Date | 10 – 11 February 1984 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Trebević | |
Participants | 56 from 16 countries | |
Format | Four runs, total time determined placement. | |
Details | Curves: 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.
Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | Run #3 | Run #4 | |||
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1 | Wolfgang Hoppe / Dietmar Schauerhammer | ![]() | 3:25.56 | 51.51 (1) | 51.93 (2) | 51.06 (1) | 51.06 (1) | Gold | ||
2 | Bernhard Lehmann / Bogdan Musiol | ![]() | 3:26.04 | 51.59 (3) | 51.94 (3) | 51.15 (2) | 51.36 (4) | Silver | ||
3 | Zintis Ekmanis / Vladimir Aleksandrov | ![]() | 3:26.16 | 51.56 (2) | 52.10 (4) | 51.24 (3) | 51.26 (3) | Bronze | ||
4 | Jānis Ķipurs / Aivars Šnepsts | ![]() | 3:26.42 | 52.06 (5) | 51.92 (1) | 51.30 (4) | 51.14 (2) | |||
5 | Hans Hiltebrand / Meinrad Müller | ![]() | 3:26.76 | 51.73 (4) | 52.21 (=5) | 51.35 (5) | 51.47 (5) | |||
6 | Ralph Pichler / Rico Freiermuth | ![]() | 3:28.23 | 52.21 (6) | 52.21 (=5) | 51.84 (7) | 51.97 (6) | |||
7 | Guerrino Ghedina / Andrea Meneghin | ![]() | 3:29.09 | 52.40 (9) | 52.46 (8) | 51.82 (6) | 52.41 (9) | |||
8 | Toni Fischer / Hans Metzler | ![]() | 3:29.18 | 52.29 (7) | 52.25 (7) | 52.18 (9) | 52.46 (11) | |||
9 | Marco Bellodis / Stefano Ticci | ![]() | 3:30.02 | 52.69 (11) | 52.73 (=9) | 52.28 (11) | 52.32 (7) | |||
10 | Gomer Lloyd / Peter Brugnani | ![]() | 3:30.36 | 52.80 (14) | 52.73 (=9) | 52.26 (10) | 52.57 (13) | |||
11 | Andreas Weikenstorfer / Hans-Jürgen Hartmann | ![]() | 3:30.41 | 52.31 (8) | 53.05 (15) | 52.60 (15) | 52.45 (10) | |||
12 | Walter Delle Karth / Hans Lindner | ![]() | 3:30.59 | 52.61 (10) | 53.01 (13) | 52.33 (12) | 52.64 (14) | |||
13 | Peter Kienast / Christian Mark | ![]() | 3:30.65 | 52.79 (13) | 52.97 (11) | 52.42 (14) | 52.47 (12) | |||
14 | Alan MacLachlan / Robert Wilson | ![]() | 3:30.74 | 52.77 (12) | 53.04 (14) | 52.14 (8) | 52.79 (17) | |||
15 | Brent Rushlaw / James Tyler | ![]() | 3:30.75 | 53.01 (16) | 52.99 (12) | 52.35 (13) | 52.40 (8) | |||
16 | Job van Oostrum / John Drost | ![]() | 3:31.99 | 52.86 (15) | 53.58 (22) | 52.79 (18) | 52.76 (15) | |||
17 | Frederick Fritsch / Wayne DeAtley | ![]() | 3:32.20 | 53.47 (21) | 53.32 (17) | 52.63 (=16) | 52.78 (16) | |||
18 | Ion Duminicel / Costel Petrariu | ![]() | 3:32.36 | 53.18 (19) | 53.26 (16) | 52.63 (=16) | 53.29 (22) | |||
19 | Carl-Erik Eriksson / Nils Stefansson | ![]() | 3:32.61 | 53.13 (17) | 53.56 (20) | 53.04 (20) | 52.88 (18) | |||
20 | Hiroshi Okachi / Yuji Yaku | ![]() | 3:32.96 | 53.29 (20) | 53.37 (19) | 53.15 (23) | 53.15 (20) | |||
21 | Tom De La Hunty / Peter Lund | ![]() | 3:33.13 | 53.17 (18) | 53.34 (18) | 53.53 (27) | 53.09 (19) | |||
22 | Zdravko Stojnić / Siniša Tubić | ![]() | 3:34.02 | 53.76 (22) | 54.09 (25) | 52.82 (19) | 53.35 (23) | |||
23 | Dorin Degan / Cornel Popescu | ![]() | 3:34.06 | 53.90 (24) | 53.57 (21) | 53.18 (24) | 53.41 (24) | |||
24 | Boris Rađenović / Nikola Korica | ![]() | 3:34.13 | 53.85 (23) | 54.01 (24) | 53.05 (21) | 53.22 (21) | |||
25 | Wu Dien-Cheng / Chen Chin-San | ![]() | 3:34.35 | 53.92 (25) | 53.64 (23) | 53.08 (22) | 53.71 (26) | |||
26 | Wu Chung-Chou / Hwang Chi-Fang | ![]() | 3:35.44 | 54.53 (27) | 54.12 (26) | 53.35 (25) | 53.44 (25) | |||
27 | Yuji Funayama / Satoshi Sugawara | ![]() | 3:36.13 | 54.52 (26) | 54.23 (27) | 53.50 (26) | 53.88 (27) | |||
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