Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Four-man explained

Event:	Four-man
Games:	1972 Winter
Venue:	Sapporo Teine
Dates:	11–12 February
Competitors:	72
Nations:	11
Win Value:	4:43.07
Gold:	Jean Wicki, Hans Leutenegger, Werner Camichel, Edy Hubacher
Silver:	Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon
Bronze:	Wolfgang Zimmerer, Stefan Gaisreiter, Walter Steinbauer, Peter Utzschneider
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo was held on 11 and 12 February, at Sapporo Teine.^{[1] [2]}

Results

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Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	70.71	54.64	55.51	55.85	4:43.07
		Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	71.39	54.98	55.70	56.87	4:43.83
		Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider	71.18	54.87	55.53	56.15	4:43.92
4		Hans Candrian Erwin Juon Gaudenz Beeli Heinz Schenker	72.36	56.23	56.81	57.57	4:44.56
5		Horst Floth Donat Ertel Walter Gillik Pepi Bader	70.83	54.81	55.28	55.84	4:45.09
6		Herbert Gruber Utz Chwalla Josef Eder Josef Oberhauser	71.20	55.12	55.63	56.58	4:45.77
7		Werner Delle Karth Werner Moser Walter Delle Karth Fritz Sperling	71.58	55.51	56.18	56.68	4:46.66
8		Gianfranco Gaspari Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano Luciano De Paolis	71.89	55.66	56.43	57.06	4:46.73
9		Patrick Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda	71.79	55.33	56.37	57.05	4:46.75
10		Ion Panţuru Ion Zangor Dumitru Pascu Dumitru Focşeneanu	72.07	55.80	57.08	57.17	4:47.12
11		Carl-Erik Eriksson Tom Mentzer Thomas Gustafsson Jan Johansson	72.14	55.92	56.94	57.42	4:47.40
12		Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Yoshiyuki Ichihashi	71.51	55.62	56.05	56.61	4:47.92
13		Hans Gehrig David Richardson Peter Blakeley Andrew Faulds	72.61	56.08	56.96	57.59	4:48.06
14		Boris Said, Jr. James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey	72.31	56.07	56.72	57.58	4:48.43
15		John Hammond Jackie Price Alan Jones Peter Clifford	73.00	56.67	57.49	57.89	4:50.46
16		John Evelyn Mike Freeman Gomer Lloyd Bill Sweet	72.83	56.48	56.87	57.65	4:51.03
		Jim Hickey Jr. Jim Bridges Howard Siler, Jr. Thomas Becker	DQ	56.97	57.78	58.19	DQ
		Toshihisa Nagata Hiroshi Inaba Koichi Sugawara Akihiko Suzuki	71.51	55.80	56.10	56.65	DQ

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: Men's Four . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/BOB/mens-four.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 April 2018 . Sports Reference.