Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's relay

Men’s relay
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueHualindong Ski Resort
Date15 February
Competitors84 from 21 nations
Teams21
Winning time1:19:50.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Simon Desthieux
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Said Karimulla Khalili
Alexander Loginov
Maxim Tsvetkov
Eduard Latypov
 ROC
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The Men's relay competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 15 February, at the National Biathlon Centre,[1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft).[2]

Pre-Race

The 2018 Olympics saw Sweden take gold, with Norway and Germany taking silver and bronze respectively. At the most recent 2021 World Championships, Norway again took the gold.

On the 2021–2022 World Cup circuit, four relays were run before the Olympics across different stops: three were won by Norway, and one by Russia.

Race

An exciting competition, the pre-race favorite team from Norway had a disastrous first leg from Sturla Holm Lægreid, who missed four times while shooting in the standing position, forcing a penalty lap and opening the door for the ROC, France, and Belarus squads to stake an early lead.

Throughout the second leg, the ROC continued skiing strong and shooting well, while Norway dropped all the way back to an almost unthinkable 1:40 deficit behind leader Alexander Loginov from the ROC. A tight battle emerged between Émilien Jacquelin of France and Roman Rees of Germany behind Loginov while Belarus, Italy, Canada, and Sweden fell further back and away from medal contention.

The third leg saw more of the same, as perfect shooting from Maxim Tsvetkov kept the ROC well clear of the chasing pack. Behind Tsetkov, Johannes Thingnes Bø led a strong comeback for the Norwegians, as the multi-gold medalist's 19:10.9 proved to be the fastest leg of the day, bringing the favorites Norway back into medal contention. France and Germany kept pace, reducing the race for three medals down to four likely candidates.

On the fourth and final leg, ROC's Eduard Latypov continued to lead going into the last shooting section, entering the checkpoint with a 0:50 lead over France, Germany, and Norway. However, after a disastrous shooting where he missed four out of his first five shots, Latypov left the shooting area having to ski two penalty loops, effectively handing the race back over to the chasing pack. Behind Latypov, both Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen of Norway and Quentin Fillon Maillet of France shot well, but Maillet had to reload manually while Christiansen shot clean, sending Norway off the shooting range first and on their way to their first gold medal in the event since 2010. Maillet finished strong to claim silver for France, while a heartbroken Latypov managed to hold off Germany for bronze.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 14:30.[3]

Rank Bib Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1  Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
1:19:50.2
20:21.2
20:40.1
19:10.9
19:38.0
1+7
0+0 1+3
0+0 0+2
0+2 0+0
0+0 0+0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  France
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Simon Desthieux
Quentin Fillon Maillet
1:20:17.6
19:48.7
20:01.2
20:20.6
20:07.1
0+9
0+2 0+0
0+1 0+0
0+2 0+1
0+1 0+2
+27.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  ROC
Said Karimulla Khalili
Alexander Loginov
Maxim Tsvetkov
Eduard Latypov
1:20:35.5
19:40.9
19:32.8
20:15.5
21:06.3
2+6
0+0 0+1
0+0 0+2
0+0 0+0
0+0 2+3
+45.3
4 4  Germany
Erik Lesser
Roman Rees
Benedikt Doll
Philipp Nawrath
1:20:54.5
20:21.8
20:15.0
19:36.3
20:41.4
1+9
0+0 0+3
0+0 0+1
0+0 0+1
0+1 1+3
+1:04.3
5 8  Sweden
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sebastian Samuelsson
1:21:39.6
20:18.5
21:01.5
20:05.0
20:14.6
1+13
0+1 0+3
1+3 0+1
0+3 0+1
0+0 0+1
+1:49.4
6 10  Canada
Adam Runnalls
Christian Gow
Jules Burnotte
Scott Gow
1:21:46.5
20:33.2
20:36.8
20:32.6
20:03.9
2+9
0+1 1+3
0+0 1+3
0+2 0+0
0+0 0+0
+1:56.3
7 7  Italy
Thomas Bormolini
Tommaso Giacomel
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
1:21:48.8
20:11.8
20:14.5
20:38.4
20:44.1
2+13
0+0 0+2
0+0 0+3
1+3 0+1
0+1 1+3
+1:58.6
8 5  Belarus
Mikita Labastau
Dzmitry Lazouski
Maksim Varabei
Anton Smolski
1:21:49.2
19:41.8
20:43.9
21:13.8
20:09.7
2+11
0+2 0+1
0+0 0+2
0+0 2+3
0+3 0+0
+1:59.0
9 6  Ukraine
Bogdan Tsymbal
Artem Pryma
Anton Dudchenko
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
1:23:31.5
20:22.9
21:05.4
20:49.9
21:13.3
4+12
0+1 0+1
0+1 1+3
0+0 1+3
0+0 2+3
+3:41.3
10 14  Austria
David Komatz
Simon Eder
Felix Leitner
Harald Lemmerer
1:23:31.9
20:34.2
20:33.2
20:10.9
22:13.6
2+8
0+2 0+0
0+0 0+2
0+0 0+0
0+1 2+3
+3:41.7
11 11  Slovenia
Miha Dovžan
Jakov Fak
Lovro Planko
Rok Tršan
1:24:09.6
20:23.6
20:43.1
21:33.7
21:29.2
0+10
0+1 0+0
0+1 0+3
0+2 0+1
0+0 0+2
+4:19.4
12 9  Switzerland
Sebastian Stalder
Benjamin Weger
Niklas Hartweg
Joscha Burkhalter
1:24:12.3
20:58.0
20:22.0
20:10.0
22:42.3
1+8
0+0 0+0
0+1 0+1
0+0 0+0
1+3 0+3
+4:22.1
13 15  United States
Sean Doherty
Jake Brown
Paul Schommer
Leif Nordgren
1:25:33.0
20:47.2
21:11.5
21:21.2
22:13.1
3+13
0+1 1+3
0+0 1+3
0+0 0+2
1+3 0+1
+5:42.8
14 17  Lithuania
Tomas Kaukėnas
Vytautas Strolia
Karol Dombrovski
Linas Banys
1:25:37.8
21:10.3
21:11.6
21:25.9
21:50.0
0+11
0+2 0+0
0+0 0+3
0+0 0+1
0+3 0+2
+5:47.6
15 16  Estonia
Rene Zahkna
Kristo Siimer
Kalev Ermits
Raido Ränkel
1:26:03.6
21:25.8
22:26.7
20:56.9
21:14.2
2+12
0+0 1+3
0+3 1+3
0+0 0+2
0+1 0+0
+6:13.4
16 20  China
Cheng Fangming
Yan Xingyuan
Zhu Zhenyu
Zhang Chunyu
1:26:27.5
20:12.8
22:37.5
21:46.2
21:51.0
2+11
0+1 0+0
0+2 2+3
0+1 0+3
0+1 0+0
+6:37.3
17 12  Finland
Heikki Laitinen
Tero Seppälä
Olli Hiidensalo
Tuomas Harjula
1:26:57.7
22:27.8
20:34.7
21:25.2
22:30.0
4+14
0+2 2+3
0+0 0+2
0+1 0+3
0+0 2+3
+7:07.5
18 18  Bulgaria
Blagoy Todev
Vladimir Iliev
Dimitar Gerdzhikov
Anton Sinapov
1:27:05.3
22:27.2
20:26.6
21:58.4
22:13.1
2+11
0+2 0+1
0+1 0+1
1+3 0+0
0+0 1+3
+7:15.1
19 13  Czech Republic
Jakub Štvrtecký
Mikuláš Karlík
Adam Václavík
Michal Krčmář
LAP
22:55.8
20:29.3
LAP

1+3 1+3
0+2 0+3
0+0 2+3
20 21  Belgium
Florent Claude
Thierry Langer
Tom Lahaye-Goffart
César Beauvais
LAP
21:01.7
22:08.2
LAP

0+0 0+2
0+1 0+2
0+3 0+0
21 19  Slovakia
Michal Šíma
Matej Baloga
Šimon Bartko
Tomáš Sklenárik
LAP
21:39.2
22:10.1
LAP

0+0 0+2
0+1 0+2
2+3 0+2

References

  1. ^ "Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". www.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ "Beijing". Inside IBU. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 15 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.