Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
DatesFebruary 23 — 24
Competitors68 from 10 nations
Winning time3:59.92
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Bogdan Musioł, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Erich Schärer, Ueli Bächli, Ruedi Marti, Sepp Benz
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Horst Schönau, Roland Wetzig, Detlef Richter, Andreas Kirchner
  1976
1984  

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]

Results

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RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR-1) Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bogdan Musioł
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
59.8660.0359.7360.303:59.92
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1) Erich Schärer
Ueli Bächli
Ruedi Marti
Sepp Benz
60.3160.4160.0260.134:00.87
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR-2) Horst Schönau
Roland Wetzig
Detlef Richter
Andreas Kirchner
60.2460.3560.0460.344:00.97
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-1) Fritz Sperling
Heinrich Bergmüller
Franz Rednak
Bernhard Purkrabek
60.7560.7760.4160.694:02.62
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-2) Walter Delle Karth
Franz Paulweber
Gerd Zaunschirm
Kurt Oberhöller
60.9161.1260.2560.674:02.95
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-2) Hans Hiltebrand
Ulrich Schindler
Walter Rahm
Armin Baumgartner
61.1361.0060.5461.024:03.69
7Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG-1) Peter Hell
Hans Wagner
Heinz Busche
Walter Barfuß
61.1461.2260.5761.474:04.40
8Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU-1) Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Dorel Cristudor
Sandu Mitrofan
Gheorghe Lixandru
61.4261.3260.6161.334:04.68
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-1) Jonnie Woodall
Tony Wallington
Corrie Brown
John Howell
61.4461.4260.9861.084:04.92
10Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG-2) Alois Schnorbus
Lothar Pongratz
Jürgen Hofmann
Martin Meinberg
61.5461.4760.9361.214:05.15
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner
Georg Werth
Giovanni Modena
61.2661.6661.0161.374:05.30
12Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1) Bob Hickey
Jeff Jordan
Willie Davenport
Jeff Gadley
61.4961.8161.0461.774:06.11
13Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-2) Howard Siler, Jr.
Joe Tyler
Jeff Jost
Dick Nalley
61.4961.6961.3061.724:06.20
14Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU-2) Constantin Iancu
Ion Duminicel
Doru Frîncu
Constantin Obreja
61.8562.1661.7461.764:07.51
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-2) Jackie Price
Gomer Lloyd
Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn
Nick Phipps
61.7961.9062.1161.894:07.69
-Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Carl-Erik Eriksson
Peter Jansson
Runald Beckman
Kenth Rönn
61.0161.0060.36DQ-
-Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Martin Glynn
Alan MacLachlan
Serge Cantin
Robert Wilson
61.7662.25DNF--

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References

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