Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueSapporo Teine
Dates4–12 February 1972
Competitors79 from 11 nations
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Bobsleigh at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Twomen
Fourmen

Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 12 February 1972.[1][2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Germany1113
2 Switzerland1012
3 Italy0101
Totals (3 entries)2226

Three countries won medals in Sapporo, West Germany leading the medal table.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
details 		 West Germany (FRG)
Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider		 4:57.07  West Germany (FRG)
Horst Floth
Pepi Bader		 4:58.84  Switzerland (SUI)
Jean Wicki
Edy Hubacher		 4:59.33
Four-man
details 		 Switzerland (SUI)
Jean Wicki
Hans Leutenegger
Werner Camichel
Edy Hubacher		 4:43.07  Italy (ITA)
Nevio de Zordo
Adriano Frassinelli
Corrado dal Fabbro
Gianni Bonichon		 4:43.83  West Germany (FRG)
Wolfgang Zimmerer
Stefan Gaisreiter
Walter Steinbauer
Peter Utzschneider		 4:43.92

Participating NOCs

[1]

Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1972 Games. Japan made their Olympic bobsleigh debut.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.