Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Four-man explained

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held on 23 and 24 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
		Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Bogdan Musioł Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	59.86	60.03	59.73	60.30	3:59.92
		Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz	60.31	60.41	60.02	60.13	4:00.87
		Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner	60.24	60.35	60.04	60.34	4:00.97
4		Fritz Sperling Heinrich Bergmüller Franz Rednak Bernhard Purkrabek	60.75	60.77	60.41	60.69	4:02.62
5		Walter Delle Karth Franz Paulweber Gerd Zaunschirm Kurt Oberhöller	60.91	61.12	60.25	60.67	4:02.95
6		Hans Hiltebrand Ulrich Schindler Walter Rahm Armin Baumgartner	61.13	61.00	60.54	61.02	4:03.69
7		Peter Hell Hans Wagner Heinz Busche Walter Barfuß	61.14	61.22	60.57	61.47	4:04.40
8		Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Dorel Cristudor Sandu Mitrofan Gheorghe Lixandru	61.42	61.32	60.61	61.33	4:04.68
9		Jonnie Woodall Tony Wallington Corrie Brown John Howell	61.44	61.42	60.98	61.08	4:04.92
10		Alois Schnorbus Lothar Pongratz Jürgen Hofmann Martin Meinberg	61.54	61.47	60.93	61.21	4:05.15
11		Andrea Jory Edmund Lanziner Georg Werth Giovanni Modena	61.26	61.66	61.01	61.37	4:05.30
12		Bob Hickey Jeff Jordan Willie Davenport Jeff Gadley	61.49	61.81	61.04	61.77	4:06.11
13		Howard Siler, Jr. Joe Tyler Jeff Jost Dick Nalley	61.49	61.69	61.30	61.72	4:06.20
14		Constantin Iancu Ion Duminicel Doru Frîncu Constantin Obreja	61.85	62.16	61.74	61.76	4:07.51
15		Jackie Price Gomer Lloyd Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn Nick Phipps	61.79	61.90	62.11	61.89	4:07.69
-		Carl-Erik Eriksson Peter Jansson Runald Beckman Kenth Rönn	61.01	61.00	60.36	DQ	-
-		Martin Glynn Alan MacLachlan Serge Cantin Robert Wilson	61.76	62.25	DNF	-	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. February 1, 2014.
2. Web site: Bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's Four . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190737/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/BOB/mens-four.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 April 2018 . Sports Reference.