Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the XI Olympic Winter Games

Venue	Sapporo Teine
Dates	4-12 February
Competitors	79 from 11 nations

Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between February 4 and February 12, 1972.^[1]

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany	1	1	1	3
2	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
3	Italy	0	1	0	0

Three countries won medals in Sapporo, West Germany leading the medal table.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider	4:57.07	West Germany (FRG) Horst Floth Pepi Bader	4:58.84	Switzerland (SUI) Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher	4:59.33
Four-man	Switzerland (SUI) Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	4:43.07	Italy (ITA) Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	4:43.83	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann	4:43.92

Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1972 Games. Japan made their Olympic bobsleigh debut.

1 2 3 4 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.
Sports-Reference - 1972 Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1972 Winter Olympics (Sapporo)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

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