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. | |
| Venue 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 | Nr | Team | NOC | Time | Misses (Extra Shots) | Split (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Norway |  NOR | 1-21:38.1 | 0 (7) | Gold | |||
| 1-1 | Halvard Hanevold | 20:15.6 | 0 (1) | 20:15.6 (7) | |||||
| 1-2 | Tarjei Bø | 20:26.8 | 0 (2) | 40:42.4 (1) | |||||
| 1-3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 20:31.3 | 0 (2) | 1-01:13.7 (1) | |||||
| 1-4 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 20:24.4 | 0 (2) | 1-21:38.1 (1) | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Austria |  AUT | 1-22:16.7 | 1 (8) | Silver | |||
| 2-1 | Simon Eder | 20:10.0 | 0 (1) | 20:10.0 (2) | |||||
| 2-2 | Daniel Mesotitsch | 20:38.0 | 0 (3) | 40:48.0 (2) | |||||
| 2-3 | Dominik Landertinger | 20:25.9 | 0 (1) | 1-01:13.9 (2) | |||||
| 2-4 | Christoph Sumann | 21:02.8 | 1 (3) | 1-22:16.7 (2) | |||||
| 3 | 3 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 1-22:16.9 | 0 (4) | Bronze | |||
| 3-1 | Ivan Cherezov | 20:07.5 | 0 (1) | 20:07.5 (1) | |||||
| 3-2 | Anton Shipulin | 21:05.0 | 0 (0) | 41:12.5 (5) | |||||
| 3-3 | Maksim Chudov | 20:23.2 | 0 (0) | 1-01:35.7 (3) | |||||
| 3-4 | Yevgeny Ustyugov | 20:41.2 | 0 (3) | 1-22:16.9 (3) | |||||
| 4 | 7 | Sweden |  SWE | 1-23:02.0 | 1 (10) | ||||
| 7-1 | Fredrik Lindström | 20:11.3 | 0 (1) | 20:11.3 (4) | |||||
| 7-2 | Carl Johan Bergman | 20:37.9 | 0 (4) | 40:49.2 (3) | |||||
| 7-3 | Mattias Nilsson | 21:32.0 | 1 (3) | 1-02:21.2 (4) | |||||
| 7-4 | Björn Ferry | 20:40.8 | 0 (2) | 1-23:02.0 (4) | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Germany |  GER | 1-23:16.0 | 2 (7) | ||||
| 5-1 | Simon Schempp | 20:10.4 | 0 (1) | 20:10.4 (3) | |||||
| 5-2 | Andi Birnbacher | 21:53.7 | 2 (3) | 42:04.1 (10) | |||||
| 5-3 | Arnd Peiffer | 20:56.9 | 0 (3) | 1-03:01.0 (7) | |||||
| 5-4 | Michael Greis | 20:15.0 | 0 (0) | 1-23:16.0 (5) | |||||
| 6 | 4 | France |  FRA | 1-23:16.2 | 1 (9) | ||||
| 4-1 | Vincent Jay | 20:13.7 | 0 (3) | 20:13.7 (6) | |||||
| 4-2 | Vincent Defrasne | 21:25.6 | 1 (4) | 41:39.3 (8) | |||||
| 4-3 | Simon Fourcade | 21:08.2 | 0 (0) | 1-02:47.5 (6) | |||||
| 4-4 | Martin Fourcade | 20:28.7 | 0 (2) | 1-23:16.2 (6) | |||||
| 7 | 14 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 1-23:55.2 | 0 (9) | ||||
| 14-1 | Jaroslav Soukup | 20:13.5 | 0 (1) | 20:13.5 (5) | |||||
| 14-2 | Zdeněk Vítek | 20:36.8 | 0 (2) | 40:50.3 (4) | |||||
| 14-3 | Roman Dostál | 21:45.7 | 0 (4) | 1-02:36.0 (5) | |||||
| 14-4 | Michal Šlesingr | 21:19.2 | 0 (2) | 1-23:55.2 (7) | |||||
| 8 | 9 | Ukraine |  UKR | 1-24:25.1 | 0 (4) | ||||
| 9-1 | Oleksandr Bilanenko | 20:38.7 | 0 (1) | 20:38.7 (10) | |||||
| 9-2 | Andriy Deryzemlia | 20:44.3 | 0 (2) | 41:23.0 (6) | |||||
| 9-3 | V'iacheslav Derkach | 21:47.3 | 0 (0) | 1-03:10.3 (8) | |||||
| 9-4 | Serhiy Sednev | 21:14.8 | 0 (1) | 1-24:25.1 (8) | |||||
| 9 | 6 | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-24:36.8 | 0 (9) | ||||
| 6-1 | Thomas Frei | 20:47.6 | 0 (1) | 20:47.6 (11) | |||||
| 6-2 | Matthias Simmen | 21:17.1 | 0 (5) | 42:04.7 (11) | |||||
| 6-3 | Benjamin Weger | 21:26.1 | 0 (2) | 1-03:30.8 (9) | |||||
| 6-4 | Simon Hallenbarter | 21:06.0 | 0 (1) | 1-24:36.8 (9) | |||||
| 10 | 18 | Canada |  CAN | 1-24:50.7 | 0 (7) | ||||
| 18-1 | Robin Clegg | 20:16.4 | 0 (1) | 20:16.4 (8) | |||||
| 18-2 | Marc-André Bédard | 21:11.6 | 0 (2) | 41:28.0 (7) | |||||
| 18-3 | Brendan Green | 22:12.0 | 0 (3) | 1-03:40.0 (10) | |||||
| 18-4 | Jean-Philippe Le Guellec | 21:10.7 | 0 (1) | 1-24:50.7 (10) | |||||
| 11 | 8 | Belarus |  BLR | 1-25:47.4 | 1 (8) | ||||
| 8-1 | Yauhen Abramenka | 21:59.3 | 0 (2) | 21:59.3 (17) | |||||
| 8-2 | Aliaksandr Syman | 21:05.0 | 0 (2) | 43:04.3 (13) | |||||
| 8-3 | Rustam Valiulin | 21:36.4 | 1 (3) | 1-04:40.7 (13) | |||||
| 8-4 | Siarhei Novikau | 21:06.7 | 0 (1) | 1-25:47.4 (11) | |||||
| 12 | 17 | Italy |  ITA | 1-26:27.5 | 1 (11) | ||||
| 17-1 | Christian De Lorenzi | 20:16.7 | 0 (3) | 20:16.7 (9) | |||||
| 17-2 | Markus Windisch | 21:39.6 | 1 (3) | 41:56.3 (9) | |||||
| 17-3 | Lukas Hofer | 21:44.1 | 0 (2) | 1-03:40.4 (11) | |||||
| 17-4 | Mattia Cola | 22:47.1 | 0 (3) | 1-26:27.5 (12) | |||||
| 13 | 10 | United States |  USA | 1-27:58.3 | 4 (12) | ||||
| 10-1 | Lowell Bailey | 20:51.8 | 0 (1) | 20:51.8 (13) | |||||
| 10-2 | Jay Hakkinen | 21:47.0 | 1 (3) | 42:38.8 (12) | |||||
| 10-3 | Tim Burke | 22:01.7 | 2 (3) | 1-04:40.5 (12) | |||||
| 10-4 | Jeremy Teela | 23:17.8 | 1 (5) | 1-27:58.3 (13) | |||||
| 14 | 12 | Estonia |  EST | 1-28:16.5 | 3 (10) | ||||
| 12-1 | Priit Viks | 21:07.1 | 0 (3) | 21:07.1 (14) | |||||
| 12-2 | Kauri Kõiv | 22:39.6 | 1 (3) | 43:46.7 (17) | |||||
| 12-3 | Indrek Tobreluts | 21:54.3 | 0 (1) | 1-05:41.0 (14) | |||||
| 12-4 | Roland Lessing | 22:35.5 | 2 (3) | 1-28:16.5 (14) | |||||
| 15 | 19 | Slovakia |  SVK | 1-28:54.1 | 2 (12) | ||||
| 19-1 | Miroslav Matiaško | 21:18.3 | 0 (1) | 21:18.3 (16) | |||||
| 19-2 | Marek Matiaško | 22:09.6 | 0 (2) | 43:27.9 (15) | |||||
| 19-3 | Dušan Šimočko | 23:56.3 | 2 (6) | 1-07:24.2 (16) | |||||
| 19-4 | Pavol Hurajt | 21:29.9 | 0 (3) | 1-28:54.1 (15) | |||||
| 16 | 15 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1-29:39.7 | 0 (9) | ||||
| 15-1 | Mikhail Klecherov | 20:48.4 | 0 (2) | 20:48.4 (12) | |||||
| 15-2 | Vladimir Iliev | 22:36.4 | 0 (3) | 43:24.8 (14) | |||||
| 15-3 | Miroslav Kenanov | 23:28.9 | 0 (1) | 1-06:53.7 (15) | |||||
| 15-4 | Krasimir Anev | 22:46.0 | 0 (3) | 1-29:39.7 (16) | |||||
| 17 | 13 | Slovenia |  SLO | 1-29:52.4 | 3 (16) | ||||
| 13-1 | Peter Dokl | 23:09.1 | 1 (5) | 23:09.1 (18) | |||||
| 13-2 | Klemen Bauer | 22:24.3 | 2 (3) | 45:33.4 (18) | |||||
| 13-3 | Vasja Rupnik | 22:10.2 | 0 (5) | 1-07:43.6 (18) | |||||
| 13-4 | Janez Marič | 22:08.8 | 0 (3) | 1-29:52.4 (17) | |||||
| 18 | 16 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 1-30:31.1 | 4 (13) | ||||
| 16-1 | Aleksandr Chervyakov | 21:08.9 | 0 (4) | 21:08.9 (15) | |||||
| 16-2 | Yan Savitsky | 22:23.1 | 2 (4) | 43:32.0 (16) | |||||
| 16-3 | Dias Keneshev | 24:10.2 | 2 (4) | 1-07:42.2 (17) | |||||
| 16-4 | Aleksandr Trifonov | 22:48.9 | 0 (1) | 1-30:31.1 (18) | |||||
| 19 | 11 | Latvia |  LAT | 1-35:15.5 | 7 (16) | ||||
| 11-1 | Edgars Piksons | 26:11.5 | 5 (6) | 26:11.5 (19) | |||||
| 11-2 | Ilmārs Bricis | 21:47.2 | 0 (3) | 47:58.7 (19) | |||||
| 11-3 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | 23:31.6 | 2 (3) | 1-11:30.3 (19) | |||||
| 11-4 | Kristaps Lībietis | 23:45.2 | 0 (4) | 1-35:15.5 (19) |