Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics explained

Event:	Bobsleigh
Games:	1980 Winter
Venue:	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates:	15–24 February
Competitors:	78
Nations:	11
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

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.^[1] ^[2]

Medal summary

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

Two-man	Erich Schärer Joseph Benz	4:09.36	Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	4:10.93	Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł	4:11.08
Four-man	Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Bogdan Musioł Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	3:59.92	Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Joseph Benz	4:00.87	Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner	4:00.97

Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1980 Games.

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

Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 – Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. 1 February 2014.
Web site: Bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/BOB/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 April 2018 . Sports Reference.