Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Venue	Cross Country Skiing Stadium
Date	12 February
Competitors	36 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:07:49.75
Medalists
Nina Baldycheva Zinaida Amosova Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova  Soviet Union Liisa Suikhonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hiikka Kuntola Helena Takalo  Finland Monika Debertshäuser Sigrun Krause Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse  East Germany

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.

Results

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