Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh; at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	6–14 February
Competitors	92 from 13 nations

Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 6 and 14 February 1976.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	0	0	2
2	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
2	West Germany	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Three countries won medals in Innsbruck, with East Germany sweeping the gold medals.

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man details	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen	3:44.42	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Manfred Schumann	3:44.99	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Joseph Benz	3:45.70
Four-man details	East Germany (GDR) Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann	3:40.43	Switzerland (SUI) Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Joseph Benz	3:40.89	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann	3:41.37

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Thirteen nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1976 Games. East Germany made their Olympic bobsleigh debut.

^ a b c d "Final Report – XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ "Bobsleigh at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.

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