Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue L'Alpe d'Huez
Dates16 February
Competitors76 from 11 nations
Winning time2:17.39
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Eugenio Monti, Luciano De Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler, Herbert Gruber, Josef Eder
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Jean Wicki, Hans Candrian, Willi Hofmann, Walter Graf
  1964
1972  

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 16 February, at L'Alpe d'Huez. A sudden thaw in the ice on the track limited the competition to two runs. [1] [2]

Results

[1]

RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-1) Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis
Roberto Zandonella
Mario Armano
69.8467.552:17.39
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-1) Erwin Thaler
Reinhold Durnthaler
Herbert Gruber
Josef Eder
70.0867.402:17.48
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1) Jean Wicki
Hans Candrian
Willi Hofmann
Walter Graf
70.6567.392:18.04
4Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Ion Panţuru
Petre Hristovici
Gheorghe Maftei
Nicolae Neagoe
70.5967.552:18.14
5Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany  (FRG-1) Horst Floth
Willi Schäfer
Frank Lange
Pepi Bader
70.4967.842:18.33
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-2) Gianfranco Gaspari
Giuseppe Rescigno
Andrea Clemente
Leonardo Cavallini
70.2468.122:18.36
7Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA-1) Francis Luiggi
André Patey
Gérard Monrazel
Maurice Grether
70.6568.192:18.84
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-1) Tony Nash
Guy Renwick
Robin Widdows
Robin Dixon
70.4568.392:18.84
9Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany  (FRG-2) Wolfgang Zimmerer
Stefan Gaisreiter
Hans Baumann
Peter Utzschneider
71.1268.352:19.47
10Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-2) Boris Said, Jr.
David Dunn
Robert Crowley
Phil Duprey
71.0868.482:19.56
11Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA-2) Bertrand Croset
Claude Roussel
Louis Courtois
Henri Sirvain
71.1168.612:19.72
12Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-2) René Stadler
Hansruedi Müller
Robert Zimmermann
Ernst Schmidt
71.0268.812:19.83
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-2) Manfred Hofer
Hans Ritzl
Fritz Dinkhauser
Karl Pichler
70.9069.122:20.02
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-2) John Blockey
John Brown
Tim Thorn
Mike Freeman
71.5268.672:20.19
15Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1) Bill Hickey
Howard Clifton
Michael Luce
Paul Savage
71.4568.922:20.37
16Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Rolf Höglund
Hans Hallén
Sven Martinsson
Börje Hedblom
72.2069.902:22.10
17Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Purvis McDougall
Bob Storey
Michael Young
Andrew Faulds
72.6170.212:22.82
18Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain  (ESP-2) Víctor Palomo
Maximiliano Jones
José Clot
Eugenio Baturone
72.8670.322:23.18
19Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain  (ESP-1) Guillermo Rosal
Néstor Alonso
José Manuel Pérez
Antonio Marín
72.9071.422:24.32

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. "Bobsleigh at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2018.