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Two, Men

Date10 – 11 February 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationTrebević
Participants56 from 16 countries
FormatFour runs, total time determined placement.
DetailsCurves: 13
Length: 1300 m
Start Altitude: 1109 m
Vertical Drop: 126 m

Switzerland had won the world title through Hans Hiltebrand in 1982 and Ralph Pichler in 1983 and expected to contend for the Olympic title alongside East Germany. But the GDR crews were untouchable and the gold medal was decided between their two crews. The gold and silver winning drivers were both converted brakeman although with differing levels of experience. Silver medalist Bernhard Lehmann had already won an Olympic title as a member of Meinhard Nehmer’s quartet in 1976 before becoming a driver whilst Wolfgang Hoppe did not sit in a bob until 1981.

Hoppe, a converted decathlete with a family background in motor-cycling, had emerged as a threat at the 1983 World Championship but in Sarajevo he posted the fastest time in three of the runs, and took victory with half a second to spare and started his illustrious Olympic career. Behind the two East German crews was a surprise in the shape of the USSR crews who took 3rd and 4th positions ahead of the more fancied Swiss.

PosPairNOCTimeRun #1Run #2Run #3Run #4
1Wolfgang Hoppe / Dietmar SchauerhammerGDR3:25.5651.51 (1)51.93 (2)51.06 (1)51.06 (1)Gold
2Bernhard Lehmann / Bogdan MusiolGDR3:26.0451.59 (3)51.94 (3)51.15 (2)51.36 (4)Silver
3Zintis Ekmanis / Vladimir AleksandrovURS3:26.1651.56 (2)52.10 (4)51.24 (3)51.26 (3)Bronze
4Jānis Ķipurs / Aivars ŠnepstsURS3:26.4252.06 (5)51.92 (1)51.30 (4)51.14 (2)
5Hans Hiltebrand / Meinrad MüllerSUI3:26.7651.73 (4)52.21 (=5)51.35 (5)51.47 (5)
6Ralph Pichler / Rico FreiermuthSUI3:28.2352.21 (6)52.21 (=5)51.84 (7)51.97 (6)
7Guerrino Ghedina / Andrea MeneghinITA3:29.0952.40 (9)52.46 (8)51.82 (6)52.41 (9)
8Toni Fischer / Hans MetzlerFRG3:29.1852.29 (7)52.25 (7)52.18 (9)52.46 (11)
9Marco Bellodis / Stefano TicciITA3:30.0252.69 (11)52.73 (=9)52.28 (11)52.32 (7)
10Gomer Lloyd / Peter BrugnaniGBR3:30.3652.80 (14)52.73 (=9)52.26 (10)52.57 (13)
11Andreas Weikenstorfer / Hans-Jürgen HartmannFRG3:30.4152.31 (8)53.05 (15)52.60 (15)52.45 (10)
12Walter Delle Karth / Hans LindnerAUT3:30.5952.61 (10)53.01 (13)52.33 (12)52.64 (14)
13Peter Kienast / Christian MarkAUT3:30.6552.79 (13)52.97 (11)52.42 (14)52.47 (12)
14Alan MacLachlan / Robert WilsonCAN3:30.7452.77 (12)53.04 (14)52.14 (8)52.79 (17)
15Brent Rushlaw / James TylerUSA3:30.7553.01 (16)52.99 (12)52.35 (13)52.40 (8)
16Job van Oostrum / John DrostNED3:31.9952.86 (15)53.58 (22)52.79 (18)52.76 (15)
17Frederick Fritsch / Wayne DeAtleyUSA3:32.2053.47 (21)53.32 (17)52.63 (=16)52.78 (16)
18Ion Duminicel / Costel PetrariuROU3:32.3653.18 (19)53.26 (16)52.63 (=16)53.29 (22)
19Carl-Erik Eriksson / Nils StefanssonSWE3:32.6153.13 (17)53.56 (20)53.04 (20)52.88 (18)
20Hiroshi Okachi / Yuji YakuJPN3:32.9653.29 (20)53.37 (19)53.15 (23)53.15 (20)
21Tom De La Hunty / Peter LundGBR3:33.1353.17 (18)53.34 (18)53.53 (27)53.09 (19)
22Zdravko Stojnić / Siniša TubićYUG3:34.0253.76 (22)54.09 (25)52.82 (19)53.35 (23)
23Dorin Degan / Cornel PopescuROU3:34.0653.90 (24)53.57 (21)53.18 (24)53.41 (24)
24Boris Rađenović / Nikola KoricaYUG3:34.1353.85 (23)54.01 (24)53.05 (21)53.22 (21)
25Wu Dien-Cheng / Chen Chin-SanTPE3:34.3553.92 (25)53.64 (23)53.08 (22)53.71 (26)
26Wu Chung-Chou / Hwang Chi-FangTPE3:35.4454.53 (27)54.12 (26)53.35 (25)53.44 (25)
27Yuji Funayama / Satoshi SugawaraJPN3:36.1354.52 (26)54.23 (27)53.50 (26)53.88 (27)
DNFGérard Christaud-Pipola / Patrick LachaudFRA– (TNK)– (TNK)– (TNK)– (DNS)