Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The Men’s 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February at Makomanai Biathlon Site. Each national team consisted of four members with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice once prone and once standing.At each shooting station a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets; however only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one – if additional shots are required the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time.