| Two-man at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | L'Alpe d'Huez | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8–11 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:41.54 | ||||||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 4 and 5 February, at L'Alpe d'Huez. 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
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Italy (ITA-1) |
Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis |
70.13 | 70.72 | 70.64 | 70.05 | 4:41.54 |
 |
 West Germany (FRG-1) |
Horst Floth Pepi Bader |
70.76 | 70.43 | 70.20 | 70.15 | 4:41.54 |
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 Romania (ROU-1) |
Ion Panţuru Nicolae Neagoe |
70.20 | 71.62 | 71.31 | 71.33 | 4:44.46 |
| 4 |  Austria (AUT-1) |
Erwin Thaler Reinhold Durnthaler |
71.27 | 71.26 | 70.72 | 71.88 | 4:45.13 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR-1) |
Tony Nash Robin Dixon |
70.57 | 71.60 | 71.77 | 71.22 | 4:45.16 |
| 6 |  United States (USA-1) |
Paul Lamey Robert Huscher |
71.30 | 71.54 | 71.04 | 72.15 | 4:46.03 |
| 7 | West Germany (FRG-2) |
Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider |
72.36 | 71.94 | 70.77 | 71.33 | 4:46.40 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT-2) |
Max Kaltenberger Fritz Dinkhauser |
71.34 | 72.15 | 71.00 | 72.14 | 4:46.63 |
| 9 |  Switzerland (SUI-1) |
Jean Wicki Hans Candrian |
70.60 | 71.72 | 72.01 | 72.65 | 4:46.98 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI-2) |
René Stadler Max Forster |
71.60 | 72.74 | 72.36 | 72.46 | 4:49.16 |
| 11 | United States (USA-2) |
Howard Clifton Michael Luce |
72.10 | 72.18 | 71.88 | 73.15 | 4:49.31 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA-2) |
Rinaldo Ruatti Sergio Mocellini |
71.80 | 72.29 | 73.27 | 72.95 | 4:50.31 |
| 13 |  Spain (ESP-2) |
José María Palomo José Manuel Pérez |
71.97 | 72.60 | 74.34 | 72.25 | 4:51.16 |
| 14 |  Sweden (SWE-1) |
Rolf Höglund Börje Hedblom |
72.77 | 73.17 | 72.62 | 72.63 | 4:51.19 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR-2) |
John Blockey Mike Freeman |
72.06 | 72.25 | 73.79 | 73.17 | 4:51.27 |
| 16 |  France (FRA-1) |
Bertrand Croset Henri Sirvain |
72.36 | 72.79 | 72.35 | 73.78 | 4:51.28 |
| 17 | Spain (ESP-1) |
Eugenio Baturone Maximiliano Jones |
72.76 | 74.30 | 72.81 | 71.67 | 4:51.54 |
| 18 | Sweden (SWE-2) |
Carl-Erik Eriksson Eric Wennerberg |
72.75 | 72.69 | 72.84 | 73.41 | 4:51.69 |
| 19 |  Canada (CAN-1) |
Purvis McDougall Bob Storey |
73.89 | 72.80 | 73.68 | 73.73 | 4:54.10 |
| 20 | France (FRA-2) |
Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola |
71.24 | 94.47 | 72.49 | 73.47 | 5:11.67 |
| – | Romania (ROU-2) |
Romeo Nedelcu Gheorghe Maftei |
? | ? | ? | DNF | – |
| – | Canada (CAN-2) |
Hans Gehrig Harry Goetschi |
DQ | – | – | – | – |
References
- ^ "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- "Bobsleigh at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Two". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
