The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 24 February at Whistler Olympic Park at 11:15 PST.2010 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing schedule. - accessed 2 November 2009.
Italy was the defending Olympic champion with the team of Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Cristian Zorzi.2006 Winter Olympics men's 4 x 10 km relay results. - accessed 2 November 2009. Valbusa retired following the 2006 Winter Olympics. The defending world champions were the Norwegian team of Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Tore Ruud Hofstad and Petter Northug.FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 men's 4 x 10 km relay results. - accessed 2 November 2009. The last World Cup competition for this event prior to the 2010 Games took place 22 November 2009 in Beitostoelen, Norway, and was won by the Norwegian team of Rønning, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Ronny Hafsås and Northug.FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Beitostølen 22 November 2009 men's 4 x 10 km relay results. - accessed 22 November 2009.
Each team used four skiers, who competed over one 3.3 km circuit in classical and a second 3.3 km circuit in freestyle. The first two raced in the classical technique, and the final pair of skiers raced freestyle technique.
Results Jauhojärvi of Finland (who finished fifth) had the fastest first leg with the second and third place teams being France (who would finish fourth) and Sweden. Bauer of the Czech Republic had the fastest run in the second leg and the classical style to propel his country from ninth in the first leg to second in the second leg. Sweden moved from third to first in the second leg while France fell from second to third. France's Manificat had the fastest third leg to move his team from third to second in the third leg. Sweden still led after the third run while the Czech Republic dropped from second to third. Defending world champion Norway, who was sixth after the third leg with Johnsrud Sundby replacing Rønning and biathlete Berger replacing both Hofstad and Hafsås, before anchor leg Northug had the fastest final run and in the freestyle technique to move his team to the silver medal, edging out the Czech Republic's Koukal. Defending Olympic champion Italy, with Checchi replacing Valbusa, finished a disappointing ninth.2010 Winter Olympics 24 February 2010 Cross-country skiing men's 4 x 10 km relay results. - accessed 25 February 2010. Despite not having any of the fastest legs, Sweden won their first relay Olympic gold medal since 1988.Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Cross-Country (Nordic) Skiing, Men: 4 x 10-Kilometer Relay". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 238.
Rank Bib Country Time Deficit 6 Daniel Rickardsson Johan OlssonAnders SödergrenMarcus Hellner 1:45:05.427:57.927:55.224:35.224:37.1 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Odd-Bjørn HjelmesetLars BergerPetter Northug 1:45:21.3 27:59.928:27.524:38.424:15.5 +15.9 11 Martin Jakš Lukáš BauerJiří MagálMartin Koukal 1:45:21.928:22.427:36.424:34.824:48.3 +16.5 9 Jean-Marc Gaillard Vincent VittozMaurice ManificatEmmanuel Jonnier 1:45:26.327:56.728:03.624:31.524:54.5 +20.9 3 Sami Jauhojärvi Matti HeikkinenTeemu KattilakoskiVille Nousiainen 1:45:30.327:55.628:32.324:37.124:25.3 +24.9 2 Jens Filbrich Axel TeichmannRené SommerfeldtTobias Angerer 1:45:49.427:58.328:22.624:43.724:44.8 +44.0 5 Devon Kershaw Alex HarveyIvan BabikovGeorge Grey 1:47:03.228:23.828:21.324:33.525:44.6 +1:57.8 13 Nikolay Pankratov Petr SedovAlexander LegkovMaxim Vylegzhanin 1:47:04.728:33.428:07.424:56.925:27.0 +1:59.3 4 Valerio Checchi Giorgio Di CentaPietro Piller CottrerCristian Zorzi 1:47:16.628:22.128:34.324:39.825:40.4 +2:11.2 10 7 Toni Livers Curdin PerlRemo FischerDario Cologna 1:47:57.228:20.728:26.725:35.125:34.7 +2:51.8 11 10 Sergey Cherepanov Alexey PoltaraninYevgeniy VelichkoNikolay Chebotko 1:49:49.128:36.127:45.226:38.326:49.5 +4:43.7 12 14 Martin Bajčičák Ivan BátoryMichal MalakPeter Mlynár 1:49:52.028:21.228:28.725:49.627:12.5 +4:46.6 13 12 Andrew Newell Torin KoosGarrott KuzzySimi Hamilton 1:51:27.728:37.930:01.525:49.626:58.7 +6:22.3 14 8 Algo Kärp Jaak MaeAivar RehemaaKaspar Kokk 1:51:41.229:54.628:43.425:50.027:13.2 +6:35.8
See also Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km Relay
References
External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 4x10 km Relay Classic/Free, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-24.