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Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Two-man

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Two-man
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueL'Alpe d'Huez
Dates8–11 February
Competitors44 from 11 nations
Winning time4:41.54
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eugenio Monti, Luciano De Paolis  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Horst Floth, Pepi Bader  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ion Panţuru, Nicolae Neagoe  Romania
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Bobsleigh at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Twomen
Fourmen

The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 4 and 5 February, at L'Alpe d'Huez.[1][2] 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 2022 Games.

Results

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Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy (ITA-1) Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis		 70.13 70.72 70.64 70.05 4:41.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  West Germany (FRG-1) Horst Floth
Pepi Bader		 70.76 70.43 70.20 70.15 4:41.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Romania (ROU-1) Ion Panţuru
Nicolae Neagoe		 70.20 71.62 71.31 71.33 4:44.46
4  Austria (AUT-1) Erwin Thaler
Reinhold Durnthaler		 71.27 71.26 70.72 71.88 4:45.13
5  Great Britain (GBR-1) Tony Nash
Robin Dixon		 70.57 71.60 71.77 71.22 4:45.16
6  United States (USA-1) Paul Lamey
Robert Huscher		 71.30 71.54 71.04 72.15 4:46.03
7  West Germany (FRG-2) Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider		 72.36 71.94 70.77 71.33 4:46.40
8  Austria (AUT-2) Max Kaltenberger
Fritz Dinkhauser		 71.34 72.15 71.00 72.14 4:46.63
9  Switzerland (SUI-1) Jean Wicki
Hans Candrian		 70.60 71.72 72.01 72.65 4:46.98
10  Switzerland (SUI-2) René Stadler
Max Forster		 71.60 72.74 72.36 72.46 4:49.16
11  United States (USA-2) Howard Clifton
Michael Luce		 72.10 72.18 71.88 73.15 4:49.31
12  Italy (ITA-2) Rinaldo Ruatti
Sergio Mocellini		 71.80 72.29 73.27 72.95 4:50.31
13  Spain (ESP-2) José María Palomo
José Manuel Pérez		 71.97 72.60 74.34 72.25 4:51.16
14  Sweden (SWE-1) Rolf Höglund
Börje Hedblom		 72.77 73.17 72.62 72.63 4:51.19
15  Great Britain (GBR-2) John Blockey
Mike Freeman		 72.06 72.25 73.79 73.17 4:51.27
16  France (FRA-1) Bertrand Croset
Henri Sirvain		 72.36 72.79 72.35 73.78 4:51.28
17  Spain (ESP-1) Eugenio Baturone
Maximiliano Jones		 72.76 74.30 72.81 71.67 4:51.54
18  Sweden (SWE-2) Carl-Erik Eriksson
Eric Wennerberg 		72.75 72.69 72.84 73.41 4:51.69
19  Canada (CAN-1) Purvis McDougall
Bob Storey		 73.89 72.80 73.68 73.73 4:54.10
20  France (FRA-2) Gérard Christaud-Pipola
Jacques Christaud-Pipola		 71.24 94.47 72.49 73.47 5:11.67
–  Romania (ROU-2) Romeo Nedelcu
Gheorghe Maftei		 ? ? ? DNF –
–  Canada (CAN-2) Hans Gehrig
Harry Goetschi		 DQ – – – –

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Two". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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