Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates 15–24 February
Competitors 78 from 11 nations

Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. The competition took place between February 15 and February 24, 1980.[1][2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany1124
2 Switzerland1102
Totals (2 nations)2226


Two countries won medals in Lake Placid, with East Germany leading the medal table.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
 Switzerland (SUI)
Erich Schärer
Josef Benz		4:09.36  East Germany (GDR)
Bernhard Germeshausen
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt		4:10.93  East Germany (GDR)
Meinhard Nehmer
Bogdan Musiol		4:11.08
Four-man
 East Germany (GDR)
Meinhard Nehmer
Bernhard Germeshausen
Bogdan Musiol
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt		3:59.92  Switzerland (SUI)
Erich Schärer
Ueli Bächli
Ruedi Marti
Sepp Benz		4:00.87  East Germany (GDR)
Horst Schönau
Roland Wetzig
Detlef Richter
Andreas Kirchner		4:00.97

Participating NOCs

[1]

Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1980 Games.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 15 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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