The Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1976 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the sixth appearance of the women's relay event and the first to have a team of four skiers, instead of three. The competition was held on 12 February 1976, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium.[1]
| Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay at the XII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Cross Country Skiing Stadium |
| Date | 12 February |
| Competitors | 36 from 9 nations |
| Winning time | 1:07:49.75 |
| Medalists | |
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Baldycheva Zinaida Amosova Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova |
 Soviet Union |
1:07:49.75 |
| 2 | Liisa Suihkonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hiikka Kuntola Helena Takalo |
 Finland |
1:08:36.57 |
| 3 | Monika Debertshäuser Sigrun Krause Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse |
 East Germany |
1:09:57.95 |
| 4 | Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck Görel Partapuoli Marie Johansson-Risby Eva Olsson |
 Sweden |
1:10:14.68 |
| 5 | Berit Kvello Marit Myrmæl Berit Johannessen Grete Kummen |
 Norway |
1:11:09.08 |
| 6 | Anna Pasiarová Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová Alena Bartošová Blanka Paulů |
 Czechoslovakia |
1:11:27.83 |
| 7 | Shirley Firth Joan Groothuysen Sue Holloway Sharon Firth |
 Canada |
1:14:02.72 |
| 8 | Anna Pawlusiak Anna Gębala-Duraj Maria Trebunia Władysława Majerczyk |
 Poland |
1:14:13.40 |
| 9 | Martha Rockwell Jana Hlavaty Terry Porter Twila Hinkle |
 United States |
1:17:58.18 |
References edit
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2018.