Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue Sapporo Teine
Dates11–12 February
Competitors72 from 11 nations
Winning time4:43.07
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Jean Wicki, Hans Leutenegger, Werner Camichel, Edy Hubacher
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Nevio De Zordo
Adriano Frassinelli
Corrado Dal Fabbro
Gianni Bonichon
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Wolfgang Zimmerer, Stefan Gaisreiter, Walter Steinbauer, Peter Utzschneider
  1968
1976  

The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo was held on 11 and 12 February, at Sapporo Teine. [1] [2]

Results

[1]

RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1) Jean Wicki
Hans Leutenegger
Werner Camichel
Edy Hubacher
70.7154.6455.5155.854:43.07
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-1) Nevio De Zordo
Adriano Frassinelli
Corrado Dal Fabbro
Gianni Bonichon
71.3954.9855.7056.874:43.83
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG-1) Wolfgang Zimmerer
Stefan Gaisreiter
Walter Steinbauer
Peter Utzschneider
71.1854.8755.5356.154:43.92
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-2) Hans Candrian
Erwin Juon
Gaudenz Beeli
Heinz Schenker
72.3656.2356.8157.574:44.56
5Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG-2) Horst Floth
Donat Ertel
Walter Gillik
Pepi Bader
70.8354.8155.2855.844:45.09
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-1) Herbert Gruber
Utz Chwalla
Josef Eder
Josef Oberhauser
71.2055.1255.6356.584:45.77
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-2) Werner Delle Karth
Werner Moser
Walter Delle Karth
Fritz Sperling
71.5855.5156.1856.684:46.66
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-2) Gianfranco Gaspari
Roberto Zandonella
Mario Armano
Luciano De Paolis
71.8955.6656.4357.064:46.73
9Flag of France.svg  France Patrick Parisot
Yves Bonsang
Alain Roy
Gilles Morda
71.7955.3356.3757.054:46.75
10Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Ion Panţuru
Ion Zangor
Dumitru Pascu
Dumitru Focşeneanu
72.0755.8057.0857.174:47.12
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Carl-Erik Eriksson
Tom Mentzer
Thomas Gustafsson
Jan Johansson
72.1455.9256.9457.424:47.40
12Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN-1) Susumu Esashika
Kazumi Abe
Rikio Sato
Yoshiyuki Ichihashi
71.5155.6256.0556.614:47.92
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Hans Gehrig
David Richardson
Peter Blakeley
Andrew Faulds
72.6156.0856.9657.594:48.06
14Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-2) Boris Said, Jr.
James Copley
Ken Morris
Phil Duprey
72.3156.0756.7257.584:48.43
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-2) John Hammond
Jackie Price
Alan Jones
Peter Clifford
73.0056.6757.4957.894:50.46
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-1) John Evelyn
Mike Freeman
Gomer Lloyd
Bill Sweet
72.8356.4856.8757.654:51.03
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1) Jim Hickey Jr.
Jim Bridges
Howard Siler, Jr.
Thomas Becker
DQ56.9757.7858.19DQ
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN-2) Toshihisa Nagata
Hiroshi Inaba
Koichi Sugawara
Akihiko Suzuki
71.5155.8056.1056.65DQ

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References

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  2. "Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.