Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics explained

Event:	Bobsleigh
Games:	1972 Winter
Venue:	Sapporo Teine
Dates:	4–12 February
Competitors:	79
Nations:	11
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

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]}

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Events

Two-man	Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider	4:57.07	Horst Floth Pepi Bader	4:58.84	Jean Wicki Edy 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

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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972. LA84 Foundation. Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. 1972. 1 February 2014.
2. Web site: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417064158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/BOB/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 April 2018 . Sports Reference.