Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man; at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sapporo Teine
Dates	11–12 February
Competitors	72 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:43.07
Medalists

The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo was held on 11 and 12 February, at Sapporo Teine.[1][2]

Results

[1]

Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	70.71	54.64	55.51	55.85	4:43.07
	Italy (ITA-1)	Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	71.39	54.98	55.70	56.87	4:43.83
	West Germany (FRG-1)	Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider	71.18	54.87	55.53	56.15	4:43.92
4	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Hans Candrian Erwin Juon Gaudenz Beeli Heinz Schenker	72.36	56.23	56.81	57.57	4:44.56
5	West Germany (FRG-2)	Horst Floth Donat Ertel Walter Gillik Pepi Bader	70.83	54.81	55.28	55.84	4:45.09
6	Austria (AUT-1)	Herbert Gruber Utz Chwalla Josef Eder Josef Oberhauser	71.20	55.12	55.63	56.58	4:45.77
7	Austria (AUT-2)	Werner Delle Karth Werner Moser Walter Delle Karth Fritz Sperling	71.58	55.51	56.18	56.68	4:46.66
8	Italy (ITA-2)	Gianfranco Gaspari Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano Luciano De Paolis	71.89	55.66	56.43	57.06	4:46.73
9	France	Patrick Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda	71.79	55.33	56.37	57.05	4:46.75
10	Romania	Ion Panţuru Ion Zangor Dumitru Pascu Dumitru Focşeneanu	72.07	55.80	57.08	57.17	4:47.12
11	Sweden	Carl-Erik Eriksson Tom Mentzer Thomas Gustafsson Jan Johansson	72.14	55.92	56.94	57.42	4:47.40
12	Japan (JPN-1)	Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Yoshiyuki Ichihashi	71.51	55.62	56.05	56.61	4:47.92
13	Canada	Hans Gehrig David Richardson Peter Blakeley Andrew Faulds	72.61	56.08	56.96	57.59	4:48.06
14	United States (USA-2)	Boris Said, Jr. James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey	72.31	56.07	56.72	57.58	4:48.43
15	Great Britain (GBR-2)	John Hammond Jackie Price Alan Jones Peter Clifford	73.00	56.67	57.49	57.89	4:50.46
16	Great Britain (GBR-1)	John Evelyn Mike Freeman Gomer Lloyd Bill Sweet	72.83	56.48	56.87	57.65	4:51.03
	United States (USA-1)	Jim Hickey Jr. Jim Bridges Howard Siler, Jr. Thomas Becker	DQ	56.97	57.78	58.19	DQ
	Japan (JPN-2)	Toshihisa Nagata Hiroshi Inaba Koichi Sugawara Akihiko Suzuki	71.51	55.80	56.10	56.65	DQ

References

"The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
"Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

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[OfficialReport-1] "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

[SR-2] "Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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