Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's relay explained

Event:Men's biathlon relay
Games:1992 Winter
Venue:Les Saisies
Dates:16 February
Competitors:84
Nations:21
Win Value:1:24:43.5
Gold:
Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer
Silver:
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Alexandr Popov
Valery Kiriyenko
Sergei Tchepikov
Bronze:
Ulf Johansson
Leif Andersson
Tord Wiksten
Mikael Löfgren
Prev:1988
Next:1994

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.

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

[3]

Rank Bib Team Penalties Result Deficit
8
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
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
4
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
3
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
2
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
7
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
15
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
5
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
6
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
20 21
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
21 14
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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wallechinsky, David . The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics . 1992 . The Overlook Press . New York . 1-58567-185-1 . 320 .
  2. Web site: Biathlon at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's x 7.5 kilometres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/BIA/mens-4-x-7_5-kilometres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . dead . February 26, 2008 . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . February 14, 2013 .