Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Four-man; at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sapporo Teine
Dates	11–12 February
Competitors	72 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:43.07
Medalists
	← 1968 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
	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	70.71	54.64	55.51	55.85	4:43.07
	Italy (ITA-1)	Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	71.39	54.98	55.70	56.87	4:43.83
	West Germany (FRG-1)	Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider	71.18	54.87	55.53	56.15	4:43.92
4	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Hans Candrian Erwin Juon Gaudenz Beeli Heinz Schenker	72.36	56.23	56.81	57.57	4:44.56
5	West Germany (FRG-2)	Horst Floth Donat Ertel Walter Gillik Pepi Bader	70.83	54.81	55.28	55.84	4:45.09
6	Austria (AUT-1)	Herbert Gruber Utz Chwalla Josef Eder Josef Oberhauser	71.20	55.12	55.63	56.58	4:45.77
7	Austria (AUT-2)	Werner Delle Karth Werner Moser Walter Delle Karth Fritz Sperling	71.58	55.51	56.18	56.68	4:46.66
8	Italy (ITA-2)	Gianfranco Gaspari Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano Luciano De Paolis	71.89	55.66	56.43	57.06	4:46.73
9	France	Patrick Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda	71.79	55.33	56.37	57.05	4:46.75
10	Romania	Ion Panţuru Ion Zangor Dumitru Pascu Dumitru Focşeneanu	72.07	55.80	57.08	57.17	4:47.12
11	Sweden	Carl-Erik Eriksson Tom Mentzer Thomas Gustafsson Jan Johansson	72.14	55.92	56.94	57.42	4:47.40
12	Japan (JPN-1)	Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Yoshiyuki Ichihashi	71.51	55.62	56.05	56.61	4:47.92
13	Canada	Hans Gehrig David Richardson Peter Blakeley Andrew Faulds	72.61	56.08	56.96	57.59	4:48.06
14	United States (USA-2)	Boris Said, Jr. James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey	72.31	56.07	56.72	57.58	4:48.43
15	Great Britain (GBR-2)	John Hammond Jackie Price Alan Jones Peter Clifford	73.00	56.67	57.49	57.89	4:50.46
16	Great Britain (GBR-1)	John Evelyn Mike Freeman Gomer Lloyd Bill Sweet	72.83	56.48	56.87	57.65	4:51.03
	United States (USA-1)	Jim Hickey Jr. Jim Bridges Howard Siler, Jr. Thomas Becker	DQ	56.97	57.78	58.19	DQ
	Japan (JPN-2)	Toshihisa Nagata Hiroshi Inaba Koichi Sugawara Akihiko Suzuki	71.51	55.80	56.10	56.65	DQ

References

^ ^a ^b "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[OfficialReport-1] "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

[SR-2] "Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

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