Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Two-man

Two-man
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
DatesFebruary 15 – 16
Competitors40 from 11 nations
Winning time4:09.36
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland
Erich Schärer, Sepp Benz
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany
Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany
Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musioł
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Bobsleigh at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Twomen
Fourmen

The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held on 15 and 16 February, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run.[1][2]

Results

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Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland (SUI-2) Erich Schärer
Sepp Benz		 61.87 62.76 62.29 62.44 4:09.36
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany (GDR-2) Bernhard Germeshausen
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt		 62.58 62.48 63.31 62.56 4:10.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany (GDR-1) Meinhard Nehmer
Bogdan Musioł		 62.39 62.88 62.86 62.95 4:11.08
4  Switzerland (SUI-1) Hans Hiltebrand
Walter Rahm		 62.37 62.96 63.35 62.64 4:11.32
5  United States (USA-2) Howard Siler, Jr.
Dick Nalley		 63.04 63.04 62.65 63.00 4:11.73
6  United States (USA-1) Brent Rushlaw
Joe Tyler		 62.90 62.81 62.99 63.42 4:12.12
7  Austria (AUT-2) Fritz Sperling
Kurt Oberhöller		 63.58 63.64 63.13 63.23 4:13.58
8  West Germany (FRG-1) Peter Hell
Heinz Busche		 63.87 63.63 62.91 63.33 4:13.74
9  Austria (AUT-1) Franz Paulweber
Gerd Zaunschirm		 63.52 63.67 63.01 63.70 4:13.90
10  Great Britain (GBR-1) Jonnie Woodall
John Howell		 64.12 64.12 63.65 64.03 4:15.92
11  Romania (ROU-1) Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Gheorghe Lixandru		 63.99 64.30 63.75 64.00 4:16.04
12  West Germany (FRG-2) Georg Großmann
Alexander Wernsdorfer		 63.50 64.93 63.85 63.85 4:16.13
13  Canada (CAN-1) Joey Kilburn
Robert Wilson		 64.07 64.27 63.96 63.91 4:16.21
14  Italy (ITA-1) Andrea Jory
Edmund Lanziner		 63.73 64.19 63.97 64.45 4:16.34
15  Sweden Carl-Erik Eriksson
Kenth Rönn		 63.56 64.49 63.22 65.65 4:16.92
16  Italy (ITA-2) Giuseppe Soravia
Georg Werth		 64.75 64.81 64.30 64.31 4:18.17
17  Great Britain (GBR-2) Roger Potter
Michael Pugh		 64.93 64.77 64.40 64.47 4:18.57
18  Romania (ROU-2) Constantin Iancu
Constantin Obreja		 64.58 64.52 64.76 64.77 4:18.63
19  Japan Yoshimitsu Kadowaki
Yuji Funayama		 64.62 64.92 64.82 64.30 4:18.66
20  Canada (CAN-2) Brian Vachon
Serge Cantin		 64.66 64.67 64.38 65.05 4:18.76

References

  1. ^ a b "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: Men's Two". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2018.