Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay
| Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for cross country
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| Venue | Birkebeineren Ski Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 22 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 (14 teams) from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:41:15.0 | ||||||||||||
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Maurilio De Zolt Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner |
 Italy
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Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie |
 Norway
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Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä |
 Finland
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The men's 4 × 10 km relay, a part of the cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics, took place on 22 February at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer, Norway. The race saw Italy beat Norway by 0.4 seconds on the finish line, with Finland finishing third. The three had followed each other closely through the first three rounds, but in the fourth heat, Silvio Fauner and Bjørn Dæhlie managed to break with Jari Isometsä. The event was the best attended of any in the games, with an estimated 100,000 spectators at the stadium and along the tracks. About 203,000 people applied for the 31,000 seats at the stadium, and some 75,000 ultimately watched from the track-side.
The event was held at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer, Norway.
After the start at 10:30, Sture Sivertsen of Norway was the fastest and was in lead when leaving the stadium. After a few kilometers, Sture Sivertsen, Norway, Mika Myllylä of Finland, Jan Ottosson of Sweden and Maurilio De Zolt of Italy had broken away from the rest of the teams. Sivertsen was in lead for four kilometers, after which he let Mika Myllylä of Finland pull when the group was approaching the stadium. At half-distance through the stadium, Sivertsen and Myllylä had gained a small gap on the other two. Sivertsen regained the lead in the hill leading from the stadium, and was followed closely by Myllylä. By seven kilometers, de Zolt had fallen slightly behind, while Ottosson stiffened and was not able to keep up with the other three. At the first change, Sivertsen and Myllylä were even, while de Zolt was 12 seconds behind, while Ottosson was 57 seconds behind. About one minute after that, a group of Jeremias Wigger of Switzerland, Torald Rein of Germany, Nikolai Ivanov of Kazakhstan, Luboš Buchta of the Czech Republic and Andrey Kirilov of Russia.
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