Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Two-man

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Two-man
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue L'Alpe d'Huez
Dates8–11 February
Competitors44 from 11 nations
Winning time4:41.54
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Eugenio Monti, Luciano De Paolis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Horst Floth, Pepi Bader Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Ion Panţuru, Nicolae Neagoe Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
  1964
1972  

The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 4 and 5 February, at L'Alpe d'Huez. [1] [2] There was a tie for first place. Despite initially ruling that both teams would be awarded the gold medals, the judges awarded the sole gold to the Italian team based on their fastest single heat time. Panturu and Neagoe are the only Romanians to medal at the Winter Olympics as of the 2022 Games.

Results

[1]

RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-1) Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis
70.1370.7270.6470.054:41.54
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany  (FRG-1) Horst Floth
Pepi Bader
70.7670.4370.2070.154:41.54
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU-1) Ion Panţuru
Nicolae Neagoe
70.2071.6271.3171.334:44.46
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-1) Erwin Thaler
Reinhold Durnthaler
71.2771.2670.7271.884:45.13
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-1) Tony Nash
Robin Dixon
70.5771.6071.7771.224:45.16
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1) Paul Lamey
Robert Huscher
71.3071.5471.0472.154:46.03
7Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany  (FRG-2) Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
72.3671.9470.7771.334:46.40
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-2) Max Kaltenberger
Fritz Dinkhauser
71.3472.1571.0072.144:46.63
9Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1) Jean Wicki
Hans Candrian
70.6071.7272.0172.654:46.98
10Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-2) René Stadler
Max Forster
71.6072.7472.3672.464:49.16
11Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-2) Howard Clifton
Michael Luce
72.1072.1871.8873.154:49.31
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-2) Rinaldo Ruatti
Sergio Mocellini
71.8072.2973.2772.954:50.31
13Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain  (ESP-2) José María Palomo
José Manuel Pérez
71.9772.6074.3472.254:51.16
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE-1) Rolf Höglund
Börje Hedblom
72.7773.1772.6272.634:51.19
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-2) John Blockey
Mike Freeman
72.0672.2573.7973.174:51.27
16Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA-1) Bertrand Croset
Henri Sirvain
72.3672.7972.3573.784:51.28
17Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain  (ESP-1) Eugenio Baturone
Maximiliano Jones
72.7674.3072.8171.674:51.54
18Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE-2) Carl-Erik Eriksson
Eric Wennerberg
72.7572.6972.8473.414:51.69
19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN-1) Purvis McDougall
Bob Storey
73.8972.8073.6873.734:54.10
20Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA-2) Gérard Christaud-Pipola
Jacques Christaud-Pipola
71.2494.4772.4973.475:11.67
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU-2) Romeo Nedelcu
Gheorghe Maftei
 ? ? ?DNF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN-2) Hans Gehrig
Harry Goetschi
DQ

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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 Two". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2018.