4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men
| Date | 19 February 2006 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stadio del Trampolino, Pragelato Plan |
| Participants | 64 from 16 countries |
| Venue details | Course Length: 10,000 m Height Differential: 59 m Maximum Climb: 54 m Total Climbing: 376 m |
Norway had dominated men’s relay competition since the 1992 Winter Olympics, winning all Olympic gold medals except for the classic battle against Italy in 1994, and losing only once at the World Championships since 1991, that in 1999 Austria. Italy had finished second to Norway at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, losing by no more than 3/10ths of a second in both races. It desperately wanted to win the gold on its home snow.
Canada’s Devon Kershaw surprisingly led the first leg, with Norway second, and Italy back in fifth. But Canada dropped to 14th on the second leg when Sean Crooks posted the slowest leg of the entire race. At the second exchange, the Czechs led, followed by Russia, then Norway, with Italy still fifth. But Pietro Piller Cottrer then skied the fastest leg of the event for Italy, giving Norway a six-second lead over Sweden at the final hand-off. Italy would win the race they most wanted, by almost 16 seconds over Germany, with Sweden taking the bronze. Norway had a lackluster race, and finished only fifth.
| Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | Time | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Italy |  ITA | 1-43:45.7 | Gold | |||
| 4-1 | Fulvio Valbusa | 25:54.0 | 25:54.0 (5) | |||||
| 4-2 | Giorgio Di Centa | 26:50.6 | 52:44.6 (5) | |||||
| 4-3 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | 24:59.1 | 1-17:43.7 (1) | |||||
| 4-4 | Cristian Zorzi | 26:02.0 | 1-43:45.7 (1) | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Germany |  GER | 1-44:01.4 | Silver | |||
| 2-1 | Andreas Schlütter | 25:53.9 | 25:53.9 (4) | |||||
| 2-2 | Jens Filbrich | 26:50.2 | 52:44.1 (4) | |||||
| 2-3 | René Sommerfeldt | 25:18.9 | 1-18:03.0 (4) | |||||
| 2-4 | Tobias Angerer | 25:58.4 | 1-44:01.4 (2) | |||||
| 3 | 7 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-44:01.7 | Bronze | |||
| 7-1 | Mats Larsson | 25:53.4 | 25:53.4 (3) | |||||
| 7-2 | Johan Olsson | 26:55.4 | 52:48.8 (6) | |||||
| 7-3 | Anders Södergren | 25:00.5 | 1-17:49.3 (2) | |||||
| 7-4 | Mathias Fredriksson | 26:12.4 | 1-44:01.7 (3) | |||||
| 4 | 6 | France |  FRA | 1-44:22.8 | ||||
| 6-1 | Christophe Perrillat-Collomb | 26:05.4 | 26:05.4 (12) | |||||
| 6-2 | Alexandre Rousselet | 26:46.2 | 52:51.6 (7) | |||||
| 6-3 | Emmanuel Jonnier | 25:47.1 | 1-18:38.7 (7) | |||||
| 6-4 | Vincent Vittoz | 25:44.1 | 1-44:22.8 (4) | |||||
| 5 | 1 | Norway |  NOR | 1-44:56.3 | ||||
| 1-1 | Jens Arne Svartedal | 25:53.0 | 25:53.0 (2) | |||||
| 1-2 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | 26:50.8 | 52:43.8 (3) | |||||
| 1-3 | Frode Estil | 25:42.8 | 1-18:26.6 (5) | |||||
| 1-4 | Tore Ruud Hofstad | 26:29.7 | 1-44:56.3 (5) | |||||
| 6 | 3 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-45:09.9 | ||||
| 3-1 | Sergey Novikov | 26:03.7 | 26:03.7 (11) | |||||
| 3-2 | Vasily Rochev | 26:39.8 | 52:43.5 (2) | |||||
| 3-3 | Ivan Alypov | 25:58.2 | 1-18:41.7 (8) | |||||
| 3-4 | Yevgeny Dementyev | 26:28.2 | 1-45:09.9 (6) | |||||
| 7 | 15 | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-45:10.9 | ||||
| 15-1 | Reto Burgermeister | 26:02.0 | 26:02.0 (8) | |||||
| 15-2 | Christian Stebler | 26:50.2 | 52:52.2 (8) | |||||
| 15-3 | Toni Livers | 25:46.4 | 1-18:38.6 (6) | |||||
| 15-4 | Remo Fischer | 26:32.3 | 1-45:10.9 (7) | |||||
| 8 | 9 | Estonia |  EST | 1-45:23.8 | ||||
| 9-1 | Aivar Rehemaa | 26:45.7 | 26:45.7 (14) | |||||
| 9-2 | Andrus Veerpalu | 26:39.9 | 53:25.6 (10) | |||||
| 9-3 | Jaak Mae | 25:32.0 | 1-18:57.6 (9) | |||||
| 9-4 | Kaspar Kokk | 26:26.2 | 1-45:23.8 (8) | |||||
| 9 | 8 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-46:03.3 | ||||
| 8-1 | Martin Koukal | 26:01.6 | 26:01.6 (7) | |||||
| 8-2 | Lukáš Bauer | 26:41.3 | 52:42.9 (1) | |||||
| 8-3 | Jiří Magál | 25:19.6 | 1-18:02.5 (3) | |||||
| 8-4 | Dušan Kožíšek | 28:00.8 | 1-46:03.3 (9) | |||||
| 10 | 12 | Finland |  FIN | 1-46:36.1 | ||||
| 12-1 | Sami Jauhojärvi | 25:56.1 | 25:56.1 (6) | |||||
| 12-2 | Tero Similä | 27:28.9 | 53:25.0 (9) | |||||
| 12-3 | Olli Ohtonen | 25:53.4 | 1-19:18.4 (10) | |||||
| 12-4 | Teemu Kattilakoski | 27:17.7 | 1-46:36.1 (10) | |||||
| 11 | 13 | Canada |  CAN | 1-48:15.9 | ||||
| 13-1 | Devon Kershaw | 25:52.3 | 25:52.3 (1) | |||||
| 13-2 | Sean Crooks | 29:30.6 | 55:22.9 (14) | |||||
| 13-3 | Chris Jeffries | 26:02.3 | 1-21:25.2 (13) | |||||
| 13-4 | George Grey | 26:50.7 | 1-48:15.9 (11) | |||||
| 12 | 11 | United States |  USA | 1-48:44.2 | ||||
| 11-1 | Kris Freeman | 26:03.1 | 26:03.1 (9) | |||||
| 11-2 | Lars Flora | 28:27.8 | 54:30.9 (12) | |||||
| 11-3 | Andrew Johnson | 26:44.1 | 1-21:15.0 (12) | |||||
| 11-4 | Carl Swenson | 27:29.2 | 1-48:44.2 (12) | |||||
| 13 | 10 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 1-49:03.6 | ||||
| 10-1 | Andrey Golovko | 26:03.5 | 26:03.5 (10) | |||||
| 10-2 | Dmitry Yeryomenko | 27:48.5 | 53:52.0 (11) | |||||
| 10-3 | Maksim Odnodvortsev | 26:18.9 | 1-20:10.9 (11) | |||||
| 10-4 | Yevgeny Koshevoy | 28:52.7 | 1-49:03.6 (13) | |||||
| 14 | 14 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-50:01.9 | ||||
| 14-1 | Roman Leibiuk | 26:36.7 | 26:36.7 (13) | |||||
| 14-2 | Volodymyr Olshanskiy | 28:32.5 | 55:09.2 (13) | |||||
| 14-3 | Oleksandr Putsko | 26:28.5 | 1-21:37.7 (14) | |||||
| 14-4 | Mykhailo Humeniak | 28:24.2 | 1-50:01.9 (14) | |||||
| 15 | 16 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 1-50:40.5 | ||||
| 16-1 | Xia Wan | 27:27.9 | 27:27.9 (15) | |||||
| 16-2 | Li Geliang | 28:46.3 | 56:14.2 (15) | |||||
| 16-3 | Zhang Chengye | 26:23.6 | 1-22:37.8 (15) | |||||
| 16-4 | Zhang Qing | 28:02.7 | 1-50:40.5 (15) | |||||
| AC | 5 | Austria |  AUT | – | 1 | |||
| 5-1 | Martin Tauber | 28:07.5 | 28:07.5 (AC) | |||||
| 5-2 | Jürgen Pinter | 27:59.5 | 56:07.0 (AC) | |||||
| 5-3 | Roland Diethart | 26:58.2 | 1-23:05.2 (AC) | |||||
| 5-4 | Johannes Eder | – | – (AC) |