Date | 16 February 1984 — 8:45 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Veliko Polje, Igman |
Participants | 68 from 17 countries |
Details | Course Length: ? Height Differential: 122 m Maximum Climb: 36 m Total Climbing: 363 m |
The men’s relay race at the 1982 World Championships in Oslo turned out to be the most dramatic race in the history of cross-country skiing to this date. On the last leg, a few hundred meters from the finish, the Soviet Union’s Aleksandr Zavyalov and Norway’s Oddvar Brå were close together. Zavalyov fell, but Brå broke one of his poles, only to get a new one quickly, and they skiied side-by-side over the last meters. The race was judged a draw, and for the first time there two world champion relay teams. And that was not the end of the story. Finland and Eastern Germany had a close fight for the bronze, and the judges could not separate them either, as they shared bronze. Ties for first and third, a unique feat.
The defending Olympic Champion Soviet Union was favored to win another Olympic relay gold, but a close competition was expected with Finland and Sweden. On the first leg, Sweden’s Thomas Wassberg had a 10 second lead over the Soviet Union’s Aleksandr Batyuk, with US skier Dan Simoneau in a surprising third. Norway in sixth and Finland in eighth position were left far behind. On the second leg, the Soviet Union’s Aleksandr Zavyalov passed Sweden’s Benny Kohlberg and sent Vladimir Nikitin out on the third leg with a 12 second lead over Sweden’s Jan Ottosson. Juha Mieto brought Finland back in the fight for the medals by bringing his team up to third place, half a second ahead of Norway, but over 1½ minutes behind the leading Soviet team. Ottoson was able to close the gap to Nikitin, and was only half a second behind at the last exchange. Norway’s Ove Aunli, third at the last exchange, was 10 seconds ahead of Finland’s Harri Kirvesniemi. The last leg saw a close duel between the two 1984 Olympic champions, Gunde Svan and Nikolay Zimyatov. The young Swede left his Russian rival and secured Sweden their first Olympic relay gold medal since 1964. Finland’s Aki Karvonen had an easy contest for the bronze medal against Norway’s Tor Håkon Holte, leaving the Norwegian almost one minute behind.
Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | Exchange | |||
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1 | 5 | Sweden | SWE | 1-55:06.3 | – (–) | Gold | ||
Lead-Off | 5-1 | Thomas Wassberg | 28:47.0 | 28:47.0 (1) | ||||
2nd Leg | 5-2 | Benny Kohlberg | 28:47.9 | 57:34.9 (2) | ||||
3rd Leg | 5-3 | Jan Ottosson | 29:04.1 | 1-26:39.0 (2) | ||||
Anchor | 5-4 | Gunde Svan | 28:27.3 | 1-55:06.3 (1) | ||||
2 | 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 1-55:16.5 | – (–) | Silver | ||
Lead-Off | 1-1 | Aleksandr Batyuk | 28:57.6 | 28:57.6 (2) | ||||
2nd Leg | 1-2 | Aleksandr Zavyalov | 28:25.1 | 57:22.7 (1) | ||||
3rd Leg | 1-3 | Vladimir Nikitin | 29:15.8 | 1-26:38.5 (1) | ||||
Anchor | 1-4 | Nikolay Zimyatov | 28:38.0 | 1-55:16.5 (2) | ||||
3 | 3 | Finland | FIN | 1-56:31.4 | – (–) | Bronze | ||
Lead-Off | 3-1 | Kari Ristanen | 30:21.6 | 30:21.6 (8) | ||||
2nd Leg | 3-2 | Juha Mieto | 28:36.2 | 58:57.8 (3) | ||||
3rd Leg | 3-3 | Harri Kirvesniemi | 28:35.0 | 1-27:32.8 (4) | ||||
Anchor | 3-4 | Aki Karvonen | 28:58.6 | 1-56:31.4 (3) | ||||
4 | 2 | Norway | NOR | 1-57:27.6 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 2-1 | Lars Erik Eriksen | 30:14.6 | 30:14.6 (6) | ||||
2nd Leg | 2-2 | Jan Lindvall | 28:43.7 | 58:58.3 (4) | ||||
3rd Leg | 2-3 | Ove Aunli | 28:24.1 | 1-27:22.4 (3) | ||||
Anchor | 2-4 | Tor Håkon Holte | 30:05.2 | 1-57:27.6 (4) | ||||
5 | 7 | Switzerland | SUI | 1-58:06.0 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 7-1 | Giachem Guidon | 29:42.9 | 29:42.9 (4) | ||||
2nd Leg | 7-2 | Konrad Hallenbarter | 29:48.7 | 59:31.6 (5) | ||||
3rd Leg | 7-3 | Joos Ambühl | 29:28.5 | 1-29:00.1 (5) | ||||
Anchor | 7-4 | Andi Grünenfelder | 29:05.9 | 1-58:06.0 (5) | ||||
6 | 4 | West Germany | FRG | 1-59:30.2 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 4-1 | Jochen Behle | 30:05.8 | 30:05.8 (5) | ||||
2nd Leg | 4-2 | Stefan Dotzler | 29:54.7 | 1-00:00.5 (6) | ||||
3rd Leg | 4-3 | Franz Schöbel | 29:37.3 | 1-29:37.8 (6) | ||||
Anchor | 4-4 | Peter Zipfel | 29:52.4 | 1-59:30.2 (6) | ||||
7 | 6 | Italy | ITA | 1-59:30.3 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 6-1 | Maurilio De Zolt | 30:21.4 | 30:21.4 (7) | ||||
2nd Leg | 6-2 | Alfred Runggaldier | 30:26.6 | 1-00:48.0 (7) | ||||
3rd Leg | 6-3 | Giulio Capitanio | 29:47.0 | 1-30:35.0 (8) | ||||
Anchor | 6-4 | Giorgio Vanzetta | 28:55.3 | 1-59:30.3 (7) | ||||
8 | 8 | United States | USA | 1-59:52.3 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 8-1 | Dan Simoneau | 29:36.4 | 29:36.4 (3) | ||||
2nd Leg | 8-2 | Tim Caldwell | 31:43.0 | 1-01:19.4 (8) | ||||
3rd Leg | 8-3 | Jim Galanes | 29:14.7 | 1-30:34.1 (7) | ||||
Anchor | 8-4 | Bill Koch | 29:18.2 | 1-59:52.3 (8) | ||||
9 | 13 | East Germany | GDR | 2-02:13.9 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 13-1 | Karsten Brandt | 32:06.3 | 32:06.3 (11) | ||||
2nd Leg | 13-2 | Uwe Wünsch | 29:35.1 | 1-01:41.4 (9) | ||||
3rd Leg | 13-3 | Frank Schröder | 30:48.0 | 1-32:29.4 (9) | ||||
Anchor | 13-4 | Uwe Bellmann | 29:44.5 | 2-02:13.9 (9) | ||||
10 | 10 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2-03:17.6 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 10-1 | Svetoslav Atanasov | 31:48.4 | 31:48.4 (10) | ||||
2nd Leg | 10-2 | Atanas Simitchiev | 30:25.5 | 1-02:13.9 (10) | ||||
3rd Leg | 10-3 | Milush Ivanchev | 30:17.1 | 1-32:31.0 (10) | ||||
Anchor | 10-4 | Hristo Barzanov | 30:46.6 | 2-03:17.6 (10) | ||||
11 | 16 | Austria | AUT | 2-04:39.0 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 16-1 | Andreas Gumpold | 32:59.1 | 32:59.1 (14) | ||||
2nd Leg | 16-2 | Franz Gattermann | 30:59.7 | 1-03:58.8 (13) | ||||
3rd Leg | 16-3 | Peter Juric | 30:35.6 | 1-34:34.4 (12) | ||||
Anchor | 16-4 | Alois Stadlober | 30:04.6 | 2-04:39.0 (11) | ||||
12 | 11 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 2-04:42.8 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 11-1 | Ivo Čarman | 31:38.2 | 31:38.2 (9) | ||||
2nd Leg | 11-2 | Jože Klemenčič | 31:47.9 | 1-03:26.1 (11) | ||||
3rd Leg | 11-3 | Janež Kršinar | 30:49.4 | 1-34:15.5 (11) | ||||
Anchor | 11-4 | Dušan Đurišič | 30:27.3 | 2-04:42.8 (12) | ||||
13 | 9 | Japan | JPN | 2-06:42.5 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 9-1 | Kazunari Sasaki | 32:54.0 | 32:54.0 (13) | ||||
2nd Leg | 9-2 | Hideaki Yamada | 30:56.6 | 1-03:50.6 (12) | ||||
3rd Leg | 9-3 | Satoshi Sato | 31:14.1 | 1-35:04.7 (13) | ||||
Anchor | 9-4 | Yusei Nakazawa | 31:37.8 | 2-06:42.5 (13) | ||||
14 | 12 | Great Britain | GBR | 2-10:09.9 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 12-1 | Mark Moore | 32:31.8 | 32:31.8 (12) | ||||
2nd Leg | 12-2 | Andrew Rawlin | 32:19.3 | 1-04:51.1 (14) | ||||
3rd Leg | 12-3 | Mike Dixon | 33:17.5 | 1-38:08.6 (14) | ||||
Anchor | 12-4 | John Spotswood | 32:01.3 | 2-10:09.9 (14) | ||||
15 | 17 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 2-16:52.4 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 17-1 | Song Shi | 34:12.8 | 34:12.8 (15) | ||||
2nd Leg | 17-2 | Li Xiaoming | 34:47.4 | 1-09:00.2 (15) | ||||
3rd Leg | 17-3 | Lin Guanghao | 34:00.8 | 1-43:01.0 (15) | ||||
Anchor | 17-4 | Zhu Dianfa | 33:51.4 | 2-16:52.4 (15) | ||||
16 | 14 | Argentina | ARG | 2-27:07.1 | – (–) | |||
Lead-Off | 14-1 | Julio César Moreschi | 37:05.9 | 37:05.9 (16) | ||||
2nd Leg | 14-2 | Norberto von Baumann | 35:30.9 | 1-12:36.8 (16) | ||||
3rd Leg | 14-3 | Ricardo Holler | 37:29.3 | 1-50:06.1 (16) | ||||
Anchor | 14-4 | Alejandro Baratta | 37:01.0 | 2-27:07.1 (16) | ||||
15 | Mongolia | MGL | [2-16:01.6] | – (–) | ||||
Lead-Off | 15-1 | Pürevjavyn Batsükh | 34:35.4 | 34:35.4 (AC) | 1 | |||
2nd Leg | 15-2 | Vangansürengiin Renchinkhorol | 35:09.3 | 1-09:44.7 (AC) | ||||
3rd Leg | 15-3 | Dondogiin Gankhuyag | 33:11.1 | 1-42:55.8 (AC) | ||||
Anchor | 15-4 | Luvsandashiin Dorj | 33:05.8 | 2-16:01.6 (AC) |