Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the XIII Olympic Winter Games

Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates	15–24 February
Competitors	78 from 11 nations

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

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	1	1	2	4
2	Switzerland	1	1	0	2

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Josef Benz	4:09.36	East Germany (GDR) Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	4:10.93	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musiol	4:11.08
Four-man	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Bogdan Musiol Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	3:59.92	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp 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.

1 2 3 4 "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. 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 - 1980 Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1980 Winter Olympics (Lake Placid)

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

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