Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Four-man
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| Venue | Bob und Rodelbahn Igls | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5–7 February 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 73 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:14.46 | ||||||||||||
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
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][2]
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 |
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 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 | — |
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 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 |
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 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) |
1:04.26 | 1:04.04 | 1:04.56 | 1:06.38 | 4:19.24 | +4.78 | |
| 12 |  Great Britain (GBR-1) |
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) |
1:04.70 | 1:04.89 | 1:05.05 | 1:05.16 | 4:19.80 | +5.34 | |
| 16 |  Argentina (ARG-1) |
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) |
Jim Lamy |
1:03.92 | 1:04.22 |
References
- ^ "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 30 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Bobsleigh at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
External links
- Todor – 1964 Four-man Bob
