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

Men's 4 × 10 km relay at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Venue	Igman
Date	February 16
Competitors	68 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:55:06.3
Medalists
Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan  Sweden Alexander Batyuk Alexander Zavyalov Vladimir Nikitin Nikolay Zimyatov  Soviet Union Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen  Finland

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, February 16, 1984, at Veliko Polje, Igman.

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 was disqualified as Pürejavyn Batsükh was tested for steroids

Results

Rank	Team	Time
1	Sweden Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan	1:55:06.3
2	Soviet Union Alexander Batyuk Alexander Zavyalov Vladimir Nikitin Nikolay Zimyatov	1:55:16.5
3	Finland Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen	1:56:31.4
4	Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen Jan Lindvall Ove Aunli Tor Håkon Holte	1:57:27.6
5	Switzerland Giachem Guidon Konrad Hallenbarter Joos Ambuehl Andy Grünenfelder	1:58:06.0
6	West Germany Jochen Behle Stefan Dötzler Franz Schöbel Peter Zipfel	1:59:30.2
7	Italy Maurilio de Zolt Alfred Runggaldier Giulio Capitanio Giorgio Vanzetta	1:59:30.3
8	United States Dan Simoneau Tim Caldwell James Galanes Bill Koch	1:59:52.3
9	East Germany Karsten Brandt Uwe Wünsch Frank Schröder Uwe Bellmann	2:02:13.9
10	Bulgaria Svetoslav Atanasov Atanas Simidchiev Milush Ivanchev Khristo Barzanov	2:03:17.6
11	Austria Andreas Gumpold Franz Gatterman Peter Juric Alois Stadlober	2:04:39.0
12	Yugoslavia Ivo Čarman Jože Klemenčić Janež Kršinar Dušan Đurišič	2:04:42.8
13	Japan Kazunari Sasaki Hideaki Yamada Satoshi Sato Yusei Nakazawa	2:06:42.5
14	Great Britain Mark Moore Andrew Rawlin Mike Dixon John Spotswood	2:10:19.9
15	China Song Shi Li Xiaoming Lin Guanghao Zhu Dainfa	2:16:52.4
16	Argentina Julio Moreschi Norberto von Baumann Ricardo Holler Alejandro Baratta	2:27:07.1
DSQ	23x15px Mongolia Pürejavyn Batsükh Vangansürengiin Renchinkhorol Dondogiin Gankhuyag Luvsandashiin Dorj	2:16:52.4

References

• Official Olympic Report
• sports-reference