Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Four-man explained

Event:	Four-man
Games:	1976 Winter
Venue:	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates:	13–14 February
Competitors:	85
Nations:	12
Win Value:	3:40.43
Gold:	Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, Bernhard Lehmann
Silver:	Erich Schärer, Ueli Bächli, Ruedi Marti, Sepp Benz
Bronze:	Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Bodo Bittner, Manfred Schumann
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held on 15 and 16 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.^[1] ^[2]

Results

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Rank	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
	Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann	54.43	54.64	55.51	55.85	3:40.43
	Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz	54.96	54.81	55.28	55.84	3:40.89
	Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann	54.82	54.87	55.53	56.15	3:41.37
4	Horst Schönau Horst Bernhardt Harald Seifert Raimund Bethge	55.11	55.12	55.63	56.58	3:42.44
5	Georg Heibl Hans Morant Siegfried Radandt Fritz Ohlwärter	54.92	54.98	55.70	56.87	3:42.47
6	Werner Delle Karth Andreas Schwab Heinz Krenn Otto Breg Franz Köfel	54.66	55.80	56.10	56.65	3:43.21
7	Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller Gerd Zaunschirm Dieter Gehmacher	55.51	55.62	56.05	56.61	3:43.79
8	Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Paul Neagu Costel Ionescu Gheorghe Lixandru	55.54	55.51	56.18	56.68	3:43.91
9	Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli	55.29	55.33	56.37	57.05	3:44.04
10	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Alain Roy André Belle Serge Hissung	55.75	55.66	56.43	57.06	3:44.90
11	Nevio De Zordo Ezio Fiori Roberto Porzia Lino Benoni	55.75	55.80	57.08	57.17	3:45.80
12	Giorgio Alverà Piero Vegnuti Adriano Bee Francesco Butteri	55.59	55.92	56.94	57.42	3:45.87
13	Jackie Price Colin Campbell Michael Sweet Gomer Lloyd	56.02	56.07	56.72	57.58	3:46.39
14	Ion Panţuru Constantin Romaniuc Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu Mihai Nicolau	56.09	56.23	56.81	57.57	3:46.70
15	Jimmy Morgan Peter Brennan John Proctor Thomas Becker	56.09	56.08	56.96	57.59	3:46.72
16	Carl-Erik Eriksson Jan Johansson Leif Johansson Kenth Rönn	56.12	56.48	56.87	57.65	3:47.12
17	Colin Nelson Thomas Stehr David Veale Jim Lavalley	55.97	56.67	57.49	57.89	3:48.02
18	Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Kimihiro Shinada	56.47	56.97	57.78	58.19	3:49.41
19	William Hollrock Earl Frisbie Frederick Fritsch Phil Duprey	56.61	56.86	57.89	58.35	3:49.71
20	Mark Agar Anthony Norton Graham Sweet Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn	57.21	56.88	57.75	58.01	3:49.85
21	Christopher Frank William Dunn Christopher Martin Brian Vachon	57.43	56.87	57.87	58.69	3:50.86

Notes and References

Web site: Final Report – XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976. LA84 Foundation. Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. 1976. 1 February 2014.
Web site: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Four . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204837/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/BOB/mens-four.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 April 2018 . Sports Reference.