Venue Cesana San Sicario Competitors 68 from 17 nations | Dates February 21 Winning time 1:21:51.5 | |
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.
The penalties column is in the format: "total penalties + used spare rounds".
References
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's relay Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA