Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Two-man explained

Event:	Two-man
Games:	1980 Winter
Venue:	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates:	February 15 – 16
Competitors:	40
Nations:	11
Win Value:	4:09.36
Gold:	Erich Schärer, Sepp Benz
Silver:	Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
Bronze:	Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musioł
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held on 15 and 16 February, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run.^{[1] [2]}

Results

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Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
		Erich Schärer Sepp Benz	61.87	62.76	62.29	62.44	4:09.36
		Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	62.58	62.48	63.31	62.56	4:10.93
		Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł	62.39	62.88	62.86	62.95	4:11.08
4		Hans Hiltebrand Walter Rahm	62.37	62.96	63.35	62.64	4:11.32
5		Howard Siler, Jr. Dick Nalley	63.04	63.04	62.65	63.00	4:11.73
6		Brent Rushlaw Joe Tyler	62.90	62.81	62.99	63.42	4:12.12
7		Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller	63.58	63.64	63.13	63.23	4:13.58
8		Peter Hell Heinz Busche	63.87	63.63	62.91	63.33	4:13.74
9		Franz Paulweber Gerd Zaunschirm	63.52	63.67	63.01	63.70	4:13.90
10		Jonnie Woodall John Howell	64.12	64.12	63.65	64.03	4:15.92
11		Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Gheorghe Lixandru	63.99	64.30	63.75	64.00	4:16.04
12		Georg Großmann Alexander Wernsdorfer	63.50	64.93	63.85	63.85	4:16.13
13		Joey Kilburn Robert Wilson	64.07	64.27	63.96	63.91	4:16.21
14		Andrea Jory Edmund Lanziner	63.73	64.19	63.97	64.45	4:16.34
15		Carl-Erik Eriksson Kenth Rönn	63.56	64.49	63.22	65.65	4:16.92
16		Giuseppe Soravia Georg Werth	64.75	64.81	64.30	64.31	4:18.17
17		Roger Potter Michael Pugh	64.93	64.77	64.40	64.47	4:18.57
18		Constantin Iancu Constantin Obreja	64.58	64.52	64.76	64.77	4:18.63
19		Yoshimitsu Kadowaki Yuji Funayama	64.62	64.92	64.82	64.30	4:18.66
20		Brian Vachon Serge Cantin	64.66	64.67	64.38	65.05	4:18.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. February 1, 2014.
2. Web site: Bobsleigh at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's Two . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/BOB/mens-two.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 April 2018 . Sports Reference.