Bobsleigh_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics Knowpia

Bobsleigh
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh; at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates	15–24 February
Competitors	78 from 11 nations
	← 1976 1984 →

Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. The competition took place between 15 and 24 February 1980.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	1	1	2	4
2	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
Totals (2 entries)		2	2	2	6

Two countries won medals in Lake Placid, with East Germany leading the medal table.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man details	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Joseph Benz	4:09.36	East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	4:10.93	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł	4:11.08
Four-man details	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Bogdan Musioł Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	3:59.92	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Joseph Benz	4:00.87	East Germany (GDR) Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner	4:00.97

Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1980 Games.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 – Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "Bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2018.