The 4 × 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was the only relay event of the men's cross-country skiing programme at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

, in

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. It was the eleventh appearance of the 4 × 10 km relay in the Winter Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, 16 February 1984, at Veliko Polje,

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. It was the first time since

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that Sweden won the gold medal in the event. It was also the second gold medal won by

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at the games, and the first of two won by

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. The Mongolian team, who had dead-heated for 15th, was disqualified after Pürejavyn Batsükh tested positive for steroids.

Results

References

External links

Official Olympic Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-Country Skiing At The 1984 Winter Olympics - Men's 4 x 10 Km relay Men's cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics