Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

In the X. 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble two competitions were held in bobsled. The bobsled was located at L' Alpe d' Huez on the Col de Poutran, at an altitude of around 2000 meters. She was 1500 meters long, had 13 curves and overcame a height difference of 140 meters. Although it was basically a natural track, but three were directly exposed to the solar radiation curves with ammonia and liquid nitrogen artificially iced. Fluctuating weather and shifts marked the two competitions.

Two-

1st and 2nd run: February 8, 3rd and 4th run: February 11

The measures provided for February 7, first two runs of the two-man competition had to be postponed by one day due to heavy snowfall and holes in the web which runs 3 and 4 for three days 11th to February. Represented were ever two two-man bob from eleven countries, there were a total of 44 participants. A team was disqualified, another was the competition on. Monti / De Paolis and Floth / Bader showed four runs in exactly the same total time. However, only the Italians received a gold medal awarded: The regulations prescribed that at that time a tie, the best individual performance is decisive ( in the last run Monti and De Paolis had a new track record set ).

Bobsled

1st run: February 17, 06:00 clock 2nd run: February 17, 10:00 clock

This contest should have been originally held on 14 and 15 February. The jury decided on 17 February to conduct only two runs and to dispense with the 3rd and 4th round. On this day, the situation improved with a cold snap to -13 ° C so strong that the missing barrels had any problems can be carried out, but the jury held fast to its decision. Represented were 19 four-man bob from eleven countries with a total of 76 participants.

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Chamonix 1924 | St. Moritz 1928 | Lake Placid 1932 | Garmisch- Partenkirchen 1936 | St. Moritz 1948 | 1952 Oslo | Cortina d' Ampezzo 1956 | Innsbruck 1964 | Grenoble 1968 | Sapporo 1972 | Innsbruck 1976 | Lake Placid 1980 | Sarajevo 1984 | Calgary 1988 | 1992 Albertville | Lillehammer 1994 | Nagano 1998 | Salt Lake City in 2002 | Turin 2006 | Vancouver 2010 | Sochi 2014 see also: List of Olympic bobsleigh champion

• Competition at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games
• Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics