Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympic Games Bobsleigh results

Two-man

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Eugenio Monti and Luciano de Paolis (ITA)	4:41.54
Silver	Horst Floth and Pepi Bader (FRG)	4:41.54
Bronze	Ion Panţuru and Nicolae Neagoe (ROU)	4:44.56

There was a tie for first place. Despite initially ruling that both teams would be awarded the gold medals, the judges awarded the sole gold to the Italian team based on their fastest single heat time. Panturu and Neagoe are the only Romanians to medal at the Winter Olympics as of the 2010 games.

Four-man

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Italy (Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano)	2:17.39
Silver	Austria (Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler, Herbert Gruber, Josef Eder)	2:17.48
Bronze	Switzerland (Jean Wicki, Hans Candrian, Willi Hofmann, Walter Graf)	2:18.04

A sudden thaw in the ice on the track limited the competition to two runs.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	2	0	0	2
2	Austria	0	1	0	1
2	West Germany	0	1	0	1
4	Romania	0	0	1	1
4	Switzerland	0	0	1	1

References

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1968 Winter Olympics (Grenoble)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

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