Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Relay

Men's biathlon relay
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre
Dates26 February 1988
Competitors64 from 16 nations
Winning time1:22:30.0
Medalists
 Soviet Union
Dmitry Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
 West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Stefan Höck
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer
 Italy
Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle

The men's 4 × 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics 23 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. 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. If after the eight shots are taken, there are still targets not yet hit, the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop.