Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Relay

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Men's biathlon relay
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Venue Canmore Nordic Centre
Dates26 February 1988
Competitors64 from 16 nations
Winning time1:22:30.0
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Dmitry Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Stefan Höck
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
  1984
1992  

The men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics 23 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing. [1] [2]

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

The East German team were defending world champions, and had won at least a silver medal in every major competition of the 80s except for the 1984 Olympic race. In Calgary, they again failed to medal, missing three early shots to fall well behind. With the East Germans in trouble, the Soviets were able to pull away and win by more than a minute. This was the sixth consecutive relay win for the Soviet Union, and with the country dissolving before the 1992 Games, this win ensured that the Soviet Union never lost an Olympic relay. West Germany and Italy, the two teams that claimed bronze medals behind the top two teams at the 1986 and 1987 World Championships, rounded out the medals in Calgary.

Results

[1]

RankBibTeamPenalties (P+S)ResultDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Dmitry Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:22:30.0
21:04.3
20:12.0
20:35.1
20:38.6
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Stefan Höck
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:23:37.4
21:05.7
21:18.0
20:33.9
20:39.8
+1:07.4
Bronze medal icon.svg9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:23:51.5
20:57.9
21:31.1
20:38.6
20:43.9
+1:21.5
41Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Anton Lengauer-Stockner
Bruno Hofstätter
Franz Schuler
Alfred Eder
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:24:17.6
20:55.6
21:20.5
21:15.1
20:46.4
+1:47.6
511Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Jürgen Wirth
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Matthias Jacob
André Sehmisch
3
3 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:24:28.4
22:51.8
20:20.9
20:29.1
20:46.6
+1:58.4
64Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Geir Einang
Frode Løberg
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
1:25:57.0
21:58.6
21:46.4
20:59.9
21:12.1
+3:27.0
710Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Peter Sjödén
Mikael Löfgren
Roger Westling
Leif Andersson
3
0 0
0 0
3 0
0 0
1:29:11.9
22:18.3
21:25.0
23:40.2
21:48.4
+6:41.9
816Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Vasil Bozhilov
Vladimir Velichkov
Krasimir Videnov
Khristo Vodenicharov
7
1 0
0 0
4 0
0 2
1:29:24.9
22:14.7
20:58.8
23:28.2
22:43.2
+6:54.9
98Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Lyle Nelson
Curt Schreiner
Darin Binning
Josh Thompson
2
1 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
1:29:33.0
22:43.3
21:39.7
22:17.3
22:52.7
+7:03.0
1012Flag of France.svg  France
Éric Claudon
Jean-Paul Giachino
Hervé Flandin
Francis Mougel
6
0 0
4 0
0 0
0 2
1:30:22.8
21:58.1
23:58.2
21:26.8
22:59.7
+7:52.8
116Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Jiří Holubec
František Chládek
Tomáš Kos
Jan Matouš
3
0 0
3 0
0 0
0 0
1:30:48.8
21:53.2
23:52.7
23:32.2
21:30.7
+8:18.8
122Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Juha Tella
Antero Lähde
Arto Jääskeläinen
Tapio Piipponen
5
3 0
0 2
0 0
0 0
1:30:54.4
23:33.0
22:54.1
22:46.5
21:40.8
+8:24.4
1313Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Mike Dixon
Mark Langin
Carl Davies
Trevor King
5
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 4
1:31:44.6
21:35.6
21:55.5
23:31.5
24:42.0
+9:14.6
1415Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Tadashi Nakamura
Misao Kodate
Akihiro Takizawa
Koichi Sato
6
2 1
1 0
2 0
0 0
1:32:52.4
23:26.6
21:46.9
25:15.1
22:23.8
+10:22.4
157Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Charles Plamondon
Glenn Rupertus
Ken Karpoff
Jamie Kallio
4
1 2
1 0
0 0
0 0
1:33:37.0
24:48.4
22:52.4
22:29.6
23:26.6
+11:07.0
1614Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Hong Byung-Sik
Joo Young-Dai
Kim Yong-Woon
Shin Young-Sun
7
0 1
2 1
0 2
1 0
1:51:42.7
26:42.0
26:38.9
29:43.4
28:38.4
+29:12.7

References

  1. 1 2 "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. "Biathlon at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: The Overlook Press. p. 320. ISBN   1-58567-185-1.