Competitions of four-seater crews in bobsled at the 1976 Winter Olympics were held on February 13 and 14 on the luge-bobsled track in Igls. 21 teams from 12 countries took part in the competition, the winner was determined on the basis of four races.
The victory with a margin of 0.46 seconds was won by the Olympic debutant, representative of East Germany, Meinhard Nemer . Following him is an experienced Swiss Erich Scherer , multiple winner and winner of world championships. Third place went to the West German crew pilot Wolfgang Zimmerer , Olympic champion Sapporo in the doubles.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| GDR Meinhard Nemer Jochen Babock Bernhard Hermeshausen Bernhard Lehman | Switzerland Erich Scherer Ulrich Behli Rudolph Marty Joseph Benz | Germany Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Watschneider Bodo Bitner Manfred Schumann |
Competition
| A place | Team | Athletes | 1 race | 2 race | 3 race | 4 race | Total | Dep. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Germany I | Meinhard Nemer Jochen Babock Bernhard Hermeshausen Bernhard Lehman | 54.43 | 54.64 | 55.51 | 55.85 | 3: 40.43 | ||
| Switzerland II | Erich Scherer Ulrich Behli Rudolph Marty Joseph Benz | 54.96 | 54.81 | 55.28 | 55.84 | 3: 40.89 | +0.46 | |
| Germany I | Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Watschneider Bodo Bitner Manfred Schumann | 54.82 | 54.87 | 55.53 | 56.15 | 3: 41.37 | +0.94 | |
| four | GDR II | Horst Schönau Horst Bernhardt Harald Seifert Raymund Betge | 55.11 | 55.12 | 55.63 | 56.58 | 3: 42.44 | + 2.01 |
| 5 | Germany II | Georg Heible Hans Morant Siegfried Radant Fritz Olverter | 54.92 | 54.98 | 55.70 | 56.87 | 3: 42.47 | +2.04 |
| 6 | Austria II | Werner delle Carte Heinz Krenn / Andreas Schwab Otto Breg Franz Köfel | 54.66 | 55.80 | 56.10 | 56.65 | 3: 43.21 | + 2.78 |
| 7 | Austria I | Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller Gerd Zaunshirm Dieter Gemacher | 55.51 | 55.62 | 56.05 | 56.61 | 3: 43.79 | +3.36 |
| 8 | Romania I | Dragosh Panaitescu Rapan Paul Nyagu Church of Ionescu Gheorghe Lixandro | 55.54 | 55.51 | 56.18 | 56.68 | 3: 43.91 | +3.48 |
| 9 | Switzerland I | Fritz People Thomas Hagen Rudolph Schmid Karl Hesely | 55.29 | 55.33 | 56.37 | 57.05 | 3: 44.04 | +3.61 |
| 10 | France I | Gerard Cristo Pipola Alain Roy Andre Belle Serge Hissun | 55.75 | 55.66 | 56.43 | 57.06 | 3: 44.90 | +4.47 |
| eleven | Italy II | Nevio de Zordo Ezio fieri Roberto Portia Lino Benoni | 55.75 | 55.80 | 57.08 | 57.17 | 3: 45.80 | +5.37 |
| 12 | Italy I | Giorgio Alvera Pierrot Veggnuti Adriano Bey Francesco Butteri | 55.59 | 55.92 | 56.94 | 57.42 | 3: 45.87 | +5.44 |
| 13 | Great Britain I | Jackie price Colin Campbell Bill sweet Homer Lloyd | 56.02 | 56.07 | 56.72 | 57.58 | 3: 46.39 | +5.96 |
| fourteen | Romania II | Ion Pantsuru Konstantin Romanyuk Alex Georges Tananescu Mihai Nicolau | 56.09 | 56.23 | 56.81 | 57.57 | 3: 46.70 | + 6.27 |
| fifteen | USA I | Jimmy morgan Peter Brennan John Proctor Thomas Becker | 56.09 | 56.08 | 56.96 | 57.59 | 3: 46.72 | +6.29 |
| 16 | Sweden I | Karl-Eric Ericsson Jan Johansson Leif Johansson Kent Ronne | 56.12 | 56.48 | 56.87 | 57.65 | 3: 47.12 | +6.69 |
| 17 | Canada I | Colin Nelson Thomas Stehr David Wiley Jim Levalley | 55.97 | 56.67 | 57.49 | 57.89 | 3: 48.02 | +7.59 |
| eighteen | Japan I | Susumu Esasika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Kimihiro Sinada | 56.47 | 56.97 | 57.78 | 58.19 | 3: 49.41 | +8.98 |
| 19 | USA II | William Holrock III Earl Frisbee Frederick Fritsch Phil derpy | 56.61 | 56.86 | 57.89 | 58.35 | 3: 49.71 | +9.28 |
| twenty | Great Britain II | Mark Ager Anthony Norton Graham Sweet Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn | 57.21 | 56.88 | 57.75 | 58.01 | 3: 49.85 | +9.42 |
| 21 | Canada II | Christopher Frank William Dunn Christopher Martin Brian Washon | 57.43 | 56.87 | 57.87 | 58.69 | 3: 50.86 | +10.43 |
Links
- Bobsleigh at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Four - competition results on Sports-Reference.com