Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympic Games Bobsleigh results

Contents

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
West Germany 0 1 0 1
4 Romania 0 0 1 1
Switzerland 0 0 1 1

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