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Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Bobsleigh
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates15–24 February 1980
Competitors78 from 11 nations
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Bobsleigh at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Twomen
Fourmen

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

Medal summary

Medal table

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

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

Events

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

Participating NOCs

Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1980 Games.

References

  1. ^ "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 – Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. "Bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

External links

  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.
Events at the 1980 Winter Olympics (Lake Placid)
Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
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