Bobsleigh_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics Knowpia

Bobsleigh
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh; at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	6–14 February
Competitors	92 from 13 nations
	← 1972 1980 →

Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 6 and 14 February 1976.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	0	0	2
2	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
2	West Germany	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Three countries won medals in Innsbruck, with East Germany sweeping the gold medals.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man details	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen	3:44.42	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Manfred Schumann	3:44.99	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Joseph Benz	3:45.70
Four-man details	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann	3:40.43	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Joseph Benz	3:40.89	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann	3:41.37

Thirteen nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1976 Games. East Germany made their Olympic bobsleigh debut.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Final Report – XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "Bobsleigh at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2018.