The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1984 Winter Olympics 17 February, at Igman - Veliko Polke. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.[1][2]
| Men's biathlon relay at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Igman - Veliko Polke | |||||||||
| Dates | February 17 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 68 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:38:51.7 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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.[3]
Summary
editThe Soviet Union, the reigning world champions, and having never lost this event in the Olympics, and East Germany, which had won four consecutive world titles before the Soviets took the title in 1983, were the main favourites. Dmitry Vasilyev gave the Soviets a lead of more than a minute after the first leg. The East Germans cut the lead to thirty seconds after the second leg, while Norway, which had started disastrously, with Odd Lirhus taking two penalty loops, had sprint champion Eirik Kvalfoss move them up to third.[1]
The East Germans then moved ahead on the third leg, after Algimantas Šalna had to go on the penalty loop twice himself. However, Frank Ullrich, winner of 9 world championship gold medals, and three medals at the last Olympics, struggled with his skiing, only having the 10th fastest leg, and leaving his team fourth. For the Soviets, it was another story, Sergei Bulygin shooting clear and skiing a quick leg to win his side gold. They held off a hard charge from the Norwegians, as Kjell Søbak followed his teammate Kvalfoss in putting up the fastest leg to earn silver. Individual champion Peter Angerer had put the West Germans third going into the final leg, and while Fritz Fischer did not make up ground on the Soviets, they did move into bronze position by passing their East German opponents.[1]
Results
edit| Rank | Bib | Team | Penalties (P+S) | Result | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 |  Soviet UnionDmitry Vasilyev Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Šalna Sergei Bulygin |
2+9 0+1 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+1 2+3 0+0 0+0 |
1:38:51.7 24:52.4 24:34.8 25:17.8 24:06.7 |
– |
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6 |  NorwayOdd Lirhus Eirik Kvalfoss Rolf Storsveen Kjell Søbak |
2+10 0+1 2+3 0+0 0+2 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+2 |
1:39:03.9 26:56.2 23:27.6 24:46.5 23:53.6 |
+12.2 |
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13 |  West GermanyErnst Reiter Walter Pichler Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer |
1+9 0+0 0+0 0+2 1+3 0+0 0+0 0+2 0+2 |
1:39:05.1 26:01.9 25:13.5 23:39.3 24:10.4 |
+13.4 |
| 4 | 5 |  East GermanyHolger Wick Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob Frank Ullrich |
1+9 0+0 1+3 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+3 0+1 0+2 |
1:40:04.7 26:01.2 23:52.6 24:32.8 25:38.1 |
+1:13.0 |
| 5 | 7 |  ItalyAdriano Darioli Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle |
0+9 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+1 |
1:42:32.8 26:14.3 25:43.5 25:50.4 24:44.6 |
+3:41.1 |
| 6 | 9 |  CzechoslovakiaJaromír Šimůnek Zdeněk Hák Peter Zelinka Jan Matouš |
4+11 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+1 0+0 1+3 0+0 3+3 |
1:42:40.5 25:59.5 25:06.4 26:16.2 25:18.4 |
+3:48.8 |
| 7 | 16 |  FinlandKeijo Tiitola Toivo Mäkikyrö Arto Jääskeläinen Tapio Piipponen |
2+10 0+2 0+0 0+1 1+3 0+1 1+3 0+0 0+0 |
1:43:16.0 25:58.9 26:08.4 26:29.9 24:38.8 |
+4:24.3 |
| 8 | 2 |  AustriaRudolf Horn Walter Hörl Franz Schuler Alfred Eder |
1+11 0+1 0+1 1+3 0+0 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+2 |
1:43:28.1 26:17.2 25:48.6 26:18.7 25:03.6 |
+4:36.4 |
| 9 | 17 |  FranceFrancis Mougel Éric Claudon Yvon Mougel Christian Poirot |
3+10 2+3 0+2 0+0 0+0 1+3 0+2 0+0 0+0 |
1:43:57.6 27:23.6 25:36.1 26:22.9 24:35.0 |
+5:05.9 |
| 10 | 11 |  SwedenSven Fahlén Tommy Höglund Roger Westling Ronnie Adolfsson |
2+14 0+3 1+3 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+2 1+3 |
1:44:28.2 27:02.0 25:23.4 26:04.9 25:57.9 |
+5:36.5 |
| 11 | 4 |  United StatesBill Carow Donald Nielsen, Jr. Lyle Nelson Josh Thompson |
0+12 0+1 0+3 0+3 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+0 |
1:44:31.9 27:23.9 26:42.7 24:58.2 25:27.1 |
+5:40.2 |
| 12 | 12 |  Great BritainJim Wood Patrick Howdle Tony McLeod Charles MacIvor |
0+13 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+1 0+3 0+3 0+2 |
1:46:17.2 27:11.6 26:20.1 26:11.1 26:34.4 |
+7:25.5 |
| 13 | 10 |  RomaniaVladimir Todaşcă Mihai Rădulescu Imre Lestyan Gheorghe Berdar |
2+6 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+1 2+3 0+1 |
1:47:44.8 26:35.8 26:33.5 26:42.1 27:53.4 |
+8:53.1 |
| 14 | 1 |  HungaryJános Spisák Gábor Mayer László Palácsik Zsolt Kovács |
4+13 0+1 0+1 0+1 1+3 1+3 2+3 0+0 0+1 |
1:48:40.0 26:57.5 26:34.4 29:03.7 26:04.4 |
+9:48.3 |
| 15 | 14 |  JapanIsao Yamase Shoichi Kinoshita Yoshinobu Murase Hiroyuki Deguchi |
1+16 0+2 1+3 0+2 0+2 0+2 0+3 0+0 0+2 |
1:51:43.1 29:08.6 27:35.1 27:31.5 27:27.9 |
+12:51.4 |
| 16 | 15 |  ChinaSun Xiaoping Long Yunzhou Liu Hongwang Song Yongjun |
0+11 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+3 0+1 0+1 0+1 |
1:53:04.1 28:54.4 28:09.1 28:27.0 27:33.6 |
+14:12.4 |
| 17 | 8 |  YugoslaviaAndrej Lanišek Jure Velepec Zoran Ćosić Franjo Jakovac |
3+15 0+2 0+2 0+1 1+3 0+1 1+3 0+0 1+3 |
1:54:13.8 28:28.7 28:32.2 28:30.5 28:42.4 |
+15:22.1 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ "Biathlon at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: The Overlook Press. p. 320. ISBN 1-58567-185-1.