Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Four-man; at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates	February 23 — 24, 1980
Competitors	68 from 10 nations
Winning time	3:59.92
Medalists
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The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held on 23 and 24 February, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run.^[1]^[2]

VenueMt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run

DatesFebruary 23 — 24, 1980

Competitors68 from 10 nations

Winning time3:59.92

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Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
	East Germany (GDR-1)	Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Bogdan Musioł Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	59.86	60.03	59.73	60.30	3:59.92
	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz	60.31	60.41	60.02	60.13	4:00.87
	East Germany (GDR-2)	Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner	60.24	60.35	60.04	60.34	4:00.97
4	Austria (AUT-1)	Fritz Sperling Heinrich Bergmüller Franz Rednak Bernhard Purkrabek	60.75	60.77	60.41	60.69	4:02.62
5	Austria (AUT-2)	Walter Delle Karth Franz Paulweber Gerd Zaunschirm Kurt Oberhöller	60.91	61.12	60.25	60.67	4:02.95
6	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Hans Hiltebrand Ulrich Schindler Walter Rahm Armin Baumgartner	61.13	61.00	60.54	61.02	4:03.69
7	West Germany (FRG-1)	Peter Hell Hans Wagner Heinz Busche Walter Barfuß	61.14	61.22	60.57	61.47	4:04.40
8	Romania (ROU-1)	Dragoș Panaitescu-Rapan Dorel Cristudor Sandu Mitrofan Gheorghe Lixandru	61.42	61.32	60.61	61.33	4:04.68
9	Great Britain (GBR-1)	Jonnie Woodall Tony Wallington Corrie Brown John Howell	61.44	61.42	60.98	61.08	4:04.92
10	West Germany (FRG-2)	Alois Schnorbus Lothar Pongratz Jürgen Hofmann Martin Meinberg	61.54	61.47	60.93	61.21	4:05.15
11	Italy	Andrea Jory Edmund Lanziner Georg Werth Giovanni Modena	61.26	61.66	61.01	61.37	4:05.30
12	United States (USA-1)	Bob Hickey Jeff Jordan Willie Davenport Jeff Gadley	61.49	61.81	61.04	61.77	4:06.11
13	United States (USA-2)	Howard Siler, Jr. Joe Tyler Jeff Jost Dick Nalley	61.49	61.69	61.30	61.72	4:06.20
14	Romania (ROU-2)	Constantin Iancu Ion Duminicel Doru Frîncu Constantin Obreja	61.85	62.16	61.74	61.76	4:07.51
15	Great Britain (GBR-2)	Jackie Price Gomer Lloyd Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn Nick Phipps	61.79	61.90	62.11	61.89	4:07.69
-	Sweden	Carl-Erik Eriksson Peter Jansson Runald Beckman Kenth Rönn	61.01	61.00	60.36	DQ	-
-	Canada	Martin Glynn Alan MacLachlan Serge Cantin Robert Wilson	61.76	62.25	DNF	-	-

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