Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue Canada Olympic Park
DatesFebruary 27 — 28
Competitors104 from 17 nations
Winning time3:47.51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, Werner Stocker
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer, Bogdan Musioł, Ingo Voge
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Jānis Ķipurs, Guntis Osis, Juris Tone, Vladimir Kozlov
  1984
1992  

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was held on 27 and 28 February, at Canada Olympic Park. [1] [2]

Results

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RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1) Ekkehard Fasser
Kurt Meier
Marcel Fässler
Werner Stocker
56.8357.3755.8857.433:47.51
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR-1) Wolfgang Hoppe
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Bogdan Musioł
Ingo Voge
56.1657.3156.7757.343:47.58
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS-2) Jānis Ķipurs
Guntis Osis
Juris Tone
Vladimir Kozlov
56.7257.2856.4157.853:48.26
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1) Brent Rushlaw
Hal Hoye
Mike Wasko
Bill White
56.7257.6756.6957.203:48.28
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS-1) Māris Poikāns
Olafs Kļaviņš
Ivars Bērzups
Juris Jaudzems
56.7557.6656.7057.243:48.35
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-1) Peter Kienast
Franz Siegl
Christian Mark
Kurt Teigl
57.0757.4056.2757.913:48.65
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT-2) Ingo Appelt
Josef Muigg
Gerhard Redl
Harald Winkler
56.9357.5156.4158.103:48.95
8Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR-2) Detlef Richter
Bodo Ferl
Ludwig Jahn
Alexander Szelig
57.1857.6056.3357.953:49.06
9Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-2) Hans Hiltebrand
Urs Fehlmann
Erwin Fassbind
André Kiser
56.3957.9157.1357.823:49.25
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-1) Alex Wolf
Pasquale Gesuito
Georg Beikircher
Stefano Ticci
57.2057.7256.5358.013:49.46
11Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG-2) Anton Fischer
Franz Nießner
Uwe Eisenreich
Christoph Langen
57.0257.7556.7158.073:49.55
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-1) Mark Tout
David Armstrong
Lenny Paul
Audley Richards
57.2258.2656.8657.563:49.90
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN-2) Chris Lori
Ken LeBlanc
Andrew Swim
Howard Dell
57.1857.8256.6758.323:49.99
14Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG-1) Michael Sperr
Olaf Hampel
Florian Cruciger
Rolf Müller
57.5858.0456.4158.143:50.17
15Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN-1) Greg Haydenluck
Cal Langford
Kevin Tyler
Lloyd Guss
56.6658.0557.3458.323:50.37
16Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-2) Brian Shimer
Jim Herberich
Matt Roy
Scott Pladel
57.1758.4957.4758.103:51.23
17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-2) Tom De La Hunty
Colin Rattigan
George Robertson
Alec Leonce
57.8158.1356.7458.593:51.27
18Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Takao Sakai
Toshio Wakita
Yuji Yaku
Naomi Takewaki
57.3658.1557.6858.163:51.35
19Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA-2) Roberto D'Amico
Thomas Rottensteiner
Paolo Scaramuzza
Andrea Meneghin
57.6958.6557.5058.043:51.88
20Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Csaba Nagy Lakatos
Grigore Anghel
Florian Olteanu
Costel Petrariu
57.4158.4957.6458.353:51.89
21Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Lex Peterson
Blair Telford
Rhys Dacre
Peter Henry
57.9858.4257.3058.673:52.37
22Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen Chin-san
Chen Chin-sen
Lee Chen-tan
Wang Jauo-hueyi
57.0358.9457.9858.803:52.75
23Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Adrian Di Piazza
Martin Harland
Simon Dodd
Stephen Craig
58.2058.8757.2559.023:53.34
24Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria Tsvetozar Viktorov
Plamen Stamov
Nikolay Botev
Aleksandar Simeonov
57.7259.0758.2058.673:53.66
25Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Antonio Reis
João Poupada
João Pires
Rogério Bernardes
58.4259.6758.2859.133:55.50
-Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Dudley Stokes
Devon Harris
Michael White
Chris Stokes
58.0459.371:03.19DNF-

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References

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