| Date | 17 February 2026 — 14:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | South Tyrol Arena, Rasen-Antholz, Trentino, Alto Adige | |
| Participants | 80 from 20 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target, with three extra shots allowed to obtain 5 target hits. | |
| Details | Course Length: 4 x 7599 m Height Differential: 27 m Maximum Climb: 15 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 4 x 247 m | |
Norway was a clear favorite, as the defending gold medalist, the 2025 World Champions, and having won three of the four World Cup relays in the 2025/26 season. Their biggest challenge was expected to come from France, with Italy and Sweden also considered for the podium.
The race was run on a snowy day, and Martin Uldal gave Norway a 50.3 second lead on the first leg, with France trailing because Fabien Claude had to run one extra penalty lap. Uldal handed off to Johan-Olav Botn, already the 20 km gold medalist, but he struggled with his shooting, missing three targets. At exchange #2, France’s Émilien Jacquelin and Finland’s Tero Seppälä handed off to their teammates, both with a three-second lead over Sweden in third and a 16-second lead over Norway in fourth position.
On the third leg Quentin Fillon Maillet had only two extra shots and France was never headed, although Sturla Holm Lægreid brought Norway back into second place with a perfect shooting.
Éric Perrot took the lead after the first prone shooting with a perfect round and then increased the gap to enter the shooting range for the final shots well ahead. Finally, Perrot was able to withstand Christiansen’s comeback and preserved the victory by almost 10 seconds over Norway. Sweden took the bronze medal, finishing 57 seconds behind France as Samuelsson eased off in the final lap when he saw he could not close the gap with Norway.
Quentin Fillon Maillet won his third gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics, after winning the sprint and mixed relay. He would later add a bronze medal in the mass start. Éric Perrot also won his third medal, after gold in the mixed relay and silver in the 20 km. It was Holm Lægreid’s fourth biathlon medal in Trentino, and he would eventually win five medals, with three silver and two bronze medals.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg Rank | Extra Shots + Misses | Shooting 1 Misses + Extra Shots | Shooting 2 Misses + Extra Shots | Exchange | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | France |  FRA | 1-19:55.2 | – | 1+9 | – | – | – (–) | Gold | ||
| 2-1 Red | Fabien Claude | 20:41.8 | 13 | 1+4 | 0+1 | 1+3 | 20:41.8 (13) | |||||
| 2-2 Green | Émilien Jacquelin | 19:23.6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 0+1 | 40:05.4 (1) | |||||
| 2-3 Yellow | Quentin Fillon Maillet | 19:38.7 | 3 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 59:44.1 (1) | |||||
| 2-4 Blue | Éric Perrot | 20:11.1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | – (–) | |||||
| 2 | 1 | Norway |  NOR | 1-20:05.0 | – | 0+6 | – | – | – (–) | Silver | ||
| 1-1 Red | Martin Uldal | 19:51.5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 19:51.5 (1) | |||||
| 1-2 Green | Johan-Olav Botn | 20:30.0 | 11 | 0+3 | 0+3 | 0+0 | 40:21.5 (4) | |||||
| 1-3 Yellow | Sturla Holm Lægreid | 19:23.1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 59:44.6 (2) | |||||
| 1-4 Blue | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 20:20.4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 0+0 | – (–) | |||||
| 3 | 3 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-20:52.7 | – | 0+6 | – | – | – (–) | Bronze | ||
| 3-1 Red | Viktor Brandt | 20:09.4 | 5 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 20:09.4 (5) | |||||
| 3-2 Green | Jesper Nelin | 19:58.7 | 2 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 40:08.1 (3) | |||||
| 3-3 Yellow | Martin Ponsiluoma | 19:36.9 | 2 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 59:45.0 (3) | |||||
| 3-4 Blue | Sebastian Samuelsson | 21:07.7 | 7 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 0+0 | – (–) | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Germany |  GER | 1-21:43.5 | – | 0+12 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 4-1 Red | Justus Strelow | 20:06.6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | 20:06.6 (3) | |||||
| 4-2 Green | David Zobel | 20:30.6 | 12 | 0+3 | 0+0 | 0+3 | 40:37.2 (6) | |||||
| 4-3 Yellow | Philipp Nawrath | 19:56.6 | 4 | 0+4 | 0+1 | 0+3 | 1:00:33.8 (4) | |||||
| 4-4 Blue | Philipp Horn | 21:09.7 | 8 | 0+3 | 0+3 | 0+0 | – (–) | |||||
| 5 | 5 | United States |  USA | 1-22:22.6 | – | 0+8 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 5-1 Red | Sean Doherty | 20:53.1 | 16 | 0+4 | 0+1 | 0+3 | 20:53.1 (16) | |||||
| 5-2 Green | Maxime Germain | 20:17.4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 41:10.5 (12) | |||||
| 5-3 Yellow | Paul Schommer | 20:42.0 | 10 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 1:01:52.5 (11) | |||||
| 5-4 Blue | Campbell Wright | 20:30.1 | 3 | 0+3 | 0+3 | 0+0 | – (–) | |||||
| 6 | 7 | Czechia |  CZE | 1-22:26.5 | – | 0+10 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 7-1 Red | Tomáš Mikyska | 20:25.5 | 7 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | 20:25.5 (7) | |||||
| 7-2 Green | Vítězslav Hornig | 20:27.2 | 9 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | 40:52.7 (10) | |||||
| 7-3 Yellow | Petr Hák | 20:55.8 | 12 | 0+4 | 0+1 | 0+3 | 1:01:48.5 (9) | |||||
| 7-4 Blue | Michal Krčmář | 20:38.0 | 5 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | – (–) | |||||
| 7 | 11 | Finland |  FIN | 1-22:29.3 | – | 2+10 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 11-1 Red | Olli Hiidensalo | 20:06.2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 20:06.2 (2) | |||||
| 11-2 Green | Tero Seppälä | 19:59.7 | 3 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 40:05.9 (2) | |||||
| 11-3 Yellow | Jimi Klemettinen | 21:51.2 | 17 | 2+5 | 0+2 | 2+3 | 1:01:57.1 (13) | |||||
| 11-4 Blue | Otto Invenius | 20:32.2 | 4 | 0+3 | 0+1 | 0+2 | – (–) | |||||
| 8 | 9 | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-22:36.6 | – | 2+12 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 9-1 Red | Sebastian Stalder | 20:07.7 | 4 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 0+1 | 20:07.7 (4) | |||||
| 9-2 Green | Joscha Burkhalter | 20:29.2 | 10 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 40:36.9 (5) | |||||
| 9-3 Yellow | Jeremy Finello | 21:12.0 | 14 | 2+5 | 0+2 | 2+3 | 1:01:48.9 (10) | |||||
| 9-4 Blue | Niklas Hartweg | 20:47.7 | 6 | 0+4 | 0+2 | 0+2 | – (–) | |||||
| 9 | 12 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-22:53.0 | – | 1+11 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 12-1 Red | Miha Dovžan | 20:26.6 | 9 | 0+3 | 0+0 | 0+3 | 20:26.6 (9) | |||||
| 12-2 Green | Jakov Fak | 20:20.4 | 6 | 0+3 | 0+0 | 0+3 | 40:47.0 (7) | |||||
| 12-3 Yellow | Anton Vidmar | 20:13.5 | 7 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 1:01:00.5 (5) | |||||
| 12-4 Blue | Lovro Planko | 21:52.5 | 14 | 1+5 | 0+2 | 1+3 | – (–) | |||||
| 10 | 18 | Austria |  AUT | 1-22:58.5 | – | 0+7 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 18-1 Red | Dominic Unterweger | 20:41.9 | 14 | 0+3 | 0+1 | 0+2 | 20:41.9 (14) | |||||
| 18-2 Green | Simon Eder | 20:52.3 | 16 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | 41:34.2 (15) | |||||
| 18-3 Yellow | Fabian Müllauer | 20:03.7 | 5 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 0+1 | 1:01:37.9 (8) | |||||
| 18-4 Blue | Patrick Jakob | 21:20.6 | 9 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 0+1 | – (–) | |||||
| 11 | 13 | Poland |  POL | 1-23:32.5 | – | 0+10 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 13-1 Red | Konrad Badacz | 20:48.1 | 15 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 20:48.1 (15) | |||||
| 13-2 Green | Grzegorz Galica | 20:23.1 | 7 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 41:11.2 (13) | |||||
| 13-3 Yellow | Jan Guńka | 20:41.6 | 9 | 0+4 | 0+1 | 0+3 | 1:01:52.8 (12) | |||||
| 13-4 Blue | Marcin Zawół | 21:39.7 | 13 | 0+4 | 0+3 | 0+1 | – (–) | |||||
| 12 | 19 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1-23:42.5 | – | 0+10 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 19-1 Red | Blagoy Todev | 20:58.9 | 17 | 0+4 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 20:58.9 (17) | |||||
| 19-2 Green | Vladimir Iliev | 20:42.5 | 15 | 0+5 | 0+2 | 0+3 | 41:41.4 (17) | |||||
| 19-3 Yellow | Konstantin Vasilev | 20:27.3 | 8 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 0+0 | 1:02:08.7 (14) | |||||
| 19-4 Blue | Toni Sinapov | 21:33.8 | 12 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 0+1 | – (–) | |||||
| 13 | 8 | Estonia |  EST | 1-23:48.8 | – | 0+6 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 8-1 Red | Rene Zahkna | 20:25.9 | 8 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 0+1 | 20:25.9 (8) | |||||
| 8-2 Green | Kristo Siimer | 20:23.4 | 8 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 40:49.3 (9) | |||||
| 8-3 Yellow | Mark-Markos Kehva | 20:43.4 | 11 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 1:01:32.7 (7) | |||||
| 8-4 Blue | Jakob Kulbin | 22:16.1 | 15 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | – (–) | |||||
| 14 | 6 | Italy |  ITA | 1-24:23.7 | – | 0+9 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 6-1 Red | Patrick Braunhofer | 21:18.7 | 19 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 21:18.7 (19) | |||||
| 6-2 Green | Lukas Hofer | 20:36.9 | 14 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 41:55.6 (18) | |||||
| 6-3 Yellow | Nicola Romanin | 20:57.8 | 13 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 1:02:53.4 (15) | |||||
| 6-4 Blue | Tommaso Giacomel | 21:30.3 | 10 | 0+4 | 0+1 | 0+3 | – (–) | |||||
| 15 | 16 | Lithuania |  LTU | 1-24:40.3 | – | 0+9 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 16-1 Red | Vytautas Strolia | 20:28.6 | 11 | 0+3 | 0+3 | 0+0 | 20:28.6 (11) | |||||
| 16-2 Green | Karol Dombrovski | 21:09.2 | 19 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 41:37.8 (16) | |||||
| 16-3 Yellow | Nikita Čigak | 21:30.0 | 15 | 0+3 | 0+3 | 0+0 | 1:03:07.8 (16) | |||||
| 16-4 Blue | Maksim Fomin | 21:32.5 | 11 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | – (–) | |||||
| 16 | 10 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-25:07.4 | – | 2+12 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 10-1 Red | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | 20:11.0 | 6 | 0+3 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 20:11.0 (6) | |||||
| 10-2 Green | Bohdan Borkovskyi | 21:08.7 | 18 | 0+3 | 0+3 | 0+0 | 41:19.7 (14) | |||||
| 10-3 Yellow | Vitaliy Mandzyn | 20:12.7 | 6 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 0+1 | 1:01:32.4 (6) | |||||
| 10-4 Blue | Taras Lesiuk | 23:35.0 | 19 | 2+5 | 0+2 | 2+3 | – (–) | |||||
| 17 | 14 | Canada |  CAN | 1-26:26.9 | – | 3+13 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 14-1 Red | Adam Runnalls | 20:35.5 | 12 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 20:35.5 (12) | |||||
| 14-2 Green | Logan Pletz | 20:33.6 | 13 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 41:09.1 (11) | |||||
| 14-3 Yellow | Jasper Fleming | 22:37.0 | 19 | 2+6 | 1+3 | 1+3 | 1:03:46.1 (18) | |||||
| 14-4 Blue | Zach Connelly | 22:40.8 | 17 | 1+3 | 0+0 | 1+3 | – (–) | |||||
| 18 | 20 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-26:39.1 | – | 5+13 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 20-1 Red | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | 20:28.3 | 10 | 0+4 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 20:28.3 (10) | |||||
| 20-2 Green | Renārs Birkentāls | 20:19.9 | 5 | 0+1 | 0+1 | 0+0 | 40:48.2 (8) | |||||
| 20-3 Yellow | Rihards Lozbers | 22:44.1 | 20 | 3+4 | 0+1 | 3+3 | 1:03:32.3 (17) | |||||
| 20-4 Blue | Edgars Mise | 23:06.8 | 18 | 2+4 | 0+1 | 2+3 | – (–) | |||||
| 19 | 17 | Belgium |  BEL | 1-26:55.8 | – | 0+18 | – | – | – (–) | |||
| 17-1 Red | Thierry Langer | 21:04.8 | 18 | 0+4 | 0+3 | 0+1 | 21:04.8 (18) | |||||
| 17-2 Green | Florent Claude | 21:00.5 | 17 | 0+4 | 0+2 | 0+2 | 42:05.3 (19) | |||||
| 17-3 Yellow | Sam Parmantier | 22:24.0 | 18 | 0+6 | 0+3 | 0+3 | 1:04:29.3 (19) | |||||
| 17-4 Blue | Marek Mackels | 22:26.5 | 16 | 0+4 | 0+3 | 0+1 | – (–) | |||||
| 15 | Romania |  ROU | – | – | – | – | – | – (–) | ||||
| 15-1 Red | Dmitrii Shamaev | 21:19.1 | 20 | 0+2 | 0+0 | 0+2 | 21:19.1 (20) | |||||
| 15-2 Green | George Buta | 22:36.4 | 20 | 0+4 | 0+1 | 0+3 | 43:55.5 (20) | |||||
| 15-3 Yellow | George Marian Colțea | 21:39.1 | 16 | 0+3 | 0+2 | 0+1 | 1:05:34.6 (20) | |||||
| 15-4 Blue | Raul Flore | – | – | 20 | 1+3 | – | – (–) |
