1972 Winter Olympics / Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Sapporo
Competition venue	Nice bobsleigh run
Nations	11
Athletes	79 (79 )
date	4th - 12th February 1972
decisions	2
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At the XI. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , two bobsleigh competitions were held. The venue was the bobsled run on the Teine . It was 1563 m long, overcame a difference in altitude of 132 m and had 14 curves.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	BR Germany	1	1	1	3
2	Switzerland	1	-	1	2
3	Italy	-	1	-	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Two-man bobsleigh	Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider	Horst Floth , Pepi Bader	Jean Wicki , Edy Hubacher
Four-man bobsleigh	Jean Wicki , Hans Leutenegger , Werner Camichel , Edy Hubacher	Nevio De Zordo , Adriano Frassinelli , Corrado Dal Fabbro , Gianni Bonichon	Wolfgang Zimmerer , Stefan Gaisreiter , Walter Steinbauer , Peter Utzschneider

Results

(all times in min)

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	FRG	Germany II: Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider	1: 14.81	1: 14.56	1: 13.51	1: 14.19	4: 57.07
2	FRG	Germany I: Horst Floth , Pepi Bader	1: 16.04	1: 15.38	1: 14.35	1: 13.07	4: 58.84
3	SUI	Switzerland I: Jean Wicki , Edy Hubacher	1: 15.61	1: 15.36	1: 14.36	1: 14.00	4: 59.33
4th	ITA	Italy I: Gianfranco Gaspari , Mario Armano	1: 15.62	1: 16.52	1: 13.71	1: 14.60	5: 00.45
5	ROME	Romania I: Ion Panțuru , Ion Zangor	1: 16.50	1: 15.31	1: 14.04	1: 14.68	5: 00.53
6th	SWE	Sweden I: Carl-Erik Eriksson , Jan Johansson	1: 16.68	1: 16.81	1: 14.08	1: 13.83	5: 01.40
7th	SUI	Switzerland II: Hans Candrian , Heinz Schenker	1: 15.89	1: 16.84	1: 14.38	1: 14.33	5: 01.44
8th	AUT	Austria I: Herbert Gruber , Josef Oberhauser	1: 16.48	1: 16.34	1: 14.44	1: 14.34	5: 01.60
9	FRA	France I: Patrick Parisot , Alain Roy	1: 16.66	1: 17.17	1: 14.53	1: 15.10	5: 03.46
10	ITA	Italy II: Enzo Vicario , Corrado Dal Fabbro	1: 17.20	1: 16.77	1: 14.23	1: 15.46	5: 03.66
13	AUT	Austria II: Werner Delle Karth , Fritz Sperling	1: 16.99	1: 17.91	1: 15.84	1: 14.61	5: 05.35

Runs 1 and 2: February 4, 1972 Runs
3 and 4: February 5, 1972

21 bobsleighs at the start, all rated.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	SUI	Switzerland I: Jean Wicki , Hans Leutenegger , Werner Camichel , Edy Hubacher	1: 10.71	1: 11.44	1: 10.21	1: 10.71	4: 43.07
2	ITA	Italy I: Nevio De Zordo , Adriano Frassinelli , Corrado Dal Fabbro , Gianni Bonichon	1: 11.39	1: 11.33	1: 10.19	1: 10.92	4: 43.83
3	FRG	Germany I: Wolfgang Zimmerer , Stefan Gaisreiter , Walter Steinbauer , Peter Utzschneider	1: 11.18	1: 11.75	1: 10.30	1: 10.69	4: 43.92
4th	SUI	Switzerland II: Hans Candrian , Erwin Juon , Gaudenz Beeli , Heinz Schenker	1: 12.36	1: 11.89	1: 10.09	1: 10.22	4: 44.56
5	FRG	Germany II: Horst Floth , Donat Ertel , Walter Gilik , Pepi Bader	1: 10.83	1: 11.88	1: 11.06	1: 11.32	4: 45.09
6th	AUT	Austria I: Herbert Gruber , Utz Chwalla , Josef Eder , Josef Oberhauser	1: 11.20	1: 12.46	1: 11.11	1: 11.00	4: 45.77
7th	AUT	Austria II: Werner Delle Karth , Werner Moser , Walter Delle Karth jun. , Fritz Sperling	1: 11.58	1: 12.46	1: 11.16	1: 11.46	4: 46.66
8th	ITA	Italy II: Gianfranco Gaspari , Roberto Zandonella , Mario Armano , Luciano De Paolis	1: 11.89	1: 12.49	1: 11.11	1: 11.24	4: 46.73
9	FRA	France I: Patrick Parisot , Yves Bonsang , Alain Roy , Gilles Morda	1: 11.79	1: 12.18	1: 11.27	1: 11.51	4: 46.75
10	ROME	Romania I: Ion Panțuru , Ion Zangor , Dumitru Pascu , Dumitru Focșeneanu	1: 12.07	1: 12.65	1: 11.08	1: 11.32	4: 47.12

Runs 1 and 2: February 11, 1972 Runs
3 and 4: February 12, 1972

18 bobsleighs at the start, 16 of them in the ranking.

Web links

• Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1972 Winter Olympics (PDF; 43.3 MB)