Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | La Plagne |
Dates | 15–22 February |
Competitors | 159 from 25 nations |
Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics | |
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Two | men |
Four | men |
Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at La Plagne. The competition took place between February 15 and February 22, 1992.[1][2]
Medal summary[]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Totals (3 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Three countries won medals in Albertville, with Maslanka-McDonnell team leading the medal table, with two medals, one gold and one bronze. Germany won the most medals, with three. Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin were the only athletes to medal in both competitions.
Events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Two-man |
![]() Gustav Weder Donat Acklin |
4:03.26 | ![]() Rudi Lochner Markus Zimmermann |
4:03.55 | ![]() Christoph Langen Günther Eger |
4:03.63 |
Four-man |
![]() Ingo Appelt Harald Winkler Gerhard Haidacher Thomas Schroll |
3:53.90 | ![]() Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musioł Axel Kühn René Hannemann |
3:53.92 | ![]() Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell |
3:54.13 |
Participating NOCs[]
Twenty-five nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1992 Games. Ireland, Latvia, Puerto Rico and the Unified Team made their bobsleigh debuts.[1]
Netherlands Antilles (2)
Australia (2)
Austria (8)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (9)
France (9)
Great Britain (8)
Germany (12)
Ireland (4)
Virgin Islands (8)
Italy (8)
Jamaica (5)
Japan (4)
Latvia (8)
Mexico (7)
Monaco (5)
Norway (2)
Puerto Rico (4)
Romania (5)
Switzerland (8)
Czechoslovakia (6)
Chinese Taipei (4)
Unified Team (9)
United States (12)
Yugoslavia (5)
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
External links[]
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.
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