Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates 6–14 February
Competitors 92 from 13 nations

Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between February 6 and February 14, 1976.[1][2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany2002
2 Switzerland0112
 West Germany0112
Totals (3 nations)2226


Three countries won medals in Innsbruck, with East Germany sweeping the gold medals.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
 East Germany (GDR)
Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen		3:44.42  West Germany (FRG)
Wolfgang Zimmerer
Manfred Schumann		3:44.99  Switzerland (SUI)
Erich Schärer
Sepp Benz		3:45.70
Four-man
 East Germany (GDR)
Meinhard Nehmer
Jochen Babock
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bernhard Lehmann		3:40.43  Switzerland (SUI)
Erich Schärer
Ueli Bächli
Ruedi Marti
Sepp Benz		3:40.89  West Germany (FRG)
Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
Bodo Bittner
Manfred Schumann		3:41.37

Participating NOCs

[1]

Thirteen nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1976 Games. East Germany made their Olympic bobsleigh debut.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bobsleigh at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.
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