Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Two-man

Two-man
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Venue L'Alpe d'Huez
Dates February 8 – 11
Competitors 44 from 11 nations
Winning time 4:41.54
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy
Eugenio Monti, Luciano De Paolis
2nd, silver medalist(s)  West Germany
Horst Floth, Pepi Bader
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Romania
Ion Panţuru, Nicolae Neagoe

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 2018 Games.

Results

[1]

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

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 February 1, 2014.
  2. "Bobsleigh at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Two". Sports Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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