Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Four-man
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Four-man
|games = 1976 Winter
|image = Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
|venue = Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
|dates = 13–14 February 1976
|competitors = 85
|nations = 12
|win_value = 3:40.43
|gold = {{FlagIOC|GDR|1976 Winter}}
Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, Bernhard Lehmann
|silver = {{FlagIOC|SUI|1976 Winter}}
Erich Schärer, Ueli Bächli, Ruedi Marti, Sepp Benz
|bronze = {{FlagIOC|FRG|1976 Winter}}
Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Bodo Bittner, Manfred Schumann
|prev = 1972
|next = 1980
|}}
{{Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}
The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held on 15 and 16 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.{{cite web
| title = Final Report – XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/orw1976.pdf
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
| work = Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976
| year = 1976
Results
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Country !! Athletes!! Run 1 !! Run 2 !! Run 3 !! Run 4 !! Total | |||||||
| {{gold1}} | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1976 Winter|GDR-1}} | align=left| Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann | 54.43 | 54.64 | 55.51 | 55.85 | 3:40.43 |
| {{silver2}} | align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1976 Winter|SUI-2}} | align=left| Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz | 54.96 | 54.81 | 55.28 | 55.84 | 3:40.89 |
| {{bronze3}} | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1976 Winter|FRG-1}} | align=left| Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann | 54.82 | 54.87 | 55.53 | 56.15 | 3:41.37 |
| 4 | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1976 Winter|GDR-2}} | align=left| Horst Schönau Horst Bernhardt Harald Seifert Raimund Bethge | 55.11 | 55.12 | 55.63 | 56.58 | 3:42.44 |
| 5 | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1976 Winter|FRG-2}} | align=left| Georg Heibl Hans Morant Siegfried Radandt Fritz Ohlwärter | 54.92 | 54.98 | 55.70 | 56.87 | 3:42.47 |
| 6 | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1976 Winter|AUT-2}} | align=left| Werner Delle Karth Andreas Schwab Heinz Krenn Otto Breg Franz Köfel | 54.66 | 55.80 | 56.10 | 56.65 | 3:43.21 |
| 7 | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1976 Winter|AUT-1}} | align=left| Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller Gerd Zaunschirm Dieter Gehmacher | 55.51 | 55.62 | 56.05 | 56.61 | 3:43.79 |
| 8 | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|1976 Winter|ROU-1}} | align=left| Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Paul Neagu Costel Ionescu Gheorghe Lixandru | 55.54 | 55.51 | 56.18 | 56.68 | 3:43.91 |
| 9 | align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1976 Winter|SUI-1}} | align=left| Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli | 55.29 | 55.33 | 56.37 | 57.05 | 3:44.04 |
| 10 | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1976 Winter |
Alain Roy
André Belle
Serge Hissung || 55.75 || 55.66 || 56.43 || 57.06 || 3:44.90
|-
| 11 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1976 Winter|ITA-2}} || align=left| Nevio De Zordo
Ezio Fiori
Roberto Porzia
Lino Benoni || 55.75 || 55.80 || 57.08 || 57.17 || 3:45.80
|-
| 12 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1976 Winter|ITA-1}} || align=left| Giorgio Alverà
Piero Vegnuti
Adriano Bee
Francesco Butteri || 55.59 || 55.92 || 56.94 || 57.42 || 3:45.87
|-
| 13 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1976 Winter|GBR-1}} || align=left| Jackie Price
Colin Campbell
Michael Sweet
Gomer Lloyd || 56.02 || 56.07 || 56.72 || 57.58 || 3:46.39
|-
| 14 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|1976 Winter|ROU-2}} || align=left| Ion Panţuru
Constantin Romaniuc
Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu
Mihai Nicolau || 56.09 || 56.23 || 56.81 || 57.57 || 3:46.70
|-
| 15 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1976 Winter|USA-1}} || align=left| Jimmy Morgan
Peter Brennan
John Proctor
Thomas Becker || 56.09 || 56.08 || 56.96 || 57.59 || 3:46.72
|-
| 16 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1976 Winter|}} || align=left| Carl-Erik Eriksson
Jan Johansson
Leif Johansson
Kenth Rönn || 56.12 || 56.48 || 56.87 || 57.65 || 3:47.12
|-
| 17 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1976 Winter|CAN-1}} || align=left| Colin Nelson
Thomas Stehr
David Veale
Jim Lavalley || 55.97 || 56.67 || 57.49 || 57.89 || 3:48.02
|-
| 18 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1976 Winter|}} || align=left| Susumu Esashika
Kazumi Abe
Rikio Sato
Kimihiro Shinada || 56.47 || 56.97 || 57.78 || 58.19 || 3:49.41
|-
| 19 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1976 Winter|USA-2}} || align=left| William Hollrock
Earl Frisbie
Frederick Fritsch
Phil Duprey || 56.61 || 56.86 || 57.89 || 58.35 || 3:49.71
|-
| 20 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1976 Winter|GBR-2}} || align=left| Mark Agar
Anthony Norton
Graham Sweet
Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn || 57.21 || 56.88 || 57.75 || 58.01 || 3:49.85
|-
| 21 ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1976 Winter|CAN-2}} || align=left| Christopher Frank
William Dunn
Christopher Martin
Brian Vachon || 57.43 || 56.87 || 57.87 || 58.69 || 3:50.86
|}
References
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Bobsleigh Four-man}}
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