Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The men's 4 × 10 km relay cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, took place on Wednesday 24 February at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park in Canmore, Alberta.[1] The race saw Sweden beat Soviet Union by 12.7 seconds, with Czechoslovakia finishing third.[2]

Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for cross country
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates24 February
Competitors64 (16 teams) from 16 nations
Winning time1:43:58.6
Medalists
Jan Ottosson
Thomas Wassberg
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
 Sweden
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Alexey Prokurorov
 Soviet Union
Radim Nyč
Václav Korunka
Pavel Benc
Ladislav Švanda
 Czechoslovakia
Cross-country skiing at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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Results

Sources:[3][1]

RankBibCountryTimeDeficit
1 Sweden
Jan Ottosson
Thomas Wassberg
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren		1:43:58.6–
2 Soviet Union
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Alexey Prokurorov		1:44:11.3+12.7
14 Czechoslovakia
Radim Nyč
Václav Korunka
Pavel Benc
Ladislav Švanda		1:45:22.7+1:24.1
45 Switzerland
Andreas Grünenfelder
Jürg Capol
Giachem Guidon
Jeremias Wigger		1:46:16.3+2:17.7
57 Italy
Silvano Barco
Albert Walder
Giorgio Vanzetta
Maurilio De Zolt		1:46:16.7+2:18.1
64 Norway
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Oddvar Brå
Vegard Ulvang
Terje Langli		1:46:48.7+2:50.1
76 West Germany
Walter Kuß
Georg Fischer
Jochen Behle
Herbert Fritzenwenger		1:48:05.0+4:06.4
83 Finland
Jari Laukkanen
Harri Kirvesniemi
Jari Räsänen
Kari Ristanen		1:48:24.0+4:25.4
913 Canada
Yves Bilodeau
Al Pilcher
Pierre Harvey
Dennis Lawrence		1:48:59.7+5:01.1
1010 Austria
Andre Blatter
Alois Schwarz
Johann Standmann
Alois Stadlober		1:49:14.5+5:15.9
1116 France
Patrick Rémy
Jean-Luc Thomas
Dominique Locatelli
Guy Balland		1:49:15.9+5:17.3
129 Bulgaria
Svetoslav Atanasov
Ivan Smilenov
Atanas Simidchiev
Todor Makhov		1:49:27.9+5:29.3
138 United States
Todd Boonstra
Dan Simoneau
Bill Spencer
Joe Galanes		1:50:27.6+6:29.0
1411 Japan
Atsushi Egawa
Kazunari Sasaki
Tanayuki Yuki
Masaharu Yamazaki		1:51:10.7+7:12.1
1515 South Korea
Hong Kun-Pyo
Park Ki-Ho
Cho Sung-Hoon
Jun Yeung-Hae		1:59:00.4+15:01.8
1612 Great Britain
John Spotswood
Ewan McKenzie
Martin Watkins
Andrew Wylie		1:59:39.3+15:40.7

References
  1. "4x10 km relay Canmore". www.skisport365.com. Skisport365.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. "Relay 4x10 km Men". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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