| Date | 25 February 1994 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Birkebeineren Skistadion, Lillehammer | |
| Participants | 68 from 17 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 8,250 m Height Differential: 57 m Maximum Climb: 23 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 279 m | |
The event was expanded to 4 x 7.5 km, as it had been 3 x 7.5 km in 1992 at Albertville. This was expected to be a battle between the Germans and the Russians. Also expected to challenge for medals were the Czech Republic, the 1993 World Champions, and the defending champions France, second at the 1993 Worlds. And for the first two legs, the chalk looked good, as Germany led the opening leg, followed by Russia, and they pulled further ahead on the second leg, leading Russia by 1:11.2 at the second exchange. But on the third leg German Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm missed six of her 10 targets, and 12 of 16 shots overall, and was forced to ski 900 metres in penalty loops, posting a time of 30:43.1, slowest by any biathlete on the top seven teams. This dropped Germany to third, but over 2½ minutes behind Russia, and the gold medal chase was over. Russia won by almost four minutes, while Germany pulled back some time on the anchor leg to get the silver medal, over a minute ahead of France.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | Misses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-47:19.5 | 0 | Gold | ||
| Lead-Off | 2-1 | Nadezhda Talanova | 27:21.1 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 2-2 | Nataliya Snytina | 27:25.4 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 2-3 | Luiza Noskova | 26:59.0 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 2-4 | Anfisa Reztsova | 25:34.0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Germany |  GER | 1-51:16.5 | 6 | Silver | ||
| Lead-Off | 1-1 | Uschi Disl | 26:56.8 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 1-2 | Antje Harvey | 26:38.5 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 1-3 | Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | 30:43.1 | 6 | ||||
| Anchor | 1-4 | Petra Schaaf | 26:58.1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | France |  FRA | 1-52:28.3 | 1 | Bronze | ||
| Lead-Off | 5-1 | Corinne Niogret | 27:32.5 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 5-2 | Véronique Claudel | 28:15.3 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 5-3 | Delphyne Heymann-Burlet | 28:30.2 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 5-4 | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 28:10.3 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 15 | Norway |  NOR | 1-54:08.1 | 2 | |||
| Lead-Off | 15-1 | Ann-Elen Skjelbreid | 29:36.7 | 1 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 15-2 | Annette Sikveland | 28:21.2 | 1 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 15-3 | Hildegunn Fossen | 28:17.0 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 15-4 | Elin Kristiansen | 27:53.2 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-54:26.5 | 3 | |||
| Lead-Off | 7-1 | Valentyna Tserbe | 27:59.6 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 7-2 | Maryna Skolota | 30:14.2 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 7-3 | Olena Petrova | 28:25.4 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 7-4 | Olena Ohurtsova | 27:47.3 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-54:55.1 | 8 | |||
| Lead-Off | 3-1 | Iryna Kakuyeva | 30:10.9 | 4 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3-2 | Natallia Permiakova | 29:19.5 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 3-3 | Natallia Ryzhankova | 28:43.9 | 2 | ||||
| Anchor | 3-4 | Sviatlana Paramihina | 26:40.8 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-57:00.8 | 3 | |||
| Lead-Off | 6-1 | Jana Kulhavá | 29:03.0 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 6-2 | Jiřína Pelcová | 30:24.5 | 1 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 6-3 | Iveta Knížková | 30:19.5 | 2 | ||||
| Anchor | 6-4 | Eva Háková | 27:13.8 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | 16 | United States |  USA | 1-57:35.9 | 3 | |||
| Lead-Off | 16-1 | Beth Coats | 31:35.2 | 3 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 16-2 | Joan Smith | 27:34.7 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 16-3 | Laurie Tavares | 28:15.4 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 16-4 | Joan Guetschow | 30:10.6 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-58:07.2 | 0 | |||
| Lead-Off | 4-1 | Eva-Karin Westin | 30:43.4 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 4-2 | Catarina Eklund | 29:06.5 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 4-3 | Maria Schylander | 29:18.0 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 4-4 | Heléne Dahlberg | 28:59.3 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | Finland |  FIN | 1-58:55.7 | 4 | |||
| Lead-Off | 10-1 | Katja Holanti | 33:11.0 | 3 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 10-2 | Tuija Sikiö | 28:24.2 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 10-3 | Mari Lampinen | 29:50.7 | 1 | ||||
| Anchor | 10-4 | Tuija Vuoksiala | 27:29.8 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | 13 | Poland |  POL | 1-59:18.1 | 4 | |||
| Lead-Off | 13-1 | Anna Stera | 30:03.6 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 13-2 | Helena Mikołajczyk | 30:01.9 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 13-3 | Agata Suszka | 29:17.9 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 13-4 | Halina Pitoń | 29:54.7 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | 11 | Estonia |  EST | 1-59:30.4 | 2 | |||
| Lead-Off | 11-1 | Jelena Všivtseva | 29:31.4 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 11-2 | Eveli Peterson | 29:10.4 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 11-3 | Krista Lepik | 29:33.6 | 1 | ||||
| Anchor | 11-4 | Merle Viirmaa | 31:15.0 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | 8 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 2-00:16.2 | 3 | |||
| Lead-Off | 8-1 | Mariya Manolova | 29:33.3 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 8-2 | Nadezhda Aleksieva | 31:47.3 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 8-3 | Ekaterina Dafovska | 29:26.1 | 1 | ||||
| Anchor | 8-4 | Iva Shkodreva | 29:29.5 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | 12 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 2-01:08.8 | 5 | |||
| Lead-Off | 12-1 | Liu Giulan | 30:42.8 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 12-2 | Song Aiqin | 28:51.0 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 12-3 | Wang Jinping | 33:04.2 | 4 | ||||
| Anchor | 12-4 | Wang Jinfen | 28:30.8 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | Canada |  CAN | 2-02:22.7 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Lead-Off | 14-1 | Jane Isakson | 31:42.6 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 14-2 | Myriam Bédard | 27:20.9 | 0 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 14-3 | Kristin Berg | 32:15.6 | 3 | ||||
| Anchor | 14-4 | Lise Meloche | 31:03.6 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | Romania |  ROU | 2-02:36.8 | 4 | |||
| Lead-Off | 17-1 | Adina Şotropa | 31:01.3 | 0 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 17-2 | Mihaela Cârstoi | 31:17.5 | 3 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 17-3 | Ana Roman | 30:33.6 | 0 | ||||
| Anchor | 17-4 | Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan | 29:44.4 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 9 | Hungary |  HUN | 2-08:27.6 | 5 | |||
| Lead-Off | 9-1 | Anna Bozsik | 31:37.1 | 2 | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 9-2 | Brigitta Bereczki | 32:11.0 | 2 | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 9-3 | Éva Szemcsák | 31:49.9 | 1 | ||||
| Anchor | 9-4 | Beatrix Holéczy | 32:49.6 | 0 |
