Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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The event included competitors from countries with little or no snow.[1] These countries included Jamaica (whose involvement spurred the movie Cool Runnings), Mexico, and New Zealand. An informal "Caribbean Cup" of such countries was won by New Zealand's Alexander Peterson and Peter Henry, who finished equal twentieth. In the two-man event, the best result from a completely snow-less country was twenty-ninth by Bart Carpentier Alting and Bart Dreschsel of the Netherlands Antilles. Alting also competed in luge, finishing thirty-sixth out of thirty-eight.[1]
Two-man
Pos | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Soviet Union I (URS) (Jānis Ķipurs and Vladimir Koslov) | 3:53.48 |
Silver | East Germany I (GDR) (Wolfgang Hoppe and Bogdan Musiol) | 3:54.19 |
Bronze | East Germany II (GDR) (Bernhard Lehmann and Mario Hoyer) | 3:54.64 |
Four-man
Pos | Team | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Switzerland I (SUI) (Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler and Werner Stocker) | 3:47.51 |
Silver | East Germany I (GDR) (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer, Bogdan Musiol and Ingo Voge) | 3:47.58 |
Bronze | Soviet Union II (URS) (Jānis Ķipurs, Guntis Osis, Juris Tone and Vladimir Koslov) | 3:48.26 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Wallechinsky: "The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics" (2002 edition) ISBN 1-85410-807-7