|Rank|Nation|Gold|Silver|Bronze|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|1|Russia (RUS)|3|1|1|5|
|2|Canada (CAN)|2|0|0|2|
|3|Germany (GER)|1|3|2|6|
|4|France (FRA)|0|1|2|3|
|5|Belarus (BLR)|0|1|0|1|
|6|Ukraine (UKR)|0|0|1|1|
||Total|6|6|6|18|

Question: what was the total number of silver medals awarded to the french and the germans in the 1994 winter olympic biathlon?
Answer: 4