1924-1952: not scheduled

From 1956 to 1972 the 3x5km Relay competition was held

Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956

1. Finland 1h09'01”
(Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen)
2. URSS 1h09'28”
(Lyubov Baranova, Alevtina Kolchina, Radya Yeroshina)
3. Sweden 1h09'48”
(Irma Johansson, Anna Lisa Eriksson, Sonja Edström)
4. Norway 1h10'50”
(Kjelfrid Brusveen, Gina Sigstad, Rakel Wahl)
5. Poland 1h13'20”
(Mary Gasienica-Bukowa, Józefa Czerniawska, Zofia Kreptowska)
6. Czechoslovakia 1h14'19”
(Eva Benešová, Libuše Patočková, Eva Lauermannová)
7. German Unified Team 1h15'33”
(Elfriede Uhlig, Else Amann, Sonnhilde Hausschild)
8. Italy 1h16'11”
(Fides Romanin, Margherita Bottero, Ildegarda Taffra)

Squaw Valley 1960

1. Sweden 1h04'21”4
(Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, Sonja Edström)
2. URSS 1h05'02”6
(Radya Yeroshina, Mariya Gusakova, Lyubov Baranova)
3. Finland 1h06 '27”5
(Siiri Rantanen, Eeva Ruoppa, Toini Pöysti)
4. Poland 1h07'24”6
(Stefania Biegun, Hetena Gasienica-Daniel, Józefa Czerniawska)
5. German Unified Team 1h09'25”7
(Rita Blasl, Renate Borges, Sonnhilde Hausschild)

Innsbruck 1964

1. URSS 59'20”2
(Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdoyka Mekshilo, Klavdiya Boyarskikh)
2. Sweden 1h01'27”0
(Barbro Martinsson, Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson)
3. Finland 1h02'45”1
(Senja Pusula, Toini Pöysti, Mirja Lehtonen)
4. Unified Team German 1h04'29”9
(Christine Nestler, Rita Blasl, Renate Borges)
5. Bulgaria 1h06'40”4
(Rosa Dimova, Nadezhda Vasileva, Krastana Stoeva)
6. Czechoslovakia 1h08'42”8
(Jarmila Škodová, Eva Břizová, Eva Benešová)
7. Poland 1h08'55”4
(Teresa Trzebunia, Czeslawa Stopka, Stefania Biegun)
8. Hungary 1h10'16”3
(Éva Balász, Mária Sandorne Tarnai, Ferencne Hemrik)

Grenoble 1968

1. Norway 57'30”0
( Inger Aufles, Babben Enger, Berit Mördre)
2. Sweden 57'51”0
(Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson, Barbro Martinsson)
3. URSS 58'13”6
(Alevtina Kolchina, Rita Achkina, Galina Kulakova)
4. Finland 58'45”1
(Senja Pusula, Marjatta Olkkonen, Marjatta Kajosmaa)
5. Poland 59'04”7
(Weronika Budny, Józefa Czerniawska, Stefania Biegun)
6. German Democratic Republic 59'33”9
(Renate Fischer, Gudrun Schmidt, Christine Nestler)
7. German Federal Republic 1h01'49”3
(Michaela Endler, Barbara Barthel, Monika Mrklas)
8. Bulgaria 1h05'35”7
(Velichka Pandeva, Nadezhda Vasileva, Tsvetana Sotirova)

Sapporo 1972

1. URSS 48'46”15
(Lyubov Mukhachova, Alevtina Olyunina, Galina Kulakova)
2. Finland 49'19”37
(Helena Takalo, Hilkka Riihivuori , Marjatta Kajosmaa)
3.  Norway 49'51”49
(Inger Aufles, Aslaug Dahl, Berit Mørdre)
4.  German Federal Republic 50'25”61
(Monika Mrklas, Ingrid Rothfuss, Michaela Endler)
5.  German Democratic Republic 50'28”45
(Gabriele Haupt, Renate Fischer, Anni Unger)
6.  Czechoslovakia 51'16”16
(Alena Bartošová, Helena Šikolová, Milena Cillerová)
7.  Poland 51'49”13
(Anna Duraj, Józefa Chromik, Weronika Budny)
8.  Sweden 51'51”84
(Meeri Bodelid, Eva Ohlsson, Birgitta Lindqvist)

From 1976 to 2022, the 4x5 Km Relay competition was held

Innsbruck 1976

1. URSS 1h'07'49”75
(Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova)
2. Finland 1h08'36” 57
(Liisa Suikhonen, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo)
3. German Democratic Republic 1h09'57”95
(Monika Debertshäuser, Sigrun Krause, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Schmidt)
4. Sweden 1h10'14”68
(Lena Carlzon, Görel Partapuoli, Marie Johansson-Risby ,  Eva Ohlsson)
5. Norway 1h11'09”08
(Berit Aunli, Marit Myrmæl, Berit Johannessen, Grete Kummen)
6. Czechoslovakia 1h11'27”83
(Hana Pasiárová, Gabriela Svobodová, Alena Bartosová, Blanka Paulů)
7. Canada 1h14 '02”72
(Shirley Firth, Joan Groothuysen, Susan Holloway, Sharon Firth)
8. Poland 1h14'13"40
(Anna Pawlusiak, Anna Duraj, Maria Trebunia, Wladyslawa Majerczyk) 

Lake Placid 1980

1. German Democratic Republic 1h02'11”10
(Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Schmidt, Barbara Petzold)
2. URSS 1h03'18”30
(Nina Baldycheva, Nina Rocheva, Galina Kulakova, Raisa Smetanina)
3. Norvegia 1h04'13”50
(Brit Pettersen, Anette Bøe, Marit Myrmæl, Berit Aunli)
4. Cecoslovacchia 1h04'31”39
(Dagmar Schvubová, Gabriela Svobodová, Blanka Paulů, Květoslava Jeriová)
5. Finlandia 1h04'41”28
(Marja Auroma, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, Helena Takalo, Hiikka Riihivuori)
6. Sweden 1h05'16”32
(Marie Johansson-Risby, Karin Ingrid Lamberg, Eva Ohlsson, Lena Carlzon)
7. USA 1h06'55”41
(Alison Owen-Spencer, Beth Paxson, Leslie Krichko, Lynn Margaret Spencer)
8. Canada 1h07'45”75
(Angela Schmidt, Shirley Firth, Esther Miller, Joan Groothuysen)

Sarajevo 1984

1. Norway 1h06'49”7
(Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Brit Pettersen , Berit Aunli)
2. Czechoslovakia 1h07'34”7
(Dagmar Šchvubová, Blanka Paulů, Gabriela Svobodová, Květoslava Jeriová)
3. Finland 1h07'36”7
(Pirkko Määttä, Eija Hyytiäinen, Marjo Matikainen, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen)
4. URSS 1h07'55”0
(Yulia Stepanova, Lyubov Lyadova, Nadeja Burlakova, Raisa Smetanina)
5. Sweden 1h09'30”0
(Karin Ingrid Lamberg, Doris Kristina Hugosson, Marie Johansson-Risby, Ann Janeth Rosendahl)
6. Switzerland 1h09'40”3
(Karin Thomas, Monika Germann, Christina Brügger, Evi Kratzer)
7. USA 1h10'48”4
(Susan Long, Judy Rabinowìtz, Lynn Margaret Spencer, Patricia Ross)
8. German Democratic Republic 1h11'10”7
(Petra Voge, Petra Rohrmann, Carola Anding, Ute Noack)
9. Italy 1h11'12"3
(Clara Angerer, Paola Pozzoni, Manuela Di Centa, Guidina Dal Sasso)

Since Calgary 1988, two legs in classic technique are followed by two in free technique 

Calgary 1988

1. URSS 59'51”1
(Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrylyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, Anfisa Reztsova)
2. Norway  1h01'33”0
(Trude Dybendahl Hartz, Marit Mikkelsplass, Anne Jahren, Marianne Dahlmo)
3. Finland 1h01'53”8
(Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, Marjo Matikainen, Jaana Savolainen)
4. Switzerland 1h01'59”4
(Karin Thomas, Sandra Parpan, Evi Kratzer, Christina Brügger )
5. German Democratic Republic 1h02'19”9
(Kerstin Moring, Simone Opitz, Silke Schwager, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm)
6. Sweden 1h02'24”9
(Lis Frost, Anna-Lena Fritzon, Karin Ingrid Lamberg, Marie -Helene Östlund)
7. Czechoslovakia 1h03'37”1
(Lubomira Balážová, Viera Klimková, Ivana Rádlová, Alžbeta Havrančiková)
8. USA 1h04'08”8
(Dorcas Wonsavage, Leslie Thompson, Nancy Fiddler, Leslie Krichko)
10. Italy 1h04'23”6
(Clara Angerer, Guidina Dal Sasso, Elena Desderi, Stefania Belmondo)

Albertville 1992

1. Unified Team 59'34”8
(Elena Välbe Trubitsina, Raisa Smetanina, Larissa Lazutina, Lyubov Yegorova)
2. Norway 59'56”4
(Solveig Pedersen, Inger Helene Nybraaten, Trude Dybendahl Hartz, Elin Nilsen)
3. Italy 1h00'25”9
(Bice Vanzetta, Manuela Di Centa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Stefania Belmondo)
4. Finland 1h00'52”9
(Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, Pirkko Määttä, Jaana Savolainen, Marjut Rolig)
5. France 1h01'30 ”7
(Carole Stanisière, Sylvie Giry-Rousset, Sophie Villeneuve, Isabelle Remy)
6. Czechoslovakia 1h01'37”4
(Lubomíra Balážova, Kateřina Neumannová, Alžbeta Havrančiková, Iveta Fortová)
7. Sweden 1h01'54”5
(Carina Görlin, Magdalena Forsberg, Karin Säterkvist, Marie-Helene Östlund)
8. Germany 1h02'22”6
(Heike Wezel, Gabriele Hess, Simone Opitz, Ina Kümmel)

Lillehammer 1994

1. Russia 57'12”5
(Elena Välbe Trubitsina, Larissa Lazutina, Nina Gavriljuk, Lyubov Yegorova)
2. Norway 57'42”6
(Trude Dybendahl Hartz, Inger Helene Nybraaten, Elin Nilsen, Anita Moen)
3. Italy 58'42”6
(Bice Vanzetta, Manuela Di Centa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Stefania Belmondo)
4. Finland 59'15”9
(Pirkko Määttä, Marja- Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, Merja Lahtinen, Marjut Rolig)
5. Switzerland 1h00'05”1
(Sylvia Honegger, Silke Schwager, Barbara Mettler, Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan)
6. Sweden 1h00'05”8
(Anna Frithioff, Marie-Helene Östlund , Anna-Lena Fritzon, Antonina Ordina)
7. Slovakia 1h01'00”2
(Lubomira Balážova, Jaroslava Bukvajová, Tatiana Kutliková, Alžbeta Havrančiková)
8. Poland 1h01'13”2
(Míchalina Maciuszek, Malgorzata Ruchala, Dorota Kwásna-Lejawa, Bernadetta Piotrowska)

Nagano 1998

1. Russia 55'13”5
(Nina Gavriljuk, Olga Danilova, Elena Välbe Trubitsina, Larissa Lazutina)
2. Norway 55'38”0
(Bente Skary, Marit Mikkesplass, Elin Nilsen, Anita Moen)
3. Italy 56'53”3
(Karin Moroder, Gabriella Paruzzi, Manuela Di Centa, Stefania Belmondo)
4. Switzerland 56'55”2
(Sylvia Honegger, Andrea Huber, Brigitte Albrecht Loretan, Natascia Leonardi Cortesi)
5. Germany 56'55”4
(Kati Wilhelm, Manuela Henkel, Constanze Blum, Anke Reschwamm Schulze)
6. Czech Republic 56'58"7
(Jana Šaldová, Kateřina Neumannová, Kateřina Nash, Zuzana Kocumová)
7. Finland 57’34”3
(Tuhlikki Pyykkönen, Milla Jauho, Satu Salonen, Anita Nyman)
8. Sweden 57’53”7
(Antonina Ordina, Anette Fanqvist, Magdalena Forsberg, Karin Säterkvist)

Salt Lake City 2002

1. Germany 49'30”6
(Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Nystad, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle)
2. Norway 49'31”9
(Marit Bjoergen, Bente Skari, Hilde Pedersen, Anita Moen)
3. Switzerland 50'03”6
(Andrea Huber, Laurence Rochat, Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan, Natascia Leonardi Cortesi)
4. Czech Republic 50'35”2
(Helena Balatková, Kamila Rajdlová, Kateřina Neumannová, Kateřina Nash)
5. Belarus 50'37 ”9
(Elena Kalugina, Svetlana Nageykina, Vera Zyatikova, Natalia Zyatikova)
6. Italy 50'38”6
(Marianna Longa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Sabina Valbusa, Stefania Belmondo)
7. Finland 50'45”5
(Kati Venäläinen, Satu Salonen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Kaisa Varis)
8. Canada 50'49”6
( Sara Renner, Milaine Thériault, Amanda Fortier, Beckie Scott)

Turin 2006

1. Russia 54'47”7
(Natalia Baranova, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, Evgenia Medvedeva)
2. Germany 54'57”7
(Stefanie Böhler, Viola Bauer, Evi Sachembacher-Stehle, Claudia Nystad)
3. Italy 54'58”7
(Arianna Follis, Gabriella Paruzzi, Antonella Confortola-Wyatt, Sabina Valbusa)
4. Sweden 55'00”3
(Anna Dahlberg-Olsson, Elin Ek, Britta Johansson-Norgren, Anna-Karin Strömstedt)
5. Norway 55'21”8
(Kristin Störmer Steira, Hilde Pedersen, Kristin Mürer Stemland, Marit Bjoergen)
6. Czech Republic 55'46”3
(Helena Balatková, Kamila Rajdlová, Ivana Janečková, Kateřina Neumannová)
7. Finland 55'55”8
(Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Kati Venäläinen)
8. Ukraine 56'36”3
(Kateryna Grygorenko, Tetiana Antipenko, Vita Jakimchuk, Valentyna Shevchenko)

Vancouver 2010

1. Norway 55'19”5
(Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira, Marit Bjoergen)
2. Germany 55'44”1
(Katrin Zeller, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, Miriam Goessner, Claudia Künzel-Nystad)
3. Finland 55'49”9
(Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen)
4. Italy 56'04”9
(Arianna Follis, Marianna Longa, Silvia Rupil , Sabina Valbusa) 
5. Sweden 56'18”9  
(Anna Dahlberg-Olsson, Magdalena Pajala, Charlotte Kalla, Ida Ingemarsdotter)
6. France 56'30”6
(Aurore Jéan, Karine Philippot, Célia Bourgeois, Cécile Storti)
7. Russia 57'00”9
(Olga Zavyalova, Irina Khazova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Nataliya Korostelyova)
8. Japan 57'40”4
(Madoka Natsumi, Masako Ishida, Nobuko Fukuda, Michiko Kashiwabara)

Sochi 2014

1. Sweden 53'02”7
(Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wikén, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla)
2 . Finland 53'03”2
(Anne Kyllönen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Kerttu Niskanen, Krista Lähteenmäki-Parmakokski)
3. Germany 53'03”6
(Nicole Fessel, Stefanie Böhler, Claudia Nystad, Denise Herrmann)
4. France 53'47”7
(Aurore Jéan, Célia Aymonier, Anouk Faivre Picon, Coraline Thomas Hugue)
5 . Norway 53'56”3
(Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Marit Bjoergen)
6. Poland 54'38”9
(Kornelia Kubińska, Justyna Kowalczyk, Sylwia Jaśkowiec, Paulina Maciuszek)
7. USA 55'33”4
(Jessica Diggins, Kikkan Randall, Sadie Bjornsen, Elizabeth Stephen)
8. Czech Republic 56'29”8
(Karolina Grohova, Petra Novakova, Klara Moravcova, Eva Vrabcova-Nyvltova)
DSQ Italy
(Virginia De Martin Topranin, Elisa Brocard, Marina Piller, Ilaria Debertolis)

Pyeongchang 2018

1. Norway 51'24”3
(Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Ragnhild Gløersen Haga, Marit Bjoergen)
2. Sweden 51'26”3
(Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla, Ebba Andersson, Stina Nilsson)
3. Olympic Athlete from Russia 52'07”6
(Natalia Nepryaeva, Yulia Stupak, Anastasia Sedova, Anna Nechaevskaya)
4. Finland 52'26”9
(Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Kerttu Niskanen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Krista Lahteenmaki-Parmakoski)
5. USA 52'44”8
(Sophie Caldwell, Sadie Bjornsen, Kikkan Randall, Jessica Diggins)
6. Germany 53 '13”7
(Stefanie Boehler, Katharina Hennig, Victoria Carl, Sandra Ringwald)
7. Switzerland 53'15”8
(Laurien Van Der Graaff, Nadine Faehndrich, Nathalie Von Siebenthal, Lydia Hiernickel)
8. Slovenia 53'55”7
( Anamarija Lampic, Katja Visnar, Alenka Cebasek, Vesna Fabjan)
9. Italy 54'22”0
(Anna Comarella, Lucia Scardoni, Elisa Brocard, Ilaria Debertolis)

Beijing 2022

1. ROC 53'41”0
(Tatiana Sorina, Natalia Nepryaeva, Veronika Stepanova, Yulia Stupak)
2. Germany 53'59”
(Victoria Carl, Katharina Hennig, Sofie Krehl, Katherine Sauerbrey)
3. Sweden 54' 02”2
(Maja Dahlqvist, Jonna Sundling, Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson)
4. Finland 54'02”2
(Krista Lahteenmaki-Parmakokski, Kerttu Niskanen, Anne Kylloenen, Johanna Matintalo)
5. Norway 54'09”8
(Ragnhild Gloersen Haga, Therese Johaug, Helene Marie Fossesholm, Tiril Udnes Weng)
6. USA 55'09”2
(Rosie Brennan, Jessica Diggins, Hailey Swirbul, Novie Mccabe)
7. Switzerland 56'41”5
(Laurien Van Der Graaff, Alina Meier, Nadine Faehndrich, Nadja Kaelin)
8. Italy 57'20”5
(Marina Di Centa, Caterina Ganz, Anna Comarella, Lucia Scardoni)

The 4x7.5km Relay will be held in 2026