Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the XII Olympic Winter Games

Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	6-14 February
Competitors	92 from 13 nations

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

Medal summary

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

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen	3:44.42	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Manfred Schumann	3:44.99	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Sepp Benz	3:45.70
Four-man	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann	3:40.43	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp 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.

1 2 3 4 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. 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 - 1976 Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1976 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)

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

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