Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's relay

The men's relay competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics took place on February 17 at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz. This exciting event brought together teams of athletes who competed in a mix of skiing and shooting. Each team member had to ski a certain distance and take a shooting test at two different ranges after each part of their ski.

France did an amazing job and won the gold medal. The team included Fabien Claude, Émilien Jacquelin, Quentin Fillon Maillet, and Éric Perrot. Norway came in second, earning the silver medal, while Sweden took the bronze medal. These athletes showed great skill and teamwork, making the competition thrilling for everyone watching.

Background

Norway were the defending champions, and France won silver in 2022. The team that won bronze in 2022 could not compete in 2026. Before the Olympics, there were four relay races in the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup. Norway won three of these races, and France won one. Norway were also the 2025 World champions.

Qualification

Main article: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The men's relay competition in biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics took place on February 17 at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz. Teams from around the world competed in this exciting event.

France won the gold medal with athletes Fabien Claude, Émilien Jacquelin, Quentin Fillon Maillet, and Éric Perrot. Norway secured the silver medal, and Sweden took home the bronze.

Results

The men's relay race at the 2026 Winter Olympics started at 2:30 PM.

Rank	Bib	Country	Time	Penalties (P+S)	Deficit
	2	France Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet Éric Perrot	1:19:55.2 20:41.8 19:23.6 19:38.7 20:11.1	0+2 1+7 0+1 1+3 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+2
	1	Norway Martin Uldal Johan-Olav Botn Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	1:20:05.0 19:51.5 20:30.0 19:23.1 20:20.4	0+6 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+0	+9.8
	3	Sweden Viktor Brandt Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	1:20:52.7 20:09.4 19:58.7 19:36.9 21:07.7	0+5 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+0	+57.5
4	4	Germany Justus Strelow David Zobel Philipp Nawrath Philipp Horn	1:21:43.5 20:06.6 20:30.6 19:56.6 21:09.7	0+4 0+8 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+3 0+1 0+3 0+3 0+0	+1:48.3
5	5	United States Sean Doherty Maxime Germain Paul Schommer Campbell Wright	1:22:22.6 20:53.1 20:17.4 20:42.0 20:30.1	0+5 0+3 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+3 0+0	+2:27.4
6	7	Czech Republic Tomáš Mikyska Vítězslav Hornig Petr Hák Michal Krčmář	1:22:26.5 20:25.5 20:27.2 20:55.8 20:38.0	0+1 0+9 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+2	+2:31.3
7	11	Finland Olli Hiidensalo Tero Seppälä Jimi Klemettinen Otto Invenius	1:22:29.3 20:06.2 19:59.7 21:51.2 20:32.2	0+4 2+6 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+2 2+3 0+1 0+2	+2:34.1
8	9	Switzerland Sebastian Stalder Joscha Burkhalter Jeremy Finello Niklas Hartweg	1:22:36.6 20:07.7 20:29.2 21:12.0 20:47.7	0+5 2+7 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+2 2+3 0+2 0+2	+2:41.4
9	12	Slovenia Miha Dovžan Jakov Fak Lovro Planko Anton Vidmar	1:22:53.0 20:26.6 20:20.4 20:13.5 21:52.5	0+2 1+9 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+2 1+3	+2:57.8
10	18	Austria Dominic Unterweger Simon Eder Fabian Müllauer Patrick Jakob	1:22:58.5 20:41.9 20:52.3 20:03.7 21:20.6	0+1 0+6 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+1	+3:03.3
11	13	Poland Konrad Badacz Grzegorz Galica Jan Guńka Marcin Zawół	1:23:32.5 20:48.1 20:23.1 20:41.6 21:39.7	0+5 0+5 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+3 0+3 0+1	+3:37.3
12	19	Bulgaria Blagoy Todev Vladimir Iliev Konstantin Vasilev Anton Sinapov	1:23:42.5 20:58.9 20:42.5 20:27.3 21:33.8	0+4 0+6 0+2 0+2 0+2 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+0 0+1	+3:47.3
13	8	Estonia Rene Zahkna Kristo Siimer Mark-Markos Kehva Jakob Kulbin	1:23:48.8 20:25.9 20:23.4 20:43.4 22:16.1	0+3 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+1	+3:53.6
14	6	Italy Patrick Braunhofer Lukas Hofer Nicola Romanin Tommaso Giacomel	1:24:23.7 21:18.7 20:36.9 20:57.8 21:30.3	0+5 0+4 0+1 0+1 0+2 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+1 0+3	+4:28.5
15	16	Lithuania Vytautas Strolia Karol Dombrovski Nikita Čigak Maksim Fomin	1:24:40.3 20:28.6 21:09.2 21:30.0 21:32.5	0+7 0+2 0+3 0+0 0+1 0+0 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+2	+4:45.1
16	10	Ukraine Dmytro Pidruchnyi Bohdan Borkovskyi Vitalii Mandzyn Taras Lesiuk	1:25:07.4 20:11.0 21:08.7 20:12.7 23:35.0	0+7 2+5 0+2 0+1 0+3 0+0 0+0 0+1 0+2 2+3	+5:12.2
17	14	Canada Adam Runnalls Logan Pletz Jasper Fleming Zachary Connelly	1:26:26.9 20:35.5 20:33.6 22:37.0 22:40.8	1+7 2+6 0+2 0+0 0+2 0+0 1+3 1+3 0+0 1+3	+6:31.7
18	20	Latvia Andrejs Rastorgujevs Renārs Birkentāls Rihards Lozbers Edgars Mise	1:26:39.1 20:28.3 20:19.9 22:44.1 23:06.8	0+5 5+8 0+2 0+2 0+1 0+0 0+1 3+3 0+1 2+3	+6:43.9
19	17	Belgium Thierry Langer Florent Claude Sam Parmantier Marek Mackels	1:26:55.8 21:04.8 21:00.5 22:24.0 22:26.5	0+11 0+7 0+3 0+1 0+2 0+2 0+3 0+3 0+3 0+1	+7:00.6
20	15	Romania Dmitrii Shamaev George Buta George Colțea Raul Flore	LAP 21:19.1 22:36.4 21:39.1	1+6 0+6 0+0 0+2 0+1 0+3 0+2 0+1 1+3