Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The 4 × 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was the only relay event of the men's cross-country skiing programme at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the eleventh appearance of the 4 × 10 km relay in the Winter Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, 16 February 1984, at Veliko Polje, Igman.[1]

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueIgman
Date16 February
Competitors68 from 17 nations
Winning time1:55:06.3
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Wassberg
Benny Kohlberg
Jan Ottosson
Gunde Svan
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oleksandr Batyuk
Alexander Zavyalov
Vladimir Nikitin
Nikolay Zimyatov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kari Ristanen
Juha Mieto
Harri Kirvesniemi
Aki Karvonen
 Finland
← 1980
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It was the first time since 1964 that Sweden won the gold medal in the event. It was also the second gold medal won by Gunde Svan at the games, and the first of two won by Thomas Wassberg. The Mongolian team, who had dead-heated for 15th, was disqualified after Pürejavyn Batsükh tested positive for steroids.

Results edit

Rank Bib Team Time Deficit
  5   Sweden
Thomas Wassberg
Benny Kohlberg
Jan Ottosson
Gunde Svan
1:55:06.3
28:47.0
28:47.9
29:04.1
28:27.3
  1   Soviet Union
Alexander Batyuk
Alexander Zavyalov
Vladimir Nikitin
Nikolay Zimyatov
1:55:16.5
28:57.6
28:25.1
29:15.8
28:38.0
+10.2
  3   Finland
Kari Ristanen
Juha Mieto
Harri Kirvesniemi
Aki Karvonen
1:56:31.4
30:21.6
28:36.2
28:35.0
28:58.6
+1:25.1
4 2   Norway
Lars Erik Eriksen
Jan Lindvall
Ove Aunli
Tor Håkon Holte
1:57:27.6
30:14.6
28:43.7
28:24.1
30:05.2
+2:21.3
5 7   Switzerland
Giachem Guidon
Konrad Hallenbarter
Joos Ambühl
Andi Grünenfelder
1:58:06.0
29:42.9
29:48.7
29:28.5
29:05.9
+2:59.7
6 4   West Germany
Jochen Behle
Stefan Dötzler
Franz Schöbel
Peter Zipfel
1:59:30.2
30:05.8
29:54.7
29:37.3
29:52.4
+3:23.9
7 6   Italy
Maurilio De Zolt
Alfred Runggaldier
Giulio Capitanio
Giorgio Vanzetta
1:59:30.3
30:21.4
30:26.6
29:47.0
28:55.3
+3:24.0
8 8   United States
Dan Simoneau
Tim Caldwell
James Galanes
Bill Koch
1:59:52.3
29:36.4
31:43.0
29:14.7
29:18.2
+4:46.0
9 13   East Germany
Karsten Brandt
Uwe Wünsch
Frank Schröder
Uwe Bellmann
2:02:13.9
32:06.3
29:35.1
30:48.0
29:44.5
+7:07.6
10 10   Bulgaria
Svetoslav Atanasov
Atanas Simidchiev
Milush Ivanchev
Khristo Barzanov
2:03:17.6
31:48.4
30:25.5
30:17.1
30:46.6
+8:11.3
11 16   Austria
Andreas Gumpold
Franz Gatterman
Peter Juric
Alois Stadlober
2:04:39.0
32:59.1
30:59.7
30:35.6
30:04.6
+9:32.7
12 11   Yugoslavia
Ivo Čarman
Jože Klemenčić
Janež Kršinar
Dušan Đurišič
2:04:42.8
31:38.2
31:47.9
30:49.4
30:27.3
+9:36.5
13 9   Japan
Kazunari Sasaki
Hideaki Yamada
Satoshi Sato
Yusei Nakazawa
2:06:42.5
32:54.0
30:56.6
31:14.1
31:37.8
+11:36.2
14 12   Great Britain
Mark Moore
Andrew Rawlin
Mike Dixon
John Spotswood
2:10:19.9
32:31.8
32:19.3
33:17.5
32:01.3
+15:13.6
15 17   China
Song Shi
Li Xiaoming
Lin Guanghao
Zhu Dainfa
2:16:52.4
34:12.8
34:47.4
34:00.8
33:51.4
+21:46.1
16 14   Argentina
Julio Moreschi
Norberto von Baumann
Ricardo Holler
Alejandro Baratta
2:27:07.1
37:05.9
35:30.9
37:29.3
37:01.0
+32:00.8
DSQ 15   Mongolia
Pürejavyn Batsükh
Vangansürengiin Renchinkhorol
Dondogiin Gankhuyag
Luvsandashiin Dorj
2:16:01.6
34:35.4
35:09.3
33:11.1
33:05.8
+20:55.3

References edit

  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

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