| Date | 14 February 2026 — 12:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Lago di Tésero Cross Country Stadium, Tésero, Trentino |
| Participants | 76 from 19 countries |
| Details | Course Length: 2 x 7338 m (classic) / 2 x 7566 m (freestyle) Height Differential: 59 m / 63 m Maximum Climb: 46 m /31 m Total Climbing: 130 m / 156 m |
Sweden seemed the overwhelming favorite as Frida Karlsson and Ebba Andersson had finished 1-2 in the skiathlon and the 10 km freestyle, and Swedes had swept the medals in the women’s sprint. Linn Svahn, the sprint gold medalist, put Sweden well ahead on the opening leg, leading Norway’s Kristin Fosnæs by 7.6 seconds. With Andersson up next, the rout seemed on.
However, shortly after her start Andersson fell, but got up quickly and was still in the lead when she fell again, losing her ski. It took almost a minute for her to get a new ski and her split would be only 12th on the second leg, over 78 seconds behind Norway, with Finland in second.
Karlsson then took over and posted the fastest split of the competition with 18:06.6, which brought the Swedes back to fourth place, behind Norway, Finland, and Italy, but Heidi Weng took the anchor exchange with a lead of over a minute on Sweden and almost 50 seconds on Finland. It was too much to make up in only 7½ kilometres.
Weng skied strongly, posting the second fastest anchor leg, to win Norway the gold medal. Behind her, Jonna Sundling had the fastest anchor to bring Sweden back to the silver medal position, with Finland rounding out the podium.
The relay would be the only event in women’s cross-country skiing not won by Sweden at Milano-Cortina 2026. For Norway it was their fourth victory in the Olympic relay, after wins in 1984, 2010, and 2018, and their 10th medal in the event, by far the most of any nation, with Germany, who finished fourth at Trentino, next with five medals in the relay.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split Rank | Exchange | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Norway |  NOR | 1-15:44.8 | – | – (–) | Gold | ||
| Classic | 2-1 Red | Kristin Fosnæs | 19:15.2 | 3 | 19:15.2 (3) | ||||
| Classic | 2-2 Green | Astrid Slind | 19:32.4 | 1 | 38:47.6 (1) | ||||
| Free | 2-3 Yellow | Karoline Simpson-Larsen | 18:18.2 | 2 | 57:05.8 (1) | ||||
| Free | 2-4 Blue | Heidi Weng | 18:39.0 | 2 | – (–) | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-16:35.7 | – | – (–) | Silver | ||
| Classic | 1-1 Red | Linn Svahn | 19:07.6 | 1 | 19:07.6 (1) | ||||
| Classic | 1-2 Green | Ebba Andersson | 20:58.4 | 12 | 40:06.0 (8) | ||||
| Free | 1-3 Yellow | Frida Karlsson | 18:06.6 | 1 | 58:12.6 (4) | ||||
| Free | 1-4 Blue | Jonna Sundling | 18:23.1 | 1 | – (–) | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Finland |  FIN | 1-16:59.5 | – | – (–) | Bronze | ||
| Classic | 4-1 Red | Johanna Matintalo | 19:19.8 | 6 | 19:19.8 (6) | ||||
| Classic | 4-2 Green | Kerttu Niskanen | 19:51.2 | 3 | 39:11.0 (2) | ||||
| Free | 4-3 Yellow | Vilma Ryytty | 18:43.1 | 5 | 57:54.1 (2) | ||||
| Free | 4-4 Blue | Jasmi Joensuu | 19:05.4 | 5 | – (–) | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Germany |  GER | 1-17:20.8 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 3-1 Red | Laura Gimmler | 19:48.2 | 10 | 19:48.2 (10) | ||||
| Classic | 3-2 Green | Katharina Hennig Dotzler | 19:51.9 | 4 | 39:40.1 (7) | ||||
| Free | 3-3 Yellow | Helen Hoffmann | 18:56.5 | 6 | 58:36.6 (5) | ||||
| Free | 3-4 Blue | Pia Fink | 18:44.2 | 3 | – (–) | ||||
| 5 | 6 | United States |  USA | 1-17:37.0 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 6-1 Red | Julia Kern | 19:21.4 | 7 | 19:21.4 (7) | ||||
| Classic | 6-2 Green | Rosie Brennan | 20:10.0 | 6 | 39:31.4 (6) | ||||
| Free | 6-3 Yellow | Novie McCabe | 19:05.8 | 7 | 58:37.2 (6) | ||||
| Free | 6-4 Blue | Jessie Diggins | 18:59.8 | 4 | – (–) | ||||
| 6 | 7 | Italy |  ITA | 1-17:44.5 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 7-1 Red | Iris De Martin Pinter | 19:14.8 | 2 | 19:14.8 (2) | ||||
| Classic | 7-2 Green | Caterina Ganz | 20:07.2 | 5 | 39:22.0 (4) | ||||
| Free | 7-3 Yellow | Martina Di Centa | 18:40.9 | 4 | 58:02.9 (3) | ||||
| Free | 7-4 Blue | Federica Cassol | 19:41.6 | 8 | – (–) | ||||
| 7 | 5 | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-18:02.1 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 5-1 Red | Anja Weber | 19:29.2 | 9 | 19:29.2 (9) | ||||
| Classic | 5-2 Green | Nadja Kälin | 19:43.9 | 2 | 39:13.1 (3) | ||||
| Free | 5-3 Yellow | Marina Kälin | 19:25.9 | 10 | 58:39.0 (7) | ||||
| Free | 5-4 Blue | Nadine Fähndrich | 19:23.1 | 6 | – (–) | ||||
| 8 | 9 | Canada |  CAN | 1-19:20.7 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 9-1 Red | Alison Mackie | 19:22.0 | 8 | 19:22.0 (8) | ||||
| Classic | 9-2 Green | Jasmine Drolet | 21:13.9 | 13 | 40:35.9 (10) | ||||
| Free | 9-3 Yellow | Liliane Gagnon | 19:12.7 | 8 | 59:48.6 (10) | ||||
| Free | 9-4 Blue | Sonjaa Schmidt | 19:32.1 | 7 | – (–) | ||||
| 9 | 17 | France |  FRA | 1-20:28.6 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 17-1 Red | Julie Pierrel | 19:54.8 | 11 | 19:54.8 (11) | ||||
| Classic | 17-2 Green | Cloé Pagnier | 20:50.6 | 10 | 40:45.4 (11) | ||||
| Free | 17-3 Yellow | Léonie Perry | 18:36.8 | 3 | 59:22.2 (9) | ||||
| Free | 17-4 Blue | Delphine Claudel | 21:06.4 | 12 | – (–) | ||||
| 10 | 18 | Austria |  AUT | 1-20:33.8 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 18-1 Red | Teresa Stadlober | 19:17.5 | 4 | 19:17.5 (4) | ||||
| Classic | 18-2 Green | Heidi Bucher | 20:13.1 | 8 | 39:30.6 (5) | ||||
| Free | 18-3 Yellow | Katharina Brudermann | 19:51.0 | 11 | 59:21.6 (8) | ||||
| Free | 18-4 Blue | Lisa Achleitner | 21:12.2 | 13 | – (–) | ||||
| 11 | 8 | Czechia |  CZE | 1-20:58.6 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 8-1 Red | Kateřina Janatová | 19:18.8 | 5 | 19:18.8 (5) | ||||
| Classic | 8-2 Green | Sandra Schützová | 20:48.1 | 9 | 40:06.9 (9) | ||||
| Free | 8-3 Yellow | Anna Milerská | 20:20.5 | 13 | 1-00:27.4 (11) | ||||
| Free | 8-4 Blue | Anna Marie Jaklová | 20:31.2 | 10 | – (–) | ||||
| 12 | 16 | Poland |  POL | 1-21:21.6 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 16-1 Red | Monika Skinder | 20:45.3 | 13 | 20:45.3 (13) | ||||
| Classic | 16-2 Green | Eliza Rucka-Michałek | 20:11.7 | 7 | 40:57.0 (12) | ||||
| Free | 16-3 Yellow | Aleksandra Kołodziej | 20:27.0 | 14 | 1-01:24.0 (13) | ||||
| Free | 16-4 Blue | Izabela Marcisz | 19:57.6 | 9 | – (–) | ||||
| 13 | 10 | Estonia |  EST | 1-21:46.2 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 10-1 Red | Kaidy Kaasiku | 20:02.8 | 12 | 20:02.8 (12) | ||||
| Classic | 10-2 Green | Keidy Kaasiku | 20:56.0 | 11 | 40:58.8 (13) | ||||
| Free | 10-3 Yellow | Mariel Pulles | 19:52.4 | 12 | 1-00:51.2 (12) | ||||
| Free | 10-4 Blue | Teesi Tuul | 20:55.0 | 11 | – (–) | ||||
| 14 | 11 | Australia |  AUS | 1-25:06.1 | – | – (–) | |||
| Classic | 11-1 Red | Ellen Soehol Lie | 21:57.5 | 16 | 21:57.5 (16) | ||||
| Classic | 11-2 Green | Phoebe Cridland | 22:12.5 | 14 | 44:10.0 (15) | ||||
| Free | 11-3 Yellow | Rosie Fordham | 19:16.5 | 9 | 1-03:26.5 (14) | ||||
| Free | 11-4 Blue | Maddie Hooker | 21:39.6 | 14 | – (–) | ||||
| 12 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | – | – | – (–) | Lapped | |||
| Classic | 12-1 Red | Kseniya Shalygina | 21:58.7 | 18 | 21:58.7 (18) | ||||
| Classic | 12-2 Green | Anna Melnik | 22:32.6 | 17 | 44:31.3 (18) | ||||
| Free | 12-3 Yellow | Nadezhda Stepashkina | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| Free | 12-4 Blue | Darya Ryazhko | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| 14 | Ukraine |  UKR | – | – | – (–) | Lapped | |||
| Classic | 14-1 Red | Anastasiya Nikon | 21:57.9 | 17 | 21:57.9 (17) | ||||
| Classic | 14-2 Green | Daryna Myhal | 22:29.4 | 15 | 44:27.3 (16) | ||||
| Free | 14-3 Yellow | Sofiya Shkatula | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| Free | 14-4 Blue | Yelizaveta Nopriyenko | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| 15 | Latvia |  LAT | – | – | – (–) | Lapped | |||
| Classic | 15-1 Red | Patrīcija Eiduka | 20:49.9 | 14 | 20:49.9 (14) | ||||
| Classic | 15-2 Green | Kitija Auzina | 22:29.4 | 15 | 43:19.3 (14) | ||||
| Free | 15-3 Yellow | Linda Kaparkalēja | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| Free | 15-4 Blue | Samanta Krampe | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| 19 | Slovenia |  SLO | – | – | – (–) | Lapped | |||
| Classic | 19-1 Red | Anja Mandeljc | 21:31.8 | 15 | 21:31.8 (15) | ||||
| Classic | 19-2 Green | Neža Žerjav | 22:56.0 | 18 | 44:27.8 (17) | ||||
| Free | 19-3 Yellow | Tia Janežič | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| Free | 19-4 Blue | Lucija Medja | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| 13 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | – | – | – (–) | Lapped | |||
| Classic | 13-1 Red | Yilamujiang Dinigeer | 23:39.4 | 19 | 23:39.4 (19) | ||||
| Classic | 13-2 Green | Chi Chunxue | 23:12.6 | 19 | 46:52.0 (19) | ||||
| Free | 13-3 Yellow | He Kaile | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| Free | 13-4 Blue | Wang Yundi | – | – | – (–) |
