Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Four-man

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Four-man

|games = 1972 Winter

|image = Bobsleigh pictogram.svg

|image_size = 100px

|venue = Sapporo Teine

|dates = 11–12 February 1972

|competitors = 72

|nations = 11

|win_value = 4:43.07

|gold = {{FlagIOC|SUI|1972 Winter}}
Jean Wicki, Hans Leutenegger, Werner Camichel, Edy Hubacher

|silver = {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Winter}}
Nevio De Zordo
Adriano Frassinelli
Corrado Dal Fabbro
Gianni Bonichon

|bronze = {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Winter}}
Wolfgang Zimmerer, Stefan Gaisreiter, Walter Steinbauer, Peter Utzschneider

|prev = 1968

|next = 1976

|}}

The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo was held on 11 and 12 February, at Sapporo Teine.{{cite web

| title = The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972

| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/orw1972.pdf

| publisher = LA84 Foundation

| work = Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games

| year = 1972

| access-date = 1 February 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/BOB/mens-four.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/BOB/mens-four.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Bobsleigh at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's Four |access-date=11 April 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}

Results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Country !! Athletes!! Run 1 !! Run 2 !! Run 3 !! Run 4 !! Total
{{gold1}}	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|SUI\|1972 Winter\|SUI-1}}	align=left\| Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher	70.71	54.64	55.51	55.85	4:43.07
{{silver2}}	align=left\|{{FlagIOC\|ITA\|1972 Winter\|ITA-1}}	align=left\| Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon	71.39	54.98	55.70	56.87	4:43.83
{{bronze3}}	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRG\|1972 Winter\|FRG-1}}	align=left\| Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider	71.18	54.87	55.53	56.15	4:43.92
4	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|SUI\|1972 Winter\|SUI-2}}	align=left\| Hans Candrian Erwin Juon Gaudenz Beeli Heinz Schenker	72.36	56.23	56.81	57.57	4:44.56
5	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRG\|1972 Winter\|FRG-2}}	align=left\| Horst Floth Donat Ertel Walter Gillik Pepi Bader	70.83	54.81	55.28	55.84	4:45.09
6	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|AUT\|1972 Winter\|AUT-1}}	align=left\| Herbert Gruber Utz Chwalla Josef Eder Josef Oberhauser	71.20	55.12	55.63	56.58	4:45.77
7	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|AUT\|1972 Winter\|AUT-2}}	align=left\| Werner Delle Karth Werner Moser Walter Delle Karth Fritz Sperling	71.58	55.51	56.18	56.68	4:46.66
8	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|ITA\|1972 Winter\|ITA-2}}	align=left\| Gianfranco Gaspari Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano Luciano De Paolis	71.89	55.66	56.43	57.06	4:46.73
9	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRA\|1972 Winter

} || align=left| Patrick Parisot
Yves Bonsang
Alain Roy
Gilles Morda || 71.79 || 55.33 || 56.37 || 57.05 || 4:46.75

| 10 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|1972 Winter|}} || align=left| Ion Panţuru
Ion Zangor
Dumitru Pascu
Dumitru Focşeneanu || 72.07 || 55.80 || 57.08 || 57.17 || 4:47.12

| 11 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1972 Winter|}} || align=left| Carl-Erik Eriksson
Tom Mentzer
Thomas Gustafsson
Jan Johansson || 72.14 || 55.92 || 56.94 || 57.42 || 4:47.40

| 12 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Winter|JPN-1}} || align=left| Susumu Esashika
Kazumi Abe
Rikio Sato
Yoshiyuki Ichihashi || 71.51 || 55.62 || 56.05 || 56.61 || 4:47.92

| 13 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Winter|}} || align=left| Hans Gehrig
David Richardson
Peter Blakeley
Andrew Faulds || 72.61 || 56.08 || 56.96 || 57.59 || 4:48.06

| 14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Winter|USA-2}} || align=left| Boris Said, Jr.
James Copley
Ken Morris
Phil Duprey || 72.31 || 56.07 || 56.72 || 57.58 || 4:48.43

| 15 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Winter|GBR-2}} || align=left| John Hammond
Jackie Price
Alan Jones
Peter Clifford || 73.00 || 56.67 || 57.49 || 57.89 || 4:50.46

| 16 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Winter|GBR-1}} || align=left| John Evelyn
Mike Freeman
Gomer Lloyd
Bill Sweet || 72.83 || 56.48 || 56.87 || 57.65 || 4:51.03

| ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Winter|USA-1}} || align=left| Jim Hickey Jr.
Jim Bridges
Howard Siler, Jr.
Thomas Becker || DQ || 56.97 || 57.78 || 58.19 || DQ

| ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Winter|JPN-2}} || align=left| Toshihisa Nagata
Hiroshi Inaba
Koichi Sugawara
Akihiko Suzuki || 71.51 || 55.80 || 56.10 || 56.65 || DQ

References

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