Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The event included competitors from countries with little or no snow. David Wallechinsky: "The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics" (2002 edition) ISBN 1854108077 These countries included Jamaica, Mexico, Australia 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.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.Top-8 finishes table
Nation
Total
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Soviet Union
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
Switzerland
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
East Germany
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
United States
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Austria
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
4
West Germany
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Men's events
Two-Man
Pos
Athlete
Time
Gold
Jānis Ķipurs and Vladimir Kozlov (URS)
3:53.48
Silver
Wolfgang Hoppe and Bogdan Musiol (GDR)
3:54.19
Bronze
Bernhard Lehmann and Mario Hoyer (GDR)
3:54.64
Four-Man
Pos
Athlete
Time
Gold
Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Macel Fässler and Werner Stocker)
3:47.51
Silver
East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer, Bogdan Musiol and Ingo Voge)
3:47.58
Bronze
Soviet Union (Jānis Ķipurs, Guntis Osis, Juris Tone and Vladimir Kozlov)
3:48.26
References
See also
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