| | Event type
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men
| Date | 26 February 2010 — 11:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler | |
| 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: 7,813 m Height Differential: 27 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 252 m | |
Russia were the early leaders after the first leg, although many of the other teams were close behind. However by the end of the second leg, a small group – Norway, Austria, and Sweden had established a small lead ahead of the Czech Republic. It was on the third leg that Emil Hegle Svendsen for Norway and Dominik Landertinger for the Austrian team pulled away from the other teams and were just over 20 seconds ahead of third placed Russia. With the legendary Ole Einar Bjørndalen on the last leg for Norway, the Scandinavians were favourites to take the gold medal they had previously won in 2002. Although Bjørndalen missed two targets, his main opponent, Austria’s anchor man Christoph Sumann, missed four targets and fell behind after being forced to ski a penalty loop. In the end the Norwegian team won in a time of 1-21:38.1, with Bjørndalen claiming his 6th Olympic gold medal and his 11th medal in total. Yevgeny Ustyugov for Russia caught Sumann on the last leg, but in a sprint to the finish line, the Austrian just held on to take the silver medal from the Russians.
The Norwegian victors were a combination of youth and experience. Bø and Svendsen were in their early twenties whilst Bjørndalen, at 36, was still four years younger than team mate Halvard Hanevold.
| 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 | 1-21:38.1 | 0 | 7 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | Gold | ||
| Lead-Off | Halvard Hanevold | 20:15.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:52.8 (13) | 0 | 0 | 13:49.0 (5) | 20:15.6 (7) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Tarjei Bø | 20:26.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27:05.5 (6) | 0 | 1 | 34:15.1 (2) | 40:42.4 (1) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 20:31.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47:29.7 (2) | 0 | 1 | 54:40.2 (2) | 1-01:13.7 (1) | ||||
| Anchor | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 20:24.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-08:03.6 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1-15:01.6 (1) | 1-21:38.1 (1) | ||||
| 2 | Austria |  AUT | 1-22:16.7 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | Silver | ||
| Lead-Off | Simon Eder | 20:10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:34.4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 13:42.2 (1) | 20:10.0 (2) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Daniel Mesotitsch | 20:38.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27:12.3 (8) | 0 | 1 | 34:16.7 (3) | 40:48.0 (2) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Dominik Landertinger | 20:25.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47:28.3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 54:35.3 (1) | 1-01:13.9 (2) | ||||
| Anchor | Christoph Sumann | 21:02.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1-08:42.6 (3) | 0 | 0 | 1-15:47.2 (2) | 1-22:16.7 (2) | ||||
| 3 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-22:16.9 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | Bronze | ||
| Lead-Off | Ivan Cherezov | 20:07.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:41.7 (2) | 0 | 1 | 13:43.4 (2) | 20:07.5 (1) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Anton Shipulin | 21:05.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:59.5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 34:06.9 (1) | 41:12.5 (5) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Maksim Chudov | 20:23.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47:50.0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 54:50.5 (3) | 1-01:35.7 (3) | ||||
| Anchor | Yevgeny Ustyugov | 20:41.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-08:16.0 (2) | 0 | 3 | 1-15:48.4 (3) | 1-22:16.9 (3) | ||||
| 4 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-23:02.0 | 1 | 10 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Fredrik Lindström | 20:11.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:49.7 (9) | 0 | 0 | 13:44.2 (3) | 20:11.3 (4) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Carl Johan Bergman | 20:37.9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27:03.4 (3) | 0 | 3 | 34:25.3 (5) | 40:49.2 (3) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Mattias Nilsson | 21:32.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47:41.4 (3) | 1 | 3 | 55:43.6 (5) | 1-02:21.2 (4) | ||||
| Anchor | Björn Ferry | 20:40.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-09:18.3 (4) | 0 | 1 | 1-16:37.9 (4) | 1-23:02.0 (4) | ||||
| 5 | Germany |  GER | 1-23:16.0 | 2 | 7 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Simon Schempp | 20:10.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:43.7 (4) | 0 | 1 | 13:45.3 (4) | 20:10.4 (3) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Andi Birnbacher | 21:53.7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26:58.0 (1) | 2 | 3 | 35:16.2 (10) | 42:04.1 (10) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Arnd Peiffer | 20:56.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48:43.9 (8) | 0 | 3 | 56:15.5 (8) | 1-03:01.0 (7) | ||||
| Anchor | Michael Greis | 20:15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-09:41.0 (7) | 0 | 0 | 1-16:50.2 (6) | 1-23:16.0 (5) | ||||
| 6 | France |  FRA | 1-23:16.2 | 1 | 9 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Vincent Jay | 20:13.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6:52.1 (12) | 0 | 1 | 13:53.5 (8) | 20:13.7 (6) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Vincent Defrasne | 21:25.6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27:04.2 (5) | 1 | 3 | 34:55.2 (9) | 41:39.3 (8) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Simon Fourcade | 21:08.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48:26.9 (7) | 0 | 0 | 55:50.7 (7) | 1-02:47.5 (6) | ||||
| Anchor | Martin Fourcade | 20:28.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-09:31.7 (6) | 0 | 2 | 1-16:48.3 (5) | 1-23:16.2 (6) | ||||
| 7 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-23:55.2 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Jaroslav Soukup | 20:13.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:45.8 (6) | 0 | 1 | 13:57.2 (11) | 20:13.5 (5) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Zdeněk Vítek | 20:36.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27:09.4 (7) | 0 | 1 | 34:22.9 (4) | 40:50.3 (4) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Roman Dostál | 21:45.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 47:58.7 (5) | 0 | 2 | 55:40.0 (4) | 1-02:36.0 (5) | ||||
| Anchor | Michal Šlesingr | 21:19.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-09:23.2 (5) | 0 | 2 | 1-16:59.4 (7) | 1-23:55.2 (7) | ||||
| 8 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-24:25.1 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Oleksandr Bilanenko | 20:38.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:43.3 (3) | 0 | 1 | 13:50.5 (6) | 20:38.7 (10) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Andriy Deryzemlia | 20:44.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27:17.6 (10) | 0 | 1 | 34:39.6 (7) | 41:23.0 (6) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | V'iacheslav Derkach | 21:47.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48:12.3 (6) | 0 | 0 | 55:45.0 (6) | 1-03:10.3 (8) | ||||
| Anchor | Serhiy Sednev | 21:14.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-09:59.7 (8) | 0 | 1 | 1-17:31.9 (8) | 1-24:25.1 (8) | ||||
| 9 | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-24:36.8 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Thomas Frei | 20:47.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:45.8 (6) | 0 | 1 | 13:55.4 (10) | 20:47.6 (11) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Matthias Simmen | 21:17.1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27:42.8 (12) | 0 | 3 | 35:16.4 (11) | 42:04.7 (11) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Benjamin Weger | 21:26.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48:46.3 (10) | 0 | 2 | 56:24.2 (9) | 1-03:30.8 (9) | ||||
| Anchor | Simon Hallenbarter | 21:06.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-10:18.2 (9) | 0 | 1 | 1-17:47.3 (9) | 1-24:36.8 (9) | ||||
| 10 | Canada |  CAN | 1-24:50.7 | 0 | 7 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Robin Clegg | 20:16.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:44.2 (5) | 0 | 1 | 13:50.9 (7) | 20:16.4 (8) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Marc-André Bédard | 21:11.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27:14.2 (9) | 0 | 1 | 34:28.7 (6) | 41:28.0 (7) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Brendan Green | 22:12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 48:52.8 (11) | 0 | 1 | 56:36.8 (11) | 1-03:40.0 (10) | ||||
| Anchor | Jean-Philippe Le Guellec | 21:10.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-10:31.2 (10) | 0 | 1 | 1-17:57.5 (10) | 1-24:50.7 (10) | ||||
| 11 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-25:47.4 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Yauhen Abramenka | 21:59.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6:50.0 (10) | 0 | 1 | 14:17.0 (15) | 21:59.3 (17) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Aliaksandr Syman | 21:05.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29:06.5 (17) | 0 | 1 | 36:24.5 (15) | 43:04.3 (13) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Rustam Valiulin | 21:36.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49:48.2 (13) | 1 | 3 | 57:55.3 (13) | 1-04:40.7 (13) | ||||
| Anchor | Siarhei Novikau | 21:06.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-11:32.4 (12) | 0 | 0 | 1-18:59.2 (12) | 1-25:47.4 (11) | ||||
| 12 | Italy |  ITA | 1-26:27.5 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Christian De Lorenzi | 20:16.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6:47.9 (8) | 0 | 2 | 13:53.8 (9) | 20:16.7 (9) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Markus Windisch | 21:39.6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27:03.7 (4) | 1 | 3 | 34:48.3 (8) | 41:56.3 (9) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Lukas Hofer | 21:44.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48:45.8 (9) | 0 | 2 | 56:29.4 (10) | 1-03:40.4 (11) | ||||
| Anchor | Mattia Cola | 22:47.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1-10:52.6 (11) | 0 | 1 | 1-18:56.2 (11) | 1-26:27.5 (12) | ||||
| 13 | United States |  USA | 1-27:58.3 | 4 | 12 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Lowell Bailey | 20:51.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:50.5 (11) | 0 | 1 | 14:08.7 (13) | 20:51.8 (13) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Jay Hakkinen | 21:47.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27:36.0 (11) | 1 | 3 | 35:33.1 (12) | 42:38.8 (12) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Tim Burke | 22:01.7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49:22.4 (12) | 2 | 3 | 57:49.4 (12) | 1-04:40.5 (12) | ||||
| Anchor | Jeremy Teela | 23:17.8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1-12:02.7 (13) | 1 | 3 | 1-20:32.5 (13) | 1-27:58.3 (13) | ||||
| 14 | Estonia |  EST | 1-28:16.5 | 3 | 10 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Priit Viks | 21:07.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:56.2 (15) | 0 | 3 | 14:30.9 (17) | 21:07.1 (14) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Kauri Kõiv | 22:39.6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 29:05.2 (16) | 0 | 0 | 36:39.3 (17) | 43:46.7 (17) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Indrek Tobreluts | 21:54.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50:56.2 (16) | 0 | 0 | 58:30.7 (14) | 1-05:41.0 (14) | ||||
| Anchor | Roland Lessing | 22:35.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1-13:57.2 (14) | 0 | 0 | 1-21:24.9 (14) | 1-28:16.5 (14) | ||||
| 15 | Slovakia |  SVK | 1-28:54.1 | 2 | 12 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Miroslav Matiaško | 21:18.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:53.0 (14) | 0 | 1 | 14:15.0 (14) | 21:18.3 (16) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Marek Matiaško | 22:09.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28:11.5 (13) | 0 | 2 | 36:31.5 (16) | 43:27.9 (15) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Dušan Šimočko | 23:56.3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 51:16.6 (17) | 1 | 3 | 59:49.5 (16) | 1-07:24.2 (16) | ||||
| Anchor | Pavol Hurajt | 21:29.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-14:24.3 (16) | 0 | 2 | 1-22:00.0 (15) | 1-28:54.1 (15) | ||||
| 16 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1-29:39.7 | 0 | 9 | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Mihail Klecherov | 20:48.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6:57.7 (17) | 0 | 1 | 14:03.2 (12) | 20:48.4 (12) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Vladimir Iliev | 22:36.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28:16.7 (14) | 0 | 1 | 36:06.5 (13) | 43:24.8 (14) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Miroslav Kenanov | 23:28.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50:54.4 (15) | 0 | 1 | 59:12.4 (15) | 1-06:53.7 (15) | ||||
| Anchor | Krasimir Anev | 22:46.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-14:06.5 (15) | 0 | 3 | 1-22:23.9 (16) | 1-29:39.7 (16) | ||||
| 17 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-29:52.4 | 3 | 16 | – | – | – (18) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Peter Dokl | 23:09.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7:02.6 (18) | 1 | 3 | 15:32.7 (18) | 23:09.1 (18) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Klemen Bauer | 22:24.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30:00.5 (18) | 2 | 3 | 38:31.2 (18) | 45:33.4 (18) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Vasja Rupnik | 22:10.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 53:00.1 (18) | 0 | 2 | 1-00:47.4 (18) | 1-07:43.6 (18) | ||||
| Anchor | Janez Marič | 22:08.8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-14:58.4 (–) | 0 | 2 | 1-22:52.1 (18) | 1-29:52.4 (17) | ||||
| 18 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 1-30:31.1 | 4 | 13 | – | – | – (16) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Aleksandr Chervyakov | 21:08.9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6:56.7 (15) | 0 | 3 | 14:24.0 (16) | 21:08.9 (15) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Yan Savitsky | 22:23.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 28:56.8 (14) | 0 | 1 | 36:22.3 (14) | 43:32.0 (16) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Dias Keneshev | 24:10.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50:53.2 (17) | 2 | 3 | 1-00:05.0 (17) | 1-07:42.2 (17) | ||||
| Anchor | Aleksandr Trifonov | 22:48.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-14:52.5 (–) | 0 | 0 | 1-22:51.5 (17) | 1-30:31.1 (18) | ||||
| 19 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-35:15.5 | 7 | 16 | – | – | – (19) | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | Edgars Piksons | 26:11.5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8:27.0 (19) | 2 | 3 | 17:47.5 (19) | 26:11.5 (19) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | Ilmārs Bricis | 21:47.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33:10.6 (19) | 0 | 2 | 41:01.5 (19) | 47:58.7 (19) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | 23:31.6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 56:23.6 (19) | 0 | 0 | 1-04:10.8 (19) | 1-11:30.3 (19) | ||||
| Anchor | Kristaps Lībietis | 23:45.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1-19:08.8 (–) | 0 | 3 | 1-27:39.7 (19) | 1-35:15.5 (19) |