Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Bob und Rodelbahn Igls
Dates	5–7 February 1964
Competitors	73 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:14.46
Medalists
Peter Kirby Doug Anakin John Emery Vic Emery   Canada   Erwin Thaler Adolf Koxeder Josef Nairz Reinhold Durnthaler   Austria   Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes Benito Rigoni Gildo Siorpaes   Italy

Four-man bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 5 and 7 February at Bob und Rodelbahn Igls, Innsbruck, Austria. This event was last run at the 1956 Winter Olympics as bobsleigh was not part of the 1960 games.^[1]

The winning athletes were those who posted the shortest total time over four separate runs. Canada were surprise gold medal winners, having first entered a bobsleigh team in a competitive event only 8 years previous. Favourites for the event were the Italians who finished in 3rd and 4th. Second place Austria never had an individual run which was quicker than third best, but their consistency earned them the silver medal.^[2]

Results

Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Behind
	Canada (CAN-1)	Peter Kirby Doug Anakin John Emery Vic Emery	1:02.99	1:03.82	1:03.64	1:04.01	4:14.46	—
	Austria (AUT-1)	Erwin Thaler Adolf Koxeder Josef Nairz Reinhold Durnthaler	1:03.67	1:03.94	1:03.74	1:04.13	4:15.48	+1.02
	Italy (ITA-2)	Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes Benito Rigoni Gildo Siorpaes	1:03.43	1:04.07	1:04.02	1:04.08	4:15.60	+1.14
4	Italy (ITA-1)	Sergio Zardini Sergio Mocellini Ferruccio Dalla Torre Romano Bonagura	1:03.95	1:04.10	1:03.59	1:04.25	4:15.89	+1.43
5	United Team of Germany (EUA-1)	Franz Schelle Ludwig Siebert Josef Sterff Otto Göbl	1:04.21	1:03.50	1:04.15	1:04.33	4:16.19	+1.73
6	United States (USA-1)	Bill Hickey Reg Benham Bill Dundon Chuck Pandolph	1:03.90	1:04.11	1:04.43	1:04.79	4:17.23	+2.77
7	Austria (AUT-2)	Paul Aste Herbert Gruber Andreas Arnold Hans Stoll	1:04.65	1:04.40	1:04.43	1:04.25	4:17.13	+2.67
8	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Herbert Kiesel Bernhard Wild Hansruedi Beugger Oskar Lory	1:04.33	1:04.54	1:04.65	1:04.60	4:18.12	+3.66
9	United Team of Germany (EUA-2)	Franz Wörmann Anton Wackerle Rupert Grasegger Hubert Braun	1:04.47	1:04.42	1:05.25	1:04.54	4:18.68	+4.22
10	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Hans Zoller Hans Kleinpeter Fritz Lüdi Robert Zimmermann	1:04.83	1:04.52	1:04.97	1:04.73	4:19.05	+4.59
11	Sweden (SWE-1)	Kjell Holmström Walter Aronson Kjell Lutteman Carl-Erik Eriksson	1:04.26	1:04.04	1:04.56	1:06.38	4:19.24	+4.78
12	Great Britain (GBR-1)	Tony Nash Guy Renwick David Lewis Robin Dixon	1:04.56	1:05.07	1:04.64	1:05.13	4:19.40	+4.94
13	Great Britain (GBR-2)	Bill McCowen Robin Widdows Robin Seel Andrew Hedges	1:04.49	1:04.68	1:05.53	1:04.73	4:19.43	+4.97
14	Canada (CAN-2)	Monty Gordon Christopher Ondaatje David Hobart Gordon Currie	1:04.63	1:04.43	1:05.06	1:05.66	4:19.78	+5.32
15	Romania (ROU-1)	Ion Panţuru Gheorghe Maftei Constantin Cotacu Hariton Paşovschi	1:04.70	1:04.89	1:05.05	1:05.16	4:19.80	+5.34
16	Argentina (ARG-1)	Héctor Tomasi Carlos Alberto Tomasi Hernán Agote Fernando Rodríguez	1:05.74	1:06.08	1:07.07	1:06.62	4:25.51	+11.05
17	Belgium (BEL-1)	Jean de Crawhez Thierry De Borchgrave Charly Bouvy Camille Liénard Jean-Marie Buisset	1:07.46	1:05.56	1:06.51	1:06.31	4:25.84	+11.38
DNF	United States (USA-2)	Larry McKillip Bob Rogers Mike Baumgartner Jim Lamy	1:03.92	1:04.22

External links

• Todor - 1964 Four-man Bob

References

1. "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
2. "Bobsleigh at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 April 2014.