Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
Games:	1976 Winter
Venue:	Seefeld
Date:	11 February
Competitors:	64 (16 teams)
Nations:	16
Win Value:	2:07:59.72
Gold:	Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Arto Koivisto
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Pål Tyldum Einar Sagstuen Ivar Formo Odd Martinsen
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Bazhukov Sergey Savelyev Ivan Garanin
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria was held on Thursday 12 February at Seefeld.^[1] It was the ninth appearance of the 4 × 10 km relay in the Winter Olympics.^[2]

It was the fourth time that Finland won the gold medal in the event. Norway finished second in the relay, the Soviet Union won bronze.

Results

Sources:^{[1] [3]}

Rank	Bib	Team	Time	Deficit
	4		2:07:59.72
	3		2:09:58.36
	2		2:10:51.46
	14		2:11:16.88
	6		2:11:28.53
	12		2:11:41.35
	8		2:12:07.12
	9		2:12:22.80
	11		2:12:38.96
10	5		2:12:49.99
11	10		2:13:05.26
12	13		2:15:31.85
13	7		2:16:06.63
14	16		2:19:45.66	+11:45.94
	1
	15

External links

• Results International Ski Federation (FIS)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 4x10 km relay Seefeld in Tirol . www.skisport365.com . Skisport365.com. 22 February 2019.
2. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181615/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/CCS/mens-4-x-10-kilometres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 June 2019.
3. Web site: Relay 4x10 km Men . www.olympic.org . International Olympic Committee . 22 February 2019.