| | Event type
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men
| Date | 20 February 2002 — 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Soldier Hollow, Wasatch Mountain State Park | |
| Participants | 76 from 19 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 7,821 m Height Differential: 42 m Maximum Climb: 21 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 242 m | |
Relay had been a World Cup event since the mid-1990s and Norway and Germany had won all the seasonal World Cups since 1996-97, while France and Russia had won the last two World Championships. But Norway was favored, led by their anchorman Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who had already won the three individual gold medals in Salt Lake City. And their lead-off skier was Halvard Hanevold, who had won the 20 km gold medal in 1998. Hanevold put Norway into second place, trailing Russia and Viktor Maygurov, but only by 18 seconds. And on the second leg Frode Andresen moved Norway into a lead they would never lose, leading France by 21 seconds at the second exchange. On the third leg, Egil Gjelland moved Norway over a minute ahead of Russia with Germany close behind. Bjørndalen had an easy time of it in bringing Norway in first, and winning his fourth gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Behind him, Russia dropped back, as Frank Luck and Raphaël Poirée had the two fastest legs of the event to bring Germany the silver and France the bronze medal.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Misses | Extra Shots | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 Extra Shots | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 Extra Shots | Shooting 2 | Exchange | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway |  NOR | 1-23:42.3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | – (–) | 0 | 3 | – (–) | – (–) | Gold | ||
| Lead-Off | Halvard Hanevold | 22:09.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:55.8 (15) | 0 | 0 | 14:13.5 (4) | 22:09.1 (2) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Frode Andresen | 20:17.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28:36.7 (2) | 0 | 1 | 35:23.2 (1) | 42:26.3 (1) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Egil Gjelland | 20:45.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48:30.1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 55:35.9 (1) | 1-03:12.0 (1) | ||||
| Anchor | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 20:30.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1-09:43.9 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1-16:26.0 (1) | 1-23:42.3 (1) | ||||
| 2 | Germany |  GER | 1-24:27.6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | – (–) | 0 | 5 | – (–) | – (–) | Silver | ||
| Lead-Off | Ricco Groß | 22:20.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:35.3 (3) | 0 | 3 | 14:27.5 (7) | 22:20.2 (3) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Peter Sendel | 20:47.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28:41.8 (3) | 0 | 1 | 35:48.1 (4) | 43:07.7 (4) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Sven Fischer | 21:13.9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 49:43.8 (4) | 0 | 1 | 56:49.3 (4) | 1-04:21.6 (3) | ||||
| Anchor | Frank Luck | 20:06.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-10:29.5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 1-17:13.6 (2) | 1-24:27.6 (2) | ||||
| 3 | France |  FRA | 1-24:36.6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | – (–) | 0 | 3 | – (–) | – (–) | Bronze | ||
| Lead-Off | Gilles Marguet | 22:25.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:43.4 (8) | 0 | 0 | 14:10.4 (3) | 22:25.1 (5) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Vincent Defrasne | 20:22.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28:41.1 (4) | 0 | 1 | 35:44.1 (3) | 42:47.2 (2) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Julien Robert | 21:36.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 49:09.1 (3) | 0 | 2 | 56:29.1 (2) | 1-04:23.5 (4) | ||||
| Anchor | Raphaël Poirée | 20:13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-10:30.3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 1-17:13.1 (3) | 1-24:36.6 (3) | ||||
| 4 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-24:54.4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | – (–) | 0 | 6 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Viktor Maygurov | 21:51.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:32.9 (2) | 0 | 0 | 13:58.7 (1) | 21:51.4 (1) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Sergey Rozhkov | 20:56.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28:20.0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 35:28.5 (2) | 42:47.9 (3) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Sergey Chepikov | 21:24.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49:02.2 (2) | 0 | 2 | 56:31.7 (3) | 1-04:12.7 (2) | ||||
| Anchor | Pavel Rostovtsev | 20:41.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1-10:36.7 (4) | 0 | 3 | 1-17:36.5 (4) | 1-24:54.4 (4) | ||||
| 5 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-26:36.1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | – (–) | 0 | 6 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Petr Garabík | 22:42.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:39.2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 14:06.8 (2) | 22:42.3 (7) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Ivan Masařík | 21:33.4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 29:29.9 (9) | 0 | 2 | 36:53.8 (8) | 44:15.7 (8) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Roman Dostál | 21:17.4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50:41.8 (7) | 0 | 3 | 58:11.1 (6) | 1-05:33.1 (6) | ||||
| Anchor | Zdeněk Vítek | 21:03.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-12:06.0 (5) | 0 | 1 | 1-19:04.7 (5) | 1-26:36.1 (5) | ||||
| 6 | Austria |  AUT | 1-26:58.9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Christoph Sumann | 22:36.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:42.9 (7) | 0 | 1 | 14:32.2 (9) | 22:36.3 (6) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Wolfgang Perner | 21:21.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29:02.7 (6) | 0 | 2 | 36:38.9 (6) | 43:57.4 (6) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Wolfgang Rottmann | 21:35.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50:14.1 (5) | 0 | 3 | 58:05.0 (5) | 1-05:32.7 (5) | ||||
| Anchor | Ludwig Gredler | 21:26.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-12:25.7 (7) | 0 | 1 | 1-19:29.7 (7) | 1-26:58.9 (6) | ||||
| 7 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-27:02.2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – (–) | 1 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | V'iacheslav Derkach | 22:52.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:32.0 (1) | 1 | 3 | 14:59.4 (13) | 22:52.2 (8) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Oleksandr Bilanenko | 22:06.4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29:59.1 (11) | 0 | 1 | 37:22.9 (11) | 44:58.6 (13) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Roman Pryma | 21:10.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51:08.9 (12) | 0 | 2 | 58:33.9 (9) | 1-06:08.9 (7) | ||||
| Anchor | Ruslan Lysenko | 20:53.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1-12:35.1 (8) | 0 | 1 | 1-19:29.1 (6) | 1-27:02.2 (7) | ||||
| 8 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-27:12.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | – (–) | 1 | 9 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Aliaksei Aydarau | 22:53.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6:49.3 (13) | 0 | 2 | 14:46.8 (10) | 22:53.9 (9) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Aliaksandr Syman | 21:22.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29:16.5 (7) | 0 | 2 | 36:55.1 (9) | 44:16.6 (9) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Aleh Ryzhankou | 21:53.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 50:44.3 (10) | 1 | 3 | 58:30.4 (8) | 1-06:09.7 (9) | ||||
| Anchor | Vadzim Sashuryn | 21:02.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-12:14.4 (6) | 0 | 2 | 1-19:36.4 (8) | 1-27:12.0 (8) | ||||
| 9 | Poland |  POL | 1-27:35.4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | – (–) | 0 | 4 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Wiesław Ziemianin | 22:58.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:44.5 (9) | 0 | 3 | 14:46.2 (11) | 22:58.0 (10) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Wojciech Kozub | 21:49.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 30:16.1 (15) | 0 | 0 | 37:24.9 (12) | 44:47.3 (11) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Krzysztof Topór | 21:26.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51:08.1 (11) | 0 | 0 | 58:20.9 (7) | 1-06:13.6 (10) | ||||
| Anchor | Tomasz Sikora | 21:21.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-12:39.3 (9) | 0 | 1 | 1-19:53.7 (9) | 1-27:35.4 (9) | ||||
| 10 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-28:23.6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 4 | – (–) | 4 | 10 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Sašo Grajf | 23:31.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:38.3 (4) | 1 | 3 | 15:18.5 (14) | 23:31.5 (15) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Tomaž Globočnik | 20:45.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30:01.5 (12) | 0 | 1 | 37:10.6 (10) | 44:17.0 (10) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Janez Marič | 21:52.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50:43.1 (9) | 2 | 3 | 59:08.5 (13) | 1-06:09.0 (8) | ||||
| Anchor | Marko Dolenc | 22:14.6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1-12:46.0 (10) | 1 | 3 | 1-20:43.4 (11) | 1-28:23.6 (10) | ||||
| 11 | Estonia |  EST | 1-28:38.2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | – (–) | 1 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Janno Prants | 22:21.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:40.9 (6) | 0 | 2 | 14:19.6 (5) | 22:21.4 (4) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Indrek Tobreluts | 21:27.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28:48.5 (5) | 0 | 2 | 36:23.7 (5) | 43:49.2 (5) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Dimitri Borovik | 22:32.2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 50:33.1 (6) | 1 | 3 | 58:37.1 (10) | 1-06:21.4 (11) | ||||
| Anchor | Roland Lessing | 22:16.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-13:22.3 (11) | 0 | 0 | 1-20:39.7 (10) | 1-28:38.2 (11) | ||||
| 12 | Finland |  FIN | 1-28:52.7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 9 | – (–) | 1 | 6 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Ville Räikkönen | 23:14.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6:47.6 (12) | 0 | 1 | 14:30.3 (8) | 23:14.9 (13) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Timo Antila | 22:23.7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 30:11.1 (14) | 1 | 3 | 38:16.0 (17) | 45:38.6 (16) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Paavo Puurunen | 21:30.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 52:35.6 (17) | 0 | 0 | 59:37.1 (14) | 1-07:08.9 (14) | ||||
| Anchor | Vesa Hietalahti | 21:43.8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1-13:52.8 (14) | 0 | 2 | 1-21:13.8 (13) | 1-28:52.7 (12) | ||||
| 13 | Japan |  JPN | 1-29:04.4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | – (–) | 2 | 10 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Hironao Meguro | 23:33.3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6:46.4 (11) | 1 | 3 | 14:51.5 (12) | 23:33.3 (16) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Hidenori Isa | 21:24.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30:02.6 (13) | 0 | 2 | 37:36.1 (14) | 44:58.0 (12) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Kyoji Suga | 21:55.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51:09.2 (13) | 1 | 3 | 59:06.1 (12) | 1-06:53.8 (13) | ||||
| Anchor | Yukio Mochizuki | 22:10.6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1-13:32.0 (12) | 0 | 2 | 1-21:05.2 (12) | 1-29:04.4 (13) | ||||
| 14 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-29:52.8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | – (–) | 1 | 6 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Carl Johan Bergman | 22:58.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:53.6 (14) | 0 | 0 | 14:22.6 (6) | 22:58.4 (11) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Henrik Forsberg | 21:03.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29:24.2 (8) | 0 | 1 | 36:49.5 (7) | 44:02.2 (7) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Tord Wiksten | 22:46.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50:42.5 (8) | 0 | 2 | 58:40.7 (11) | 1-06:49.1 (12) | ||||
| Anchor | Björn Ferry | 23:03.7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1-13:36.5 (13) | 1 | 3 | 1-21:45.5 (14) | 1-29:52.8 (14) | ||||
| 15 | United States |  USA | 1-30:27.1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 8 | – (–) | 2 | 10 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Jeremy Teela | 23:06.9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7:08.9 (17) | 1 | 3 | 15:19.9 (15) | 23:06.9 (12) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Jay Hakkinen | 21:55.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 29:57.8 (10) | 0 | 1 | 37:24.5 (13) | 45:01.9 (14) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Dan Campbell | 23:01.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 51:32.7 (14) | 1 | 3 | 59:57.5 (15) | 1-08:02.9 (15) | ||||
| Anchor | Lawton Redman | 22:24.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1-14:51.9 (15) | 0 | 3 | 1-22:39.6 (15) | 1-30:27.1 (15) | ||||
| 16 | Italy |  ITA | 1-30:56.3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | – (–) | 5 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Paolo Longo | 24:02.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6:45.6 (10) | 3 | 3 | 15:56.1 (19) | 24:02.2 (18) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | René Cattarinussi | 21:20.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30:46.1 (18) | 0 | 0 | 38:00.5 (16) | 45:22.8 (15) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Devis Da Canal | 23:38.4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 52:06.5 (15) | 2 | 3 | 1-01:02.7 (17) | 1-09:01.2 (17) | ||||
| Anchor | Wilfried Pallhuber | 21:55.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-15:49.2 (16) | 0 | 1 | 1-23:11.1 (16) | 1-30:56.3 (16) | ||||
| 17 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-32:00.8 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | – (–) | 1 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Oļegs Maļuhins | 23:54.4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7:07.6 (16) | 1 | 3 | 15:38.6 (16) | 23:54.4 (17) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Jēkabs Nākums | 21:50.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30:25.9 (16) | 0 | 0 | 37:45.6 (15) | 45:44.7 (17) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Gundars Upenieks | 22:20.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52:26.9 (16) | 0 | 2 | 1-00:13.8 (16) | 1-08:04.8 (16) | ||||
| Anchor | Ilmārs Bricis | 23:56.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1-16:12.7 (18) | 0 | 2 | 1-23:55.2 (17) | 1-32:00.8 (17) | ||||
| 18 | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-32:50.5 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 6 | – (–) | 3 | 10 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Roland Zwahlen | 23:30.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7:37.4 (19) | 0 | 2 | 15:39.8 (17) | 23:30.9 (14) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Matthias Simmen | 24:13.1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 30:44.3 (17) | 3 | 3 | 39:48.5 (19) | 47:44.0 (18) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 21:32.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54:02.2 (18) | 0 | 2 | 1-01:35.1 (18) | 1-09:16.4 (18) | ||||
| Anchor | Dani Niederberger | 23:34.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-16:09.4 (17) | 0 | 3 | 1-24:25.7 (18) | 1-32:50.5 (18) | ||||
| 19 | Great Britain |  GBR | 1-36:06.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | – (–) | 0 | 7 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Jason Sklenar | 24:38.4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7:27.7 (18) | 0 | 1 | 15:45.8 (18) | 24:38.4 (19) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Mark Gee | 23:17.3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 31:30.6 (19) | 0 | 3 | 39:38.4 (18) | 47:55.7 (19) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Mike Dixon | 23:28.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54:47.1 (19) | 0 | 1 | 1-02:50.6 (19) | 1-11:24.6 (19) | ||||
| Anchor | Hugh Pritchard | 24:41.4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1-18:54.6 (19) | 0 | 2 | 1-27:12.6 (19) | 1-36:06.0 (19) |