Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's relay

The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February at Les Saisies. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.

Men's biathlon relay
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for biathlon
VenueLes Saisies
Dates16 February
Competitors84 from 21 nations
Winning time1:24:43.5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany
Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Unified Team
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Alexandr Popov
Valery Kiriyenko
Sergei Tchepikov
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
Ulf Johansson
Leif Andersson
Tord Wiksten
Mikael Löfgren
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At each shooting station, a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets; however, only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one - if additional shots are required, the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time. If after the eight shots are taken, there are still targets not yet hit, the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop.[1][2]

Results

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Rank Bib Team Penalties Result Deficit
  8   Germany
Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:24:43.5
22:37.4
21:00.9
20:17.5
20:47.7
  1   Unified Team
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Alexandr Popov
Valery Kiriyenko
Sergei Tchepikov
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:25:06.3
21:56.3
21:01.2
21:11.7
20:57.1
+22.8
  4   Sweden
Ulf Johansson
Leif Andersson
Tord Wiksten
Mikael Löfgren
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:25:38.2
21:53.3
21:03.1
22:05.5
20:36.3
+54.7
4 3   Italy
Hubert Leitgeb
Johann Passler
Pieralberto Carrara
Andreas Zingerle
0 2
0 0
0 2
0 0
0 0
1:26:18.1
22:01.6
21:37.8
21:24.6
<21:14.1
+1:34.6
5 2   Norway
Geir Einang
Frode Løberg
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss
0 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
1:26:32.4
22:07.5
21:01.6
21:00.5
22:22.8
+1:48.9
6 7   France
Xavier Blond
Thierry Gerbier
Christian Dumont
Hervé Flandin
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:27:13.3
23:07.6
21:26.4
21:41.1
20:58.2
+2:29.8
7 15   Czechoslovakia
Martin Rypl
Tomáš Kos
Jiří Holubec
Ivan Masařík
0 1
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 0
1:27:15.7
22:00.5
21:10.2
22:22.6
21:42.4
+2:32.2
8 5   Finland
Vesa Hietalahti
Jaakko Niemi
Harri Eloranta
Kari Kataja
0 1
0 0
0 1
0 0
0 0
1:27:39.5
21:36.9
23:17.1
21:24.9
21:20.6
+2:56.0
9 6   Poland
Dariusz Kozłowski
Jan Ziemianin
Jan Wojtas
Krzysztof Sosna
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:27:56.7
22:45.6
21:21.0
22:11.2
21:38.9
+3:13.2
10 10   Canada
Glenn Rupertus
Jean Paquet
Tony Fiala
Steve Cyr
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:29:37.3
21:58.8
22:49.7
22:00.0
22:48.8
+4:53.8
11 13   Estonia
Hillar Zahkna
Aivo Udras
Kalju Ojaste
Urmas Kaldvee
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:29:46.1
22:34.3
22:02.0
22:26.6
22:43.2
+5:02.6
12 12   Austria
Bruno Hofstätter
Egon Leitner
Ludwig Gredler
Franz Schuler
0 2
0 0
0 1
0 0
0 1
1:30:40.7
22:22.8
23:46.9
21:37.9
22:53.1
+5:57.2
13 20   United States
Jon Engen
Duncan Douglas
Josh Thompson
Curt Schreiner
0 1
0 0
0 1
0 0
0 0
1:30:44.0
22:55.1
23:21.2
22:12.0
22:15.7
+6:00.5
14 11   Bulgaria
Krasimir Videnov
Khristo Vodenicharov
Spas Gulev
Spas Zlatev
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:31:49.6
21:57.1
23:53.5
22:58.8
23:00.2
+7:06.1
15 16   Hungary
János Panyik
László Farkas
Gábor Mayer
Tibor Géczi
0 2
0 0
0 2
0 0
0 0
1:32:50.7
21:57.8
23:51.1
24:35.3
22:26.5
+8:07.2
16 9   Latvia
Oļegs Maļuhins
Aivars Bogdanovs
Ilmārs Bricis
Gundars Upenieks
0 3
0 2
0 0
0 1
0 0
1:33:31.1
24:47.4
22:29.4
23:46.7
22:27.6
+8:47.6
17 17   China
Tan Hongbin
Tang Guoliang
Wang Weiyi
Song Wenbin
0 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
1:33:52.4
23:39.2
23:42.9
22:11.0
24:19.3
+9:08.9
18 19   Great Britain
Mike Dixon
Paul Ryan
Kenneth Rudd
Ian Woods
2 0
2 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:34:10.5
24:16.8
23:53.8
24:03.9
25:42.8
+9:27.0
19 18   Yugoslavia
Mladen Grujić
Tomislav Lopatić
Zoran Ćosić
Admir Jamak
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:38:40.2
23:30.2
25:23.3
24:03.9
25:42.8
+13:56.7
20 21   Slovenia
Uroš Velepec
Sašo Grajf
Jure Velepec
Janez Ožbolt
6 0
5 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
1:39:03.2
32:15.5
22:26.9
22:05.2
22:15.6
+14:19.7
21 14   South Korea
Kim Woon-ki
Hong Byung-sik
Jang Dong-lin
Han Myung-hee
1 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 0
1:47:24.4
27:16.6
25:26.3
27:44.9
26:56.6
+22:40.9

References

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  1. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1992). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: The Overlook Press. p. 320. ISBN 1-58567-185-1.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's x 7.5 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 14, 2013.