Event: | Bobsleigh |
Games: | 1984 Winter |
Venue: | Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track |
Dates: | 10–18 February |
Competitors: | 111 |
Nations: | 16 |
Prev: | 1980 |
Next: | 1988 |
Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track on the mountain of Trebević between February 10–18, 1984.[1]
This was the first time that Yugoslavia entered bobsleigh teams, and did so as hosts. Chinese Taipei also entered bob teams for the first time. The two events also saw the Swede, Carl-Erik Eriksson compete in the Games for the sixth time and the age of 53.
The German Democratic Republic dominated events and won Gold & Silver in both disciplines, with Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer winning Golds in both events.
Two-man | Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer | 3:25.56 | Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musioł | 3:26.04 | Zintis Ekmanis Vladimir Aleksandrov | 3:26.16 | |
Four-man | Wolfgang Hoppe Roland Wetzig Dietmar Schauerhammer Andreas Kirchner | 3:20.22 | Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musioł Ingo Voge Eberhard Weise | 3:20.78 | Silvio Giobellina Heinz Stettler Urs Salzmann Rico Freiermuth | 3:21.39 |
Sixteen nations sent bobsleigh to compete in the events at Sarajevo.