Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	February 13 — 14
Competitors	85 from 12 nations
Winning time	3:40.43
Medalists
East Germany Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, Bernhard Lehmann   Switzerland Erich Schärer, Ueli Bächli, Ruedi Marti, Sepp Benz   West Germany Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Bodo Bittner, Manfred Schumann

Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Two		men
Four		men

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held on 15 and 16 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.^[1]

Results

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Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
	East Germany (GDR-1)	Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann	54.43	54.64	55.51	55.85	3:40.43
	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz	54.96	54.81	55.28	55.84	3:40.89
	West Germany (FRG-1)	Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann	54.82	54.87	55.53	56.15	3:41.37
4	East Germany (GDR-2)	Horst Schönau Horst Bernhardt Harald Seifert Raimund Bethge	55.11	55.12	55.63	56.58	3:42.44
5	West Germany (FRG-2)	Georg Heibl Hans Morant Siegfried Radandt Fritz Ohlwärter	54.92	54.98	55.70	56.87	3:42.47
6	Austria (AUT-2)	Werner Delle Karth Andreas Schwab Heinz Krenn Otto Breg Franz Köfel	54.66	55.80	56.10	56.65	3:43.21
7	Austria (AUT-1)	Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller Gerd Zaunschirm Dieter Gehmacher	55.51	55.62	56.05	56.61	3:43.79
8	Romania (ROU-1)	Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Paul Neagu Costel Ionescu Gheorghe Lixandru	55.54	55.51	56.18	56.68	3:43.91
9	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli	55.29	55.33	56.37	57.05	3:44.04
10	France	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Alain Roy André Belle Serge Hissung	55.75	55.66	56.43	57.06	3:44.90
11	Italy (ITA-2)	Nevio De Zordo Ezio Fiori Roberto Porzia Lino Benoni	55.75	55.80	57.08	57.17	3:45.80
12	Italy (ITA-1)	Giorgio Alverà Piero Vegnuti Adriano Bee Francesco Butteri	55.59	55.92	56.94	57.42	3:45.87
13	Great Britain (GBR-1)	Jackie Price Colin Campbell Michael Sweet Gomer Lloyd	56.02	56.07	56.72	57.58	3:46.39
14	Romania (ROU-2)	Ion Panţuru Constantin Romaniuc Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu Mihai Nicolau	56.09	56.23	56.81	57.57	3:46.70
15	United States (USA-1)	Jimmy Morgan Peter Brennan John Proctor Thomas Becker	56.09	56.08	56.96	57.59	3:46.72
16	Sweden	Carl-Erik Eriksson Jan Johansson Leif Johansson Kenth Rönn	56.12	56.48	56.87	57.65	3:47.12
17	Canada (CAN-1)	Colin Nelson Thomas Stehr David Veale Jim Lavalley	55.97	56.67	57.49	57.89	3:48.02
18	Japan	Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Kimihiro Shinada	56.47	56.97	57.78	58.19	3:49.41
19	United States (USA-2)	William Hollrock II Earl Frisbie Frederick Fritsch Phil Duprey	56.61	56.86	57.89	58.35	3:49.71
20	Great Britain (GBR-2)	Mark Agar Anthony Norton Graham Sweet Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn	57.21	56.88	57.75	58.01	3:49.85
21	Canada (CAN-2)	Christopher Frank William Dunn Christopher Martin Brian Vachon	57.43	56.87	57.87	58.69	3:50.86

References

1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved February 1, 2014.