Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Two-man
| Two-man at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run | |||||||||
| Dates | February 15 – 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:09.36 | |||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
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
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Switzerland (SUI-2) |
Erich Schärer Sepp Benz |
61.87 | 62.76 | 62.29 | 62.44 | 4:09.36 |
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 East Germany (GDR-2) |
Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt |
62.58 | 62.48 | 63.31 | 62.56 | 4:10.93 |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
