2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon Relay (Men)

sport	biathlon
discipline	4 × 7.5 km
gender	Men
Attendees	68 athletes from 17 countries
Competition location	Centro Olimpico Biathlon
Competition phase	February 21, 2006
Winning time	1: 21: 51.5 h
Medalist  Germany Ricco Groß , Michael Rösch , Sven Fischer , Michael Greis  Russia Ivan Tscheresow , Sergei Tschepikow , Pawel Rostovzew , Nikolai Kruglow  France Julien Robert , Vincent Defrasne , Ferréol Cannard , Raphaël Poirée
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Biathlon competitions at the 2006 Winter Olympics
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men

The men's 4 × 7.5 km relay race in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on February 21, 2006 at 12:00 in Cesana Torinese . A total of 17 relays of 4 athletes each started. A total of 68 athletes took part.

Gold went to the German relay with Ricco Groß , Michael Rösch , Sven Fischer and Michael Greis . The Russian team won silver and the French team took bronze.

Competition description

In the relay race, four athletes from one nation entered the race as a team. Each athlete had to run a distance of 7.5 km with three laps of equal length each. After the first two rounds, the shooting range had to be started once; the first shot had to be shot lying down, the second shot standing. In contrast to the individual competitions, the athletes had up to three reload cartridges per shooting bout. For each target that was not hit after all eight shots had been fired, a penalty loop with a length of 150 m had to be completed. The relay handover to the next athlete took place by clearly touching the body within a given transition zone. At the end of his third lap, the last athlete no longer ran into the transition area, but directly to the finish. The winner was the nation whose relay reached the finish line first.

Results

rank	Country athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds	Difference (min)
1	Germany Ricco Groß Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis	1: 21: 51.5 h 20: 47.1 min 19: 42.5 min 21: 11.6 min 20: 10.3 min	0 + 3 1 + 5 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1	-
2	Russia Ivan Tscheresow Sergei Tschepikow Pavel Rostovzew Nikolai Kruglow	1: 22: 12.4 h 21: 10.0 min 20: 09.7 min 20: 40.0 min 20: 12.7 min	0 + 6 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0	+0: ​​20.9 min
3	France Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Raphaël Poirée	1:22:35.1 h 21:33.8 min 19:45.3 min 21:02.1 min 20:13.9 min	0 + 2 0 + 4 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 3	+0: ​​43.6 min
4th	Sweden Jakob Börjesson Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Carl Johan Bergman	1:22:35.1 h 21:35.3 min 20:20.5 min 20:27.5 min 20:11.8 min	0 + 5 0 + 7 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1	+0: ​​43.6 min
5	Norway Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 23: 03.6 h 21: 33.1 min 20: 22.1 min 21: 52.9 min 19: 15.5 min	2 + 5 0 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 2 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0	+1: 12.1 min
6th	Czech Republic Ondřej Moravec Zdeněk Vítek Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr	1:23: 04.0 h 20: 44.6 min 20: 47.4 min 20: 57.7 min 20: 34.3 min	0 + 1 1 + 10 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 3	+1: 12.5 min
7th	Ukraine Oleksandr Bilanenko Andrij Derysemlja Oleksij Korobejnikow Ruslan Lysenko	1: 23: 40.4 h 21: 32.6 min 20: 10.3 min 20: 52.7 min 21: 04.8 min	0 + 5 1 + 6 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 1 + 3	+1: 48.9 min
8th	Italy Christian De Lorenzi René-Laurent Vuillermoz Paolo Longo Wilfried Pallhuber	1:23:40.9 h 20:48.8 min 20:05.2 min 21: 53.2 min 20: 53.7 min	0 + 6 2 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 2 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 0	+1: 49.4 min
9	United States Jay Hakkinen Tim Burke Lowell Bailey Jeremy Teela	1:24:23.4 h 20:40.8 min 21:05.9 min 21:17.1 min 21:19.6 min	0 + 6 1 + 11 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 1 1 + 3	+2: 31.9 min
10	Slovenia Janez Marič Janez Ožbolt Klemen Farmer Matjaž Poklukar	1:25:01.4 h 21:19.3 min 20: 57.9 min 21: 39.9 min 21:04.3 min	0 + 4 1 + 6 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1	+3: 09.9 min
11	Belarus Aljaksandr Syman Sjarhej Novikau Rustam Waliulin Aleh Ryschankou	1: 25: 04.1 h 22: 04.4 min 20: 36.0 min 21: 46.4 min 20: 37.3 min	0 + 6 1 + 9 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 3	+3: 12.6 min
12	Japan Tatsumi Kasahara Hidenori Isa Kyōji Suga Shin'ya Saitō	1:25: 15.6 h 21: 22.0 min 20: 39.0 min 20: 48.6 min 22: 25.9 min	2 + 6 0 + 5 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 2 + 3 0 + 1	+3: 24.1 min
13	Poland Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Michał Piecha Krzysztof Pływaczyk	1: 26: 57.0 h 20: 56.5 min 20: 01.2 min 23: 37.6 min 22: 21.7 min	0 + 5 2 + 5 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 2 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1	+5: 05.5 min
14th	Slovakia Pavol Hurajt Dušan Šimočko Miroslav Matiaško Marek Matiaško	1: 27: 44.9 h 22: 53.5 min 21: 37.2 min 22: 11.3 min 21: 02.9 min	3 + 10 0 + 9 2 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 3	+5: 53.4 min
15th	Estonia Dimitri Borovik Indrek Tobreluts Roland Lessing Priit Viks	1: 27: 48.9 h 21: 43.0 min 21: 35.5 min 21: 20.7 min 23: 09.7 min	0 + 10 2 + 6 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 3 2 + 3	+5: 57.4 min
16	Latvia Jānis Bērziņš Edgars Piksons Raivis Zīmelis Ilmārs Bricis	1: 28: 10.6 h 22: 21.5 min 21: 11.5 min 23: 55.2 min 20: 42.4 min	2 + 7 3 + 5 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 1 + 3 3 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 2	+6: 19.1 min
17th	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Ludwig Gredler Christoph Sumann	1: 28: 26.4 h 23: 32.6 min 21: 50.5 min 21: 54.1 min 21: 09.2 min	1 + 7 0 + 4 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2	+6: 34.9 min

Web links

• Official results (PDF; 788 kB)