slovenia Petra Majdič Teja Gregorin Andreja Mali Nataša Lačen	51:19.6
10	Japan Kanoko Goto Madoka Natsumi Nobuko Fukuda Sumiko Yokoyama	51:35.7
11	Kazakhstan Svetlana Deshevykh Yelena Antonova Oksana Yatskaya Svetlana Shishkina	51:52.2
12	Sweden Lina Andersson Elin Ek Jenny Olsson Anna Dahlberg	52:40.4
13	United States Wendy Wagner Nina Kemppel Barbara Jones Aelin Peterson	53:23.4
99 !	Russia Olga Danilova Larissa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Yuliya Chepalova	DNS
99 !	Ukraine Olena Rodina Valentina Shevchenko Olena Zubrilova Iryna Terelia	DNS

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