| | 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. | |
| Venue 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 | Nr | Team | NOC | Time | Misses (Extra Shots) | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Norway |  NOR | 1-23:42.3 | 0 (8) | Gold | |||
| 1-1 | Halvard Hanevold | 22:09.1 | 0 (1) | 22:09.1 (2) | |||||
| 1-2 | Frode Andresen | 20:17.2 | 0 (3) | 42:26.3 (1) | |||||
| 1-3 | Egil Gjelland | 20:45.7 | 0 (1) | 1-03:12.0 (1) | |||||
| 1-4 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 20:30.3 | 0 (3) | 1-23:42.3 (1) | |||||
| 2 | 6 | Germany |  GER | 1-24:27.6 | 1 (9) | Silver | |||
| 6-1 | Ricco Groß | 22:20.2 | 0 (3) | 22:20.2 (3) | |||||
| 6-2 | Peter Sendel | 20:47.5 | 0 (2) | 43:07.7 (4) | |||||
| 6-3 | Sven Fischer | 21:13.9 | 1 (4) | 1-04:21.6 (3) | |||||
| 6-4 | Frank Luck | 20:06.0 | 0 (0) | 1-24:27.6 (2) | |||||
| 3 | 4 | France |  FRA | 1-24:36.6 | 0 (6) | Bronze | |||
| 4-1 | Gilles Marguet | 22:25.1 | 0 (1) | 22:25.1 (5) | |||||
| 4-2 | Vincent Defrasne | 20:22.1 | 0 (2) | 42:47.2 (2) | |||||
| 4-3 | Julien Robert | 21:36.3 | 0 (3) | 1-04:23.5 (4) | |||||
| 4-4 | Raphaël Poirée | 20:13.1 | 0 (0) | 1-24:36.6 (3) | |||||
| 4 | 5 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-24:54.4 | 0 (9) | ||||
| 5-1 | Viktor Maygurov | 21:51.4 | 0 (0) | 21:51.4 (1) | |||||
| 5-2 | Sergey Rozhkov | 20:56.5 | 0 (3) | 42:47.9 (3) | |||||
| 5-3 | Sergey Chepikov | 21:24.8 | 0 (2) | 1-04:12.7 (2) | |||||
| 5-4 | Pavel Rostovtsev | 20:41.7 | 0 (4) | 1-24:54.4 (4) | |||||
| 5 | 8 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-26:36.1 | 0 (12) | ||||
| 8-1 | Petr Garabík | 22:42.3 | 0 (1) | 22:42.3 (7) | |||||
| 8-2 | Ivan Masařík | 21:33.4 | 0 (5) | 44:15.7 (8) | |||||
| 8-3 | Roman Dostál | 21:17.4 | 0 (4) | 1-05:33.1 (6) | |||||
| 8-4 | Zdeněk Vítek | 21:03.0 | 0 (2) | 1-26:36.1 (5) | |||||
| 6 | 2 | Austria |  AUT | 1-26:58.9 | 0 (9) | ||||
| 2-1 | Christoph Sumann | 22:36.3 | 0 (1) | 22:36.3 (6) | |||||
| 2-2 | Wolfgang Perner | 21:21.1 | 0 (2) | 43:57.4 (6) | |||||
| 2-3 | Wolfgang Rottmann | 21:35.3 | 0 (4) | 1-05:32.7 (5) | |||||
| 2-4 | Ludwig Gredler | 21:26.2 | 0 (2) | 1-26:58.9 (6) | |||||
| 7 | 13 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-27:02.2 | 2 (12) | ||||
| 13-1 | V'iacheslav Derkach | 22:52.2 | 1 (3) | 22:52.2 (8) | |||||
| 13-2 | Oleksandr Bilanenko | 22:06.4 | 1 (4) | 44:58.6 (13) | |||||
| 13-3 | Roman Pryma | 21:10.3 | 0 (2) | 1-06:08.9 (7) | |||||
| 13-4 | Ruslan Lysenko | 20:53.3 | 0 (3) | 1-27:02.2 (7) | |||||
| 8 | 3 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-27:12.0 | 1 (12) | ||||
| 3-1 | Aliaksei Aydarau | 22:53.9 | 0 (3) | 22:53.9 (9) | |||||
| 3-2 | Aliaksandr Syman | 21:22.7 | 0 (2) | 44:16.6 (9) | |||||
| 3-3 | Aleh Ryzhankou | 21:53.1 | 1 (5) | 1-06:09.7 (9) | |||||
| 3-4 | Vadzim Sashuryn | 21:02.3 | 0 (2) | 1-27:12.0 (8) | |||||
| 9 | 15 | Poland |  POL | 1-27:35.4 | 1 (7) | ||||
| 15-1 | Wiesław Ziemianin | 22:58.0 | 0 (3) | 22:58.0 (10) | |||||
| 15-2 | Wojciech Kozub | 21:49.3 | 1 (3) | 44:47.3 (11) | |||||
| 15-3 | Krzysztof Topór | 21:26.3 | 0 (0) | 1-06:13.6 (10) | |||||
| 15-4 | Tomasz Sikora | 21:21.8 | 0 (1) | 1-27:35.4 (9) | |||||
| 10 | 7 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-28:23.6 | 4 (14) | ||||
| 7-1 | Sašo Grajf | 23:31.5 | 1 (3) | 23:31.5 (15) | |||||
| 7-2 | Tomaž Globočnik | 20:45.5 | 0 (2) | 44:17.0 (10) | |||||
| 7-3 | Janez Marič | 21:52.0 | 2 (4) | 1-06:09.0 (8) | |||||
| 7-4 | Marko Dolenc | 22:14.6 | 1 (5) | 1-28:23.6 (10) | |||||
| 11 | 12 | Estonia |  EST | 1-28:38.2 | 1 (11) | ||||
| 12-1 | Janno Prants | 22:21.4 | 0 (2) | 22:21.4 (4) | |||||
| 12-2 | Indrek Tobreluts | 21:27.8 | 0 (2) | 43:49.2 (5) | |||||
| 12-3 | Dimitri Borovik | 22:32.2 | 1 (6) | 1-06:21.4 (11) | |||||
| 12-4 | Roland Lessing | 22:16.8 | 0 (1) | 1-28:38.2 (11) | |||||
| 12 | 9 | Finland |  FIN | 1-28:52.7 | 1 (15) | ||||
| 9-1 | Ville Räikkönen | 23:14.9 | 0 (2) | 23:14.9 (13) | |||||
| 9-2 | Timo Antila | 22:23.7 | 1 (6) | 45:38.6 (16) | |||||
| 9-3 | Paavo Puurunen | 21:30.3 | 0 (3) | 1-07:08.9 (14) | |||||
| 9-4 | Vesa Hietalahti | 21:43.8 | 0 (4) | 1-28:52.7 (12) | |||||
| 13 | 14 | Japan |  JPN | 1-29:04.4 | 2 (14) | ||||
| 14-1 | Hironao Meguro | 23:33.3 | 1 (4) | 23:33.3 (16) | |||||
| 14-2 | Hidenori Isa | 21:24.7 | 0 (3) | 44:58.0 (12) | |||||
| 14-3 | Kyoji Suga | 21:55.8 | 1 (3) | 1-06:53.8 (13) | |||||
| 14-4 | Yukio Mochizuki | 22:10.6 | 0 (4) | 1-29:04.4 (13) | |||||
| 14 | 10 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-29:52.8 | 1 (10) | ||||
| 10-1 | Carl Johan Bergman | 22:58.4 | 0 (1) | 22:58.4 (11) | |||||
| 10-2 | Henrik Forsberg | 21:03.8 | 0 (2) | 44:02.2 (7) | |||||
| 10-3 | Tord Wiksten | 22:46.9 | 0 (3) | 1-06:49.1 (12) | |||||
| 10-4 | Björn Ferry | 23:03.7 | 1 (4) | 1-29:52.8 (14) | |||||
| 15 | 19 | United States |  USA | 1-30:27.1 | 2 (18) | ||||
| 19-1 | Jeremy Teela | 23:06.9 | 1 (6) | 23:06.9 (12) | |||||
| 19-2 | Jay Hakkinen | 21:55.0 | 0 (4) | 45:01.9 (14) | |||||
| 19-3 | Dan Campbell | 23:01.0 | 1 (4) | 1-08:02.9 (15) | |||||
| 19-4 | Lawton Redman | 22:24.2 | 0 (4) | 1-30:27.1 (15) | |||||
| 16 | 16 | Italy |  ITA | 1-30:56.3 | 5 (12) | ||||
| 16-1 | Paolo Longo | 24:02.2 | 3 (4) | 24:02.2 (18) | |||||
| 16-2 | René Cattarinussi | 21:20.6 | 0 (2) | 45:22.8 (15) | |||||
| 16-3 | Devis Da Canal | 23:38.4 | 2 (4) | 1-09:01.2 (17) | |||||
| 16-4 | Wilfried Pallhuber | 21:55.1 | 0 (2) | 1-30:56.3 (16) | |||||
| 17 | 11 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-32:00.8 | 3 (12) | ||||
| 11-1 | Oļegs Maļuhins | 23:54.4 | 1 (5) | 23:54.4 (17) | |||||
| 11-2 | Jēkabs Nākums | 21:50.3 | 0 (0) | 45:44.7 (17) | |||||
| 11-3 | Gundars Upenieks | 22:20.1 | 0 (2) | 1-08:04.8 (16) | |||||
| 11-4 | Ilmārs Bricis | 23:56.0 | 2 (5) | 1-32:00.8 (17) | |||||
| 18 | 18 | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-32:50.5 | 5 (16) | ||||
| 18-1 | Roland Zwahlen | 23:30.9 | 1 (5) | 23:30.9 (14) | |||||
| 18-2 | Matthias Simmen | 24:13.1 | 4 (6) | 47:44.0 (18) | |||||
| 18-3 | Jean-Marc Chabloz | 21:32.4 | 0 (2) | 1-09:16.4 (18) | |||||
| 18-4 | Dani Niederberger | 23:34.1 | 0 (3) | 1-32:50.5 (18) | |||||
| 19 | 17 | Great Britain |  GBR | 1-36:06.0 | 0 (16) | ||||
| 17-1 | Jason Sklenar | 24:38.4 | 0 (4) | 24:38.4 (19) | |||||
| 17-2 | Mark Gee | 23:17.3 | 0 (5) | 47:55.7 (19) | |||||
| 17-3 | Mike Dixon | 23:28.9 | 0 (2) | 1-11:24.6 (19) | |||||
| 17-4 | Hugh Pritchard | 24:41.4 | 0 (5) | 1-36:06.0 (19) |