Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 12 February 1972.^[1][2]

Bobsleigh at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sapporo Teine
Dates	4–12 February 1972
Competitors	79 from 11 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	West Germany	1	1	1	3
2	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
3	Italy	0	1	0	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Three countries won medals in Sapporo, West Germany leading the medal table.

Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man details	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider	4:57.07	West Germany (FRG) Horst Floth Pepi Bader	4:58.84	Switzerland (SUI) Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher	4:59.33
Four-man details	Switzerland (SUI) Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	4:43.07	Italy (ITA) Nevio de Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	4:43.83	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider	4:43.92

Participating NOCs

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Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1972 Games. Japan made their Olympic bobsleigh debut.

•  Austria (8)
•  Canada (6)
•  France (6)
•  West Germany (8)
•  Great Britain (8)
•  Italy (9)
•  Japan (8)
•  Romania (5)
•  Switzerland (8)
•  Sweden (4)
•  United States (9)