Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |||||
Medalists - Lake Placid 1980: | |||||
Erich Schärer | SUI | ||||
Josef Benz | |||||
Bernhard Germeshausen | GDR | ||||
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | |||||
Bogdan Musiol | GDR | ||||
Meinhard Nehmer |
Facts - Men's Two-man - Lake Placid 1980 | |||||
Venue: Mt. van Hoevenberg | |||||
Participants: 20 teams participated in the event. | |||||
Schedule: The final took place on Saturday, February 16, 1980. |
Format: The bobsleigh teams consisted of a pilot and a brakeman. The pilot steers the sled on an ice track through twisting, high-speed turns. The competition was held over two days and consisted of four runs for each bobsleigh - two each day. The team with the fastest total time for the four runs was the winner of the Olympic gold medals.
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This information about Men's Two-man - Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid is based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
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