Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Two-man

Two-man
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Two-man; at the X Olympic Winter Games
Venue	L'Alpe d'Huez
Dates	8–11 February
Competitors	44 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:41.54
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 4 and 5 February, at L'Alpe d'Huez.^[1]^[2] 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
	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
	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

^ ^a ^b "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.