Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |||||
Medalists - Lake Placid 1980: | |||||
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Erich Schärer | ![]() |
SUI | ||
Josef Benz | |||||
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Bernhard Germeshausen | ![]() |
GDR | ||
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | |||||
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Bogdan Musiol | ![]() |
GDR | ||
Meinhard Nehmer |
Facts - Men's Two-man - Lake Placid 1980 | |||||
![]() | Venue: Mt. van Hoevenberg | ||||
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Participants: 20 teams participated in the event. | ||||
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Schedule: The final took place on Saturday, February 16, 1980. |
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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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