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.

Medal summary Medal table

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

Events

Two-man Wolfgang ZimmererPeter Utzschneider 4:57.07 Horst FlothPepi Bader 4:58.84 Jean WickiEdy Hubacher 4:59.33 Four-man Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher 4:43.07 Nevio de Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon 4:43.83 Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider 4:43.92

Participating NOCs

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

References

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