Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 5 and 7 February at Bob und Rodelbahn Igls, Innsbruck, Austria. This event was last run at the 1956 Winter Olympics, as bobsleigh was not part of the 1960 games.[1][2]

Four-man
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
VenueBob und Rodelbahn Igls
Dates5–7 February 1964
Competitors73 from 11 nations
Winning time4:14.46
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Kirby
Doug Anakin
John Emery
Vic Emery
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erwin Thaler
Adolf Koxeder
Josef Nairz
Reinhold Durnthaler
 Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eugenio Monti
Sergio Siorpaes
Benito Rigoni
Gildo Siorpaes
 Italy
← 1956
1968 →

The winning athletes were those who posted the shortest total time over four separate runs. Canada were surprise gold medal winners, having first entered a bobsleigh team in a competitive event only 8 years previous. Favourites for the event were the Italians who finished in 3rd and 4th. Second place Austria never had an individual run which was quicker than third best, but their consistency earned them the silver medal.[2]

Results

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Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Behind
    Canada (CAN-1) Peter Kirby
Doug Anakin
John Emery
Vic Emery
1:02.99 1:03.82 1:03.64 1:04.01 4:14.46
    Austria (AUT-1) Erwin Thaler
Adolf Koxeder
Josef Nairz
Reinhold Durnthaler
1:03.67 1:03.94 1:03.74 1:04.13 4:15.48 +1.02
    Italy (ITA-2) Eugenio Monti
Sergio Siorpaes
Benito Rigoni
Gildo Siorpaes
1:03.43 1:04.07 1:04.02 1:04.08 4:15.60 +1.14
4   Italy (ITA-1) Sergio Zardini
Sergio Mocellini
Ferruccio Dalla Torre
Romano Bonagura
1:03.95 1:04.10 1:03.59 1:04.25 4:15.89 +1.43
5   United Team of Germany (EUA-1) Franz Schelle
Ludwig Siebert
Josef Sterff
Otto Göbl
1:04.21 1:03.50 1:04.15 1:04.33 4:16.19 +1.73
6   United States (USA-1) Bill Hickey
Reg Benham
Bill Dundon
Chuck Pandolph
1:03.90 1:04.11 1:04.43 1:04.79 4:17.23 +2.77
7   Austria (AUT-2) Paul Aste
Herbert Gruber
Andreas Arnold
Hans Stoll
1:04.65 1:04.40 1:04.43 1:04.25 4:17.13 +2.67
8   Switzerland (SUI-2) Herbert Kiesel
Bernhard Wild
Hansruedi Beugger
Oskar Lory
1:04.33 1:04.54 1:04.65 1:04.60 4:18.12 +3.66
9   United Team of Germany (EUA-2) Franz Wörmann
Anton Wackerle
Rupert Grasegger
Hubert Braun
1:04.47 1:04.42 1:05.25 1:04.54 4:18.68 +4.22
10   Switzerland (SUI-1) Hans Zoller
Hans Kleinpeter
Fritz Lüdi
Robert Zimmermann
1:04.83 1:04.52 1:04.97 1:04.73 4:19.05 +4.59
11   Sweden (SWE-1) Kjell Holmström
Walter Aronson
Kjell Lutteman
Carl-Erik Eriksson
Heino Freyberg
1:04.26 1:04.04 1:04.56 1:06.38 4:19.24 +4.78
12   Great Britain (GBR-1) Tony Nash
Guy Renwick
David Lewis
Robin Dixon
1:04.56 1:05.07 1:04.64 1:05.13 4:19.40 +4.94
13   Great Britain (GBR-2) Bill McCowen
Robin Widdows
Robin Seel
Andrew Hedges
1:04.49 1:04.68 1:05.53 1:04.73 4:19.43 +4.97
14   Canada (CAN-2) Monty Gordon
Christopher Ondaatje
David Hobart
Gordon Currie
1:04.63 1:04.43 1:05.06 1:05.66 4:19.78 +5.32
15   Romania (ROU-1) Ion Panţuru
Gheorghe Maftei
Constantin Cotacu
Hariton Paşovschi
1:04.70 1:04.89 1:05.05 1:05.16 4:19.80 +5.34
16   Argentina (ARG-1) Héctor Tomasi
Carlos Alberto Tomasi
Hernán Agote
Fernando Rodríguez
1:05.74 1:06.08 1:07.07 1:06.62 4:25.51 +11.05
17   Belgium (BEL-1) Jean de Crawhez
Thierry De Borchgrave
Charly Bouvy
Camille Liénard
Jean-Marie Buisset
1:07.46 1:05.56 1:06.51 1:06.31 4:25.84 +11.38
DNF   United States (USA-2) Larry McKillip
Bob Rogers
Mike Baumgartner
Jim Lamy
1:03.92 1:04.22

References

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  1. ^ "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Bobsleigh at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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