Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's relay

Men's biathlon relay at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for biathlon
Venue	Cesana San Sicario
Dates	February 21
Competitors	68 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:21:51.5
Medalists
Germany Ricco Groß, Michael Rösch, Sven Fischer, Michael Greis   Russia Ivan Tcherezov, Sergei Tchepikov, Pavel Rostovtsev, Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.   France Julien Robert, Vincent Defrasne, Ferreol Cannard, Raphaël Poirée

Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Individual		men		women
Sprint		men		women
Pursuit		men		women
Mass start		men		women
Relay		men		women

The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 21 February, at Cesana San Sicario. 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]

Results

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Rank	Team	Penalties	Result
	Germany Ricco Groß Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis	1+8 0+1 0+0 1+4 0+3	1:21:51.5 20:47.1 19:42.5 21:11.6 20:10.3
	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Sergei Tchepikov Pavel Rostovtsev Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.	0+6 0+3 0+0 0+2 0+1	1:22:12.4 21:10.0 20:09.7 20:40.0 20:12.7
	France Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferreol Cannard Raphaël Poirée	0+6 0+0 0+1 0+2 0+3	1:22:35.1 21:33.8 19:45.3 21:02.1 20:13.9
4	Sweden Jakob Borjesson Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Carl Johan Bergman	0+12 0+4 0+3 0+3 0+2	1:22:35.1 21:35.3 20:20.5 20:27.5 20:11.8
5	Norway Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	2+9 0+2 0+2 2+5 0+0	1:23:03.6 21:33.1 20:22.1 21:52.9 19:15.5
6	Czech Republic Ondřej Moravec Zdeněk Vítek Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr	1+11 0+1 1+3 0+4 0+3	1:23:04.0 20:44.6 20:47.4 20:57.7 20:34.3
7	Ukraine Olexander Bilanenko Andriy Deryzemlya Alexey Korobeynikov Ruslan Lysenko	1+11 0+3 0+2 0+2 1+4	1:23:40.4 21:32.6 20:10.3 20:52.7 21:04.8
8	Italy Christian De Lorenzi Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Paolo Longo Wilfried Pallhuber	2+10 0+2 0+2 2+3 0+3	1:23:40.9 20:48.8 20:05.2 21:53.2 20:53.7
9	United States Jay Hakkinen Tim Burke Lowell Bailey Jeremy Teela	1+17 0+3 0+6 0+4 1+4	1:24:23.4 20:40.8 21:05.9 21:17.1 21:19.6
10	Slovenia Janez Maric Janez Ozbolt Klemen Bauer Matjaz Poklukar	1+10 0+3 0+6 0+4 0+4	1:25:01.4 21:19.3 20:57.9 21:39.9 21:04.3
11	Belarus Alexandre Syman Sergey Novikov Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	1+15 0+5 0+2 1+5 0+3	1:25:04.1 22:04.4 20:36.0 21:46.4 20:37.3
12	Japan Tatsumi Kasahara Hidenori Isa Kyoji Suga Shinya Saito	2+11 0+2 0+2 1+5 0+3	1:25:15.6 21:22.0 20:39.0 20:48.6 22:25.9
13	Poland Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Michał Piecha Krzysztof Pływaczyk	2+10 0+1 0+1 2+5 0+3	1:26:57.0 20:56.5 20:01.2 23:37.6 22:21.7
14	Slovakia Pavol Hurajt Dušan Šimočko Miroslav Matiaško Marek Matiaško	3+19 2+5 0+3 1+6 0+5	1:27:44.9 22:53.5 21:37.2 22:11.3 21:02.9
15	Estonia Dimitri Borovik Indrek Tobreluts Roland Lessing Priit Viks	2+16 0+3 0+4 0+3 2+6	1:27:48.9 21:43.0 21:35.5 21:20.7 23:09.7
16	Latvia Jānis Bērziņš Edgars Piksons Raivis Zīmelis Ilmārs Bricis	5+12 1+3 0+0 0+3 0+3	1:28:10.6 22:21.5 21:11.5 23:55.2 20:42.4
17	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Ludwig Gredler Christoph Sumann	1+11 1+5 0+0 0+3 0+3	1:28:26.4 23:32.6 21:50.5 21:54.1 21:09.2

The penalties column is in the format: "total penalties + used spare rounds".

References

1. Wallechinsky, David (2002). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: The Overlook Press. p. 320. ISBN 1-58567-185-1.
2. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.