Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
VenueBob und Rodelbahn Igls
Dates5–7 February 1964
Competitors73 from 11 nations
Winning time4:14.46
Medalists
   Canada
   Austria
   Italy

Four-man bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place on 5 & 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 & 4th. Second place Austria never had an individual run which was quicker than third best, but yet their consistency earnt them the silver medal.[2]

Results

Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Behind
1st 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
2nd 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
3rd 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 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 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
Chris 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

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.
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