Jump to content

Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Einstein2 (talk | contribs) at 13:16, 8 August 2016 (new key for Category:Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics: " " using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Bobsleigh
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh
VenueSarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates10–18 February
Competitors111 from 16 nations
← 1980
1988 →

Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track on the mountain of Trebević between February 10 - 18 1984.

This was the first time that Yugoslavia entered bobsleigh teams, and did so as hosts. Chinese Taipei also entered bob teams for the first time. The two events also so the Swede, Carl-Erik Eriksson compete in the Games for the sixth time and the age of 53.

The German Democratic Republic dominated events and won Gold & Silver in both disciplines, with Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer winning Gold's in both events.

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
details
 East Germany (GDR)
Wolfgang Hoppe
Dietmar Schauerhammer
3:25.56  East Germany (GDR)
Bernhard Lehmann
Bogdan Musiol
3:26.04  Soviet Union (URS)
Zintis Ekmanis
Vladimir Aleksandrov
3:26.16
Four-man
details
 East Germany (GDR)
Wolfgang Hoppe
Roland Wetzig
Dietmar Schauerhammer
Andreas Kirchner
3:20.22  East Germany (GDR)
Bernhard Lehmann
Bogdan Musiol
Ingo Voge
Eberhard Weise
3:20.78  Switzerland (SUI)
Silvio Giobellina
Heinz Stettler
Urs Salzmann
Rico Freiermuth
3:21.39

Medal table

1  East Germany 2 2 0 4
2  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1
 Switzerland 0 0 1 1

References