Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Four-man

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held on 23 and 24 February, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run.[1][2]

Four-man
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
DatesFebruary 23 — 24
Competitors68 from 10 nations
Winning time3:59.92
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany
Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Bogdan Musioł, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Switzerland
Erich Schärer, Ueli Bächli, Ruedi Marti, Sepp Benz
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany
Horst Schönau, Roland Wetzig, Detlef Richter, Andreas Kirchner
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1984 →

Results

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Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
    East Germany (GDR-1) Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bogdan Musioł
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
59.86 60.03 59.73 60.30 3:59.92
    Switzerland (SUI-1) Erich Schärer
Ueli Bächli
Ruedi Marti
Sepp Benz
60.31 60.41 60.02 60.13 4:00.87
    East Germany (GDR-2) Horst Schönau
Roland Wetzig
Detlef Richter
Andreas Kirchner
60.24 60.35 60.04 60.34 4:00.97
4   Austria (AUT-1) Fritz Sperling
Heinrich Bergmüller
Franz Rednak
Bernhard Purkrabek
60.75 60.77 60.41 60.69 4:02.62
5   Austria (AUT-2) Walter Delle Karth
Franz Paulweber
Gerd Zaunschirm
Kurt Oberhöller
60.91 61.12 60.25 60.67 4:02.95
6   Switzerland (SUI-2) Hans Hiltebrand
Ulrich Schindler
Walter Rahm
Armin Baumgartner
61.13 61.00 60.54 61.02 4:03.69
7   West Germany (FRG-1) Peter Hell
Hans Wagner
Heinz Busche
Walter Barfuß
61.14 61.22 60.57 61.47 4:04.40
8   Romania (ROU-1) Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Dorel Cristudor
Sandu Mitrofan
Gheorghe Lixandru
61.42 61.32 60.61 61.33 4:04.68
9   Great Britain (GBR-1) Jonnie Woodall
Tony Wallington
Corrie Brown
John Howell
61.44 61.42 60.98 61.08 4:04.92
10   West Germany (FRG-2) Alois Schnorbus
Lothar Pongratz
Jürgen Hofmann
Martin Meinberg
61.54 61.47 60.93 61.21 4:05.15
11   Italy Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner
Georg Werth
Giovanni Modena
61.26 61.66 61.01 61.37 4:05.30
12   United States (USA-1) Bob Hickey
Jeff Jordan
Willie Davenport
Jeff Gadley
61.49 61.81 61.04 61.77 4:06.11
13   United States (USA-2) Howard Siler, Jr.
Joe Tyler
Jeff Jost
Dick Nalley
61.49 61.69 61.30 61.72 4:06.20
14   Romania (ROU-2) Constantin Iancu
Ion Duminicel
Doru Frîncu
Constantin Obreja
61.85 62.16 61.74 61.76 4:07.51
15   Great Britain (GBR-2) Jackie Price
Gomer Lloyd
Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn
Nick Phipps
61.79 61.90 62.11 61.89 4:07.69
-   Sweden Carl-Erik Eriksson
Peter Jansson
Runald Beckman
Kenth Rönn
61.01 61.00 60.36 DQ -
-   Canada Martin Glynn
Alan MacLachlan
Serge Cantin
Robert Wilson
61.76 62.25 DNF - -

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2018.