Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Relay

Men's biathlon relay
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center
Dates22 February 1980
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Winning time1:34:03.27
Medalists
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Alikin
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
 East Germany
Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
 West Germany
Franz Bernreiter
Hans Estner
Peter Angerer
Gerd Winkler

The Men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 22 February, at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. 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 time - if additional shots are required, the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time. If after the eight shots are taken, there are still targets not yet hit, the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop.