# 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men started on Saturday December 13, 2014 in Hochfilzen and finished on Saturday March 14, 2015 at the World Championships in Kontiolahti. The defending titlist Germany finished on the 3nd place. The title was won by Russia.

## Competition format

The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five.).

## 2013–14 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Country | Points |
| Gold: | Germany | 194 |
| Silver: | Sweden | 194 |
| Bronze: | Austria | 191 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Hochfilzen details | Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Timofey Lapshin Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin | 1:16:14.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade | 1:16:35.0 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) | Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø | 1:16:42.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) (0+3) |
| Oberhof details | Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Timofey Lapshin Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin | 1:15:24.1 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) | Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Alexander Os Johannes Thingnes Bø Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 1:15:26.4 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) (0+1) (0+3) | France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1:16:56.4 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) |
| Ruhpolding details | Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:09:42.3 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) | Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:09:46.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) | Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Timofey Lapshin Alexey Volkov Anton Shipulin | 1:09:50.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) |
| Antholz details | Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:15:36.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:15:53.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) | France Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | 1:16:18.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) |
| Holmenkollen details | Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Maxim Tsvetkov Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin | 1:16:16.6 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:16:16.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) | Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Sven Grossegger Dominik Landertinger | 1:17:07.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) |
| Kontiolahti details | Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:13:49.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:14:04.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade | 1:14:23.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | HOC | OBE | RUH | ANT | HOL | WCH | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 60 | 60 | 48 | 40 | 60 | 43 | 311 |
| 2 | Norway | 48 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 32 | 54 | 308 |
| 3 | Germany | 40 | 43 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 305 |
| 4 | France | 54 | 48 | 43 | 48 | 38 | 48 | 279 |
| 5 | Austria | 43 | 28 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 40 | 242 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 32 | 40 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 32 | 206 |
| 7 | Canada | 38 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 198 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 36 | DNF | 38 | 38 | 43 | 38 | 193 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 31 | 30 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 189 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 30 | 38 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 36 | 185 |
| 11 | Italy | 34 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 29 | 182 |
| 12 | Belarus | 23 | 29 | 34 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 173 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 26 | 36 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 165 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 24 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 165 |
| 15 | Estonia | 25 | 31 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 156 |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 28 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 140 |
| 17 | Sweden | 29 | DSQ | 28 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 135 |
| 18 | Romania | 20 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 128 |
| 19 | United States | 27 | DNS | 31 | 34 | — | 27 | 119 |
| 20 | Great Britain | 17 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 111 |
| 21 | Poland | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | — | 21 | 107 |
| 22 | Finland | DNS | 32 | 22 | 23 | — | 28 | 105 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 22 | 19 | 16 | — | 24 | 18 | 99 |
| 24 | Japan | 18 | 22 | 20 | 18 | — | 20 | 98 |
| 25 | Latvia | 19 | 23 | 18 | — | 21 | 15 | 96 |
| 26 | South Korea | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 16 |
| 27 | Serbia | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 14 |