| | Event type
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men
| Date | 15 February 1994 — 13:00-14:45 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Birkebeineren Skistadion, Lillehammer | |
| Participants | 72 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Eight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Venue details | Course Length: 8,250 m Height Differential: 57 m Maximum Climb: 23 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 279 m | |
The Germans were favored although Italy had won the 1993 World Championship, with Russia second, and Germany third. But it would turn out to be an easy victory for the Germans. They led on the opening leg, with Belarus second and Poland third, while Italy was fifth and Russia seventh. On the second leg, Germany increased its lead to 1:35 with France second, Italy third, and Russia stuck in sixth. But the favorites came on in the third leg, with Germany leading, although Italy, in second, closed the gap to just over a minute, and Russia moved up to third. Italy had Andreas Zingerle, the 1993 World Champion at 20K, as its anchor, and had high expectations, but he missed three targets on his leg, dropping Italy back to sixth place. Russia held on for the silver behind Germany, while France moved up for the bronze medal.
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time | Misses (Extra Shots) | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Germany |  GER | 1-30:22.1 | 0 (–) | Gold | |||
| 5-1 | Ricco Groß | 22:32.3 | 0 (–) | 22:32.3 (1) | |||||
| 5-2 | Frank Luck | 22:06.0 | 0 (–) | 44:38.3 (1) | |||||
| 5-3 | Mark Kirchner | 22:49.5 | 0 (–) | 1-07:27.8 (1) | |||||
| 5-4 | Sven Fischer | 22:54.3 | 0 (–) | 1-30:22.1 (1) | |||||
| 2 | 4 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-31:23.6 | 2 (–) | Silver | |||
| 4-1 | Valery Kiriyenko | 23:34.6 | 1 (–) | 23:34.6 (7) | |||||
| 4-2 | Vladimir Drachov | 23:14.4 | 1 (–) | 46:49.0 (6) | |||||
| 4-3 | Sergey Tarasov | 21:54.0 | 0 (–) | 1-08:43.0 (3) | |||||
| 4-4 | Sergey Chepikov | 22:40.6 | 0 (–) | 1-31:23.6 (2) | |||||
| 3 | 2 | France |  FRA | 1-32:31.3 | 1 (–) | Bronze | |||
| 2-1 | Thierry Dusserre | 23:22.2 | 0 (–) | 23:22.2 (6) | |||||
| 2-2 | Patrice Bailly-Salins | 22:51.6 | 1 (–) | 46:13.8 (2) | |||||
| 2-3 | Lionel Laurent | 23:04.5 | 0 (–) | 1-09:18.3 (5) | |||||
| 2-4 | Hervé Flandin | 23:13.0 | 0 (–) | 1-32:31.3 (3) | |||||
| 4 | 6 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-32:57.2 | 0 (–) | ||||
| 6-1 | Viktar Maihurau | 23:07.9 | 0 (–) | 23:07.9 (2) | |||||
| 6-2 | Ihar Khokhriakou | 23:52.9 | 0 (–) | 47:00.8 (9) | |||||
| 6-3 | Aleh Ryzhankou | 22:05.4 | 0 (–) | 1-09:06.2 (4) | |||||
| 6-4 | Aliaksandr Papou | 23:51.0 | 0 (–) | 1-32:57.2 (4) | |||||
| 5 | 16 | Finland |  FIN | 1-33:11.9 | 1 (–) | ||||
| 16-1 | Erkki Latvala | 24:10.5 | 0 (–) | 24:10.5 (12) | |||||
| 16-2 | Harri Eloranta | 22:18.3 | 0 (–) | 46:28.8 (4) | |||||
| 16-3 | Timo Seppälä | 23:03.1 | 0 (–) | 1-09:31.9 (6) | |||||
| 16-4 | Vesa Hietalahti | 23:40.0 | 1 (–) | 1-33:11.9 (5) | |||||
| 6 | 1 | Italy |  ITA | 1-33:17.3 | 5 (–) | ||||
| 1-1 | Patrick Favre | 23:19.0 | 0 (–) | 23:19.0 (5) | |||||
| 1-2 | Johann Passler | 23:02.3 | 2 (–) | 46:21.3 (3) | |||||
| 1-3 | Pieralberto Carrara | 22:16.7 | 0 (–) | 1-08:38.0 (2) | |||||
| 1-4 | Andreas Zingerle | 24:39.3 | 3 (–) | 1-33:17.3 (6) | |||||
| 7 | 12 | Norway |  NOR | 1-33:32.8 | 0 (–) | ||||
| 12-1 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 23:50.5 | 0 (–) | 23:50.5 (10) | |||||
| 12-2 | Ivar Ulekleiv | 23:00.2 | 0 (–) | 46:50.7 (7) | |||||
| 12-3 | Halvard Hanevold | 23:44.5 | 0 (–) | 1-10:35.2 (8) | |||||
| 12-4 | Jon Åge Tyldum | 22:57.6 | 0 (–) | 1-33:32.8 (7) | |||||
| 8 | 14 | Poland |  POL | 1-33:49.3 | 0 (–) | ||||
| 14-1 | Tomasz Sikora | 23:11.6 | 0 (–) | 23:11.6 (3) | |||||
| 14-2 | Jan Ziemianin | 23:45.2 | 0 (–) | 46:56.8 (8) | |||||
| 14-3 | Wiesław Ziemianin | 23:39.0 | 0 (–) | 1-10:35.8 (9) | |||||
| 14-4 | Jan Wojtas | 23:13.5 | 0 (–) | 1-33:49.3 (8) | |||||
| 9 | 10 | Austria |  AUT | 1-34:02.9 | 4 (–) | ||||
| 10-1 | Wolfgang Perner | 23:15.2 | 0 (–) | 23:15.2 (4) | |||||
| 10-2 | Ludwig Gredler | 23:32.2 | 3 (–) | 46:47.4 (5) | |||||
| 10-3 | Franz Schuler | 23:01.7 | 1 (–) | 1-09:49.1 (7) | |||||
| 10-4 | Martin Pfurtscheller | 24:13.8 | 0 (–) | 1-34:02.9 (9) | |||||
| 10 | 11 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-34:19.6 | 1 (–) | ||||
| 11-1 | Uroš Velepec | 23:37.4 | 0 (–) | 23:37.4 (9) | |||||
| 11-2 | Jure Velepec | 23:59.8 | 1 (–) | 47:37.2 (11) | |||||
| 11-3 | Boštjan Lekan | 23:34.6 | 0 (–) | 1-11:11.8 (10) | |||||
| 11-4 | Janez Ožbolt | 23:07.8 | 0 (–) | 1-34:19.6 (10) | |||||
| 11 | 3 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-34:38.8 | 0 (–) | ||||
| 3-1 | Per Brandt | 23:54.6 | 0 (–) | 23:54.6 (11) | |||||
| 3-2 | Mikael Löfgren | 23:58.2 | 0 (–) | 47:52.8 (12) | |||||
| 3-3 | Leif Andersson | 23:43.9 | 0 (–) | 1-11:36.7 (11) | |||||
| 3-4 | Ulf Johansson | 23:02.1 | 0 (–) | 1-34:38.8 (11) | |||||
| 12 | 17 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-35:26.0 | 0 (–) | ||||
| 17-1 | Petr Garabík | 24:30.5 | 0 (–) | 24:30.5 (15) | |||||
| 17-2 | Tomáš Kos | 24:11.8 | 0 (–) | 48:42.3 (15) | |||||
| 17-3 | Ivan Masařík | 23:13.1 | 0 (–) | 1-11:55.4 (12) | |||||
| 17-4 | Jiří Holubec | 23:30.6 | 0 (–) | 1-35:26.0 (12) | |||||
| 13 | 8 | Estonia |  EST | 1-35:34.3 | 3 (–) | ||||
| 8-1 | Olaf Mihelson | 24:50.6 | 0 (–) | 24:50.6 (16) | |||||
| 8-2 | Urmas Kaldvee | 23:03.6 | 0 (–) | 47:54.2 (13) | |||||
| 8-3 | Aivo Udras | 24:46.6 | 3 (–) | 1-12:40.8 (15) | |||||
| 8-4 | Kalju Ojaste | 22:53.5 | 0 (–) | 1-35:34.3 (13) | |||||
| 14 | 18 | United States |  USA | 1-35:43.7 | 0 (–) | ||||
| 18-1 | Curt Schreiner | 23:37.1 | 0 (–) | 23:37.1 (8) | |||||
| 18-2 | Dave Jareckie | 23:58.9 | 0 (–) | 47:36.0 (10) | |||||
| 18-3 | Jon Engen | 24:42.8 | 0 (–) | 1-12:18.8 (13) | |||||
| 18-4 | Duncan Douglas | 23:24.9 | 0 (–) | 1-35:43.7 (14) | |||||
| 15 | 7 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-35:48.0 | 4 (–) | ||||
| 7-1 | Vitaliy Mohilenko | 24:28.5 | 2 (–) | 24:28.5 (14) | |||||
| 7-2 | Taras Dolniy | 23:55.1 | 1 (–) | 48:23.6 (14) | |||||
| 7-3 | Valentyn Dzhima | 23:55.8 | 1 (–) | 1-12:19.4 (14) | |||||
| 7-4 | Roman Zvonkov | 23:28.6 | 0 (–) | 1-35:48.0 (15) | |||||
| 16 | 9 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-37:40.5 | 4 (–) | ||||
| 9-1 | Oļegs Maļuhins | 25:36.5 | 3 (–) | 25:36.5 (18) | |||||
| 9-2 | Ilmārs Bricis | 24:05.0 | 1 (–) | 49:41.5 (17) | |||||
| 9-3 | Aivars Bogdanovs | 24:06.7 | 0 (–) | 1-13:48.2 (16) | |||||
| 9-4 | Gundars Upenieks | 23:52.3 | 0 (–) | 1-37:40.5 (16) | |||||
| 17 | 13 | Great Britain |  GBR | 1-39:16.0 | 0 (–) | ||||
| 13-1 | Mike Dixon | 24:17.3 | 0 (–) | 24:17.3 (13) | |||||
| 13-2 | Ian Woods | 24:25.6 | 0 (–) | 48:42.9 (16) | |||||
| 13-3 | Mark Gee | 26:11.9 | 0 (–) | 1-14:54.8 (17) | |||||
| 13-4 | Ken Rudd | 24:21.2 | 0 (–) | 1-39:16.0 (17) | |||||
| 18 | 15 | Slovakia |  SVK | 1-40:00.3 | 3 (–) | ||||
| 15-1 | Pavel Sládek | 25:21.1 | 0 (–) | 25:21.1 (17) | |||||
| 15-2 | Pavel Kotraba | 24:36.3 | 0 (–) | 49:57.4 (18) | |||||
| 15-3 | Daniel Krčmář | 25:07.9 | 1 (–) | 1-15:05.3 (18) | |||||
| 15-4 | Lukáš Krejči | 24:55.0 | 2 (–) | 1-40:00.3 (18) |