Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Two-man

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Two-man

|games = 1968 Winter

|image = Bobsleigh pictogram.svg

|image_size = 100px

|venue = L'Alpe d'Huez

|dates = 8–11 February 1968

|competitors = 44

|nations = 11

|win_value = 4:41.54

|gold = Eugenio Monti, Luciano De Paolis

|goldNOC= ITA

|silver = Horst Floth, Pepi Bader

|silverNOC = FRG

|bronze = Ion Panţuru, Nicolae Neagoe

|bronzeNOC = ROU

|prev = 1964

|next = 1972

|}}

{{Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}

The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 4 and 5 February, at L'Alpe d'Huez.{{cite web

| title = Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble

| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/or1968.pdf

| publisher = LA84 Foundation

| work = Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver

| year = 1968

| accessdate = 1 February 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/BOB/mens-two.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204837/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/BOB/mens-two.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Bobsleigh at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Two |accessdate=9 April 2018 |work=Sports Reference}} There was a tie for first place. Despite initially ruling that both teams would be awarded the gold medals, the judges awarded the sole gold to the Italian team based on their fastest single heat time. Panturu and Neagoe are the only Romanians to medal at the Winter Olympics as of the 2022 Games.

Results

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! Rank !! Country !! Athletes!! Run 1 !! Run 2 !! Run 3 !! Run 4 !! Total

{{gold1}}align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|ITA-1}}align=left| Eugenio Monti
Luciano De Paolis
70.1370.7270.6470.054:41.54
{{silver2}}align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|FRG-1}}align=left| Horst Floth
Pepi Bader
70.7670.4370.2070.154:41.54
{{bronze3}}align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|1968 Winter|ROU-1}}align=left| Ion Panţuru
Nicolae Neagoe
70.2071.6271.3171.334:44.46
4align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|AUT-1}}align=left| Erwin Thaler
Reinhold Durnthaler
71.2771.2670.7271.884:45.13
5align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1968 Winter|GBR-1}}align=left| Tony Nash
Robin Dixon
70.5771.6071.7771.224:45.16
6align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Winter|USA-1}}align=left| Paul Lamey
Robert Huscher
71.3071.5471.0472.154:46.03
7align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|FRG-2}}align=left| Wolfgang Zimmerer
Peter Utzschneider
72.3671.9470.7771.334:46.40
8align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|AUT-2}}align=left| Max Kaltenberger
Fritz Dinkhauser
71.3472.1571.0072.144:46.63
9align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1968 Winter|SUI-1}}align=left| Jean Wicki
Hans Candrian
70.6071.7272.0172.654:46.98
10align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1968 Winter|SUI-2}}align=left| René Stadler
Max Forster
71.6072.7472.3672.464:49.16
11align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Winter|USA-2}}align=left| Howard Clifton
Michael Luce
72.1072.1871.8873.154:49.31
12align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|ITA-2}}align=left| Rinaldo Ruatti
Sergio Mocellini
71.8072.2973.2772.954:50.31
13align=left| {{FlagIOC|ESP|1968 Winter|ESP-2}}align=left| José María Palomo
José Manuel Pérez
71.9772.6074.3472.254:51.16
14align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1968 Winter|SWE-1}}align=left| Rolf Höglund
Börje Hedblom
72.7773.1772.6272.634:51.19
15align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1968 Winter|GBR-2}}align=left| John Blockey
Mike Freeman
72.0672.2573.7973.174:51.27
16align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1968 Winter|FRA-1}}align=left| Bertrand Croset
Henri Sirvain
72.3672.7972.3573.784:51.28
17align=left| {{FlagIOC|ESP|1968 Winter|ESP-1}}align=left| Eugenio Baturone
Maximiliano Jones
72.7674.3072.8171.674:51.54
18align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1968 Winter|SWE-2}}align=left| Carl-Erik Eriksson
Eric Wennerberg
72.7572.6972.8473.414:51.69
19align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1968 Winter|CAN-1}}align=left| Purvis McDougall
Bob Storey
73.8972.8073.6873.734:54.10
20align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1968 Winter|FRA-2}}align=left| Gérard Christaud-Pipola
Jacques Christaud-Pipola
71.2494.4772.4973.475:11.67
align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|1968 Winter|ROU-2}}align=left| Romeo Nedelcu
Gheorghe Maftei
???DNF
align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1968 Winter|CAN-2}}align=left| Hans Gehrig
Harry Goetschi
DQ

References

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