World ChampionshipsOfficial
Men's Relay
Ruhpolding (Germany) · 18 February 1979 · 4x7.5 km
World Championship Biathlon 1979 · Season 1978/79
Podium
- 1
East Germany
GDR1:54:48.5
Manfred Beer · Klaus Siebert · Frank Ullrich · Eberhard Roesch
- 2
Finland
FIN+1:38.2
Simo Halonen · Erkki Antila · Raimo Seppaenen · Heikki Ikola
- 3
Soviet Union
URS+3:26.1
Vladimir Alikin · Vladimir Barnashov · Nikolai Sen. Kruglov · Alexander Tikhonov
Italy
- 5thCelestino Midali, Arduino Tiraboschi, Eduard Zingerle, Luigi Weiss+7:10.5
21 teams
Full results
| 1 | 9 | East Germany | GDR | 1:54:48.5 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Finland | FIN | 1:56:26.7 | +1:38.2 | ||
| 3 | 14 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:58:14.6 | +3:26.1 | ||
| 4 | 18 | Norway | NOR | 1:58:48.6 | +4:00.1 | ||
| 5 | 16 | Italy | ITA | 2:01:59.0 | +7:10.5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Austria | AUT | 2:02:12.5 | +7:24.0 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2:02:47.9 | +7:59.4 | ||
| 8 | 12 | West Germany | FRG | 2:02:58.0 | +8:09.5 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Poland | POL | 2:03:09.7 | +8:21.2 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Sweden | SWE | 2:03:56.1 | +9:07.6 | ||
| 11 | 13 | France | FRA | 2:04:48.8 | +10:00.3 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Switzerland | SUI | 2:06:19.6 | +11:31.1 | ||
| 13 | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:06:32.8 | +11:44.3 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Japan | JPN | 2:06:46.7 | +11:58.2 | ||
| 15 | 17 | United States | USA | 2:09:05.2 | +14:16.7 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Hungary | HUN | 2:11:27.3 | +16:38.8 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 2:15:35.2 | +20:46.7 | ||
| 18 | 19 | Netherlands | NED | 2:39:16.0 | +44:27.5 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Spain | ESP | 2:43:08.1 | +48:19.6 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Australia | AUS | 2:43:29.1 | +48:40.6 | ||
| DSQ | 15 | Canada | CAN |
Data source: IBU.