Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Relay

The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at Seefeld.

Esko Saira made up some ground on the Soviets, and pulled Finland into second, but Kruglov and Tikhonov put together the two of the three fastest legs of the competition to close out a gold medal win.

[1] The Finns were in a battle with the West Germans after two legs, but Josef Keck took three penalties, and left Finland with a big gap, which they easily took to a silver medal.

East Germany had been floundering in 7th after three legs, as Frank Ullrich struggled with her shooting, taking four penalties.

However, Manfred Geyer shot clear and had the second fastest leg overall, pulling them up past four teams to get the bronze medal.