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Date	29 January 1924 — 08:40-13:15
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Olympique, Chamonix
Participants	24 from 6 countries
Format	30 km ski course. Each team had three skiiers fire 18 shots on target, with 30 seconds deducted from ski time for each shot hitting the target.

This event was a variant of the biathlon relay with four cross-country ski runners taking off together and skiing approximately 30 km. in 1924. The team stopped one time in mid-race, near the halfway point, and three of the team members fired 18 shots at a target 250 metres distant. In order to finish officially, all four team members had to finish and the time was taken for the fourth runner to cross the line. For each shot (of the 18) on target, 30 seconds was deducted from the team ski time. The Swiss team had the best ski time of 4-00:06, and with 8 successful shots on target, received 4 bonus minutes for a final time of 3-56:06. Finland had the second best ski time of 4-05:40, but had the most successful shots on target, with 11, for a final time of 4-00:10.

Pos	Nr	Skier	NOC	Adj. Time	Time	Targets	Int (Pos)
1	6	Switzerland	SUI	3-56:06	4-00:06	8	1-20:40 (2)		Gold
		Alfred Aufdenblatten • Alfons Julen • Anton Julen • Denis Vaucher
2	1	Finland	FIN	4-00:10	4-05:40	11	1-14:00 (1)		Silver
		August Eskelinen • Heikki Hirvonen • Ville Mattila 1 • Väinö Bremer
3	2	France	FRA	4-18:53	4-19:53	2	1-22:10 (4)		Bronze
		Adrien Vandelle • Camille Mandrillon • Georges Berthet • Maurice Mandrillon
4	5	Czechoslovakia	TCH	4-19:54	4-22:24	5	1-21:40 (3)
		Bohuslav Josífek • Jan Mittlöhner • Josef Bím • Karel Buchta
AC	3	Italy	ITA	–	–	–	1-29:05 (5)	DNF
		Albino Bich • Goffredo Lagger • Piero Dente • Paolo Francia
AC	4	Poland	POL	–	–	–	1-31:50 (6)	DNF
		Stanisław Chrobak • Stanisław Kądziołka • Szczepan Witkowski • Zbigniew Woycicki