Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 12 February 1972.[1][2]

Bobsleigh at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sapporo Teine
Dates	4–12 February
Competitors	79 from 11 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

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

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

Events

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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 Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider	4:43.92

Participating NOCs

[1]

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

Austria (8)  Canada (6)  France (6)  West Germany (8)  Great Britain (8)  Italy (9)

Japan (8)  Romania (5)  Switzerland (8)  Sweden (4)  United States (9)

References

1. "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
2. "Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

External links

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