Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Four-man

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held on 15 and 16 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.^[1][2]

Four-man at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	13–14 February 1976
Competitors	85 from 12 nations
Winning time	3:40.43
Medalists
East Germany Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, Bernhard Lehmann  Switzerland Erich Schärer, Ueli Bächli, Ruedi Marti, Sepp Benz  West Germany Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Bodo Bittner, Manfred Schumann
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Results

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Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
	East Germany (GDR-1)	Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann	54.43	54.64	55.51	55.85	3:40.43
	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Erich Schärer Ueli Bächli Ruedi Marti Sepp Benz	54.96	54.81	55.28	55.84	3:40.89
	West Germany (FRG-1)	Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann	54.82	54.87	55.53	56.15	3:41.37
4	East Germany (GDR-2)	Horst Schönau Horst Bernhardt Harald Seifert Raimund Bethge	55.11	55.12	55.63	56.58	3:42.44
5	West Germany (FRG-2)	Georg Heibl Hans Morant Siegfried Radandt Fritz Ohlwärter	54.92	54.98	55.70	56.87	3:42.47
6	Austria (AUT-2)	Werner Delle Karth Andreas Schwab Heinz Krenn Otto Breg Franz Köfel	54.66	55.80	56.10	56.65	3:43.21
7	Austria (AUT-1)	Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller Gerd Zaunschirm Dieter Gehmacher	55.51	55.62	56.05	56.61	3:43.79
8	Romania (ROU-1)	Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Paul Neagu Costel Ionescu Gheorghe Lixandru	55.54	55.51	56.18	56.68	3:43.91
9	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Fritz Lüdi Thomas Hagen Rudolf Schmid Karl Häseli	55.29	55.33	56.37	57.05	3:44.04
10	France	Gérard Christaud-Pipola Alain Roy André Belle Serge Hissung	55.75	55.66	56.43	57.06	3:44.90
11	Italy (ITA-2)	Nevio De Zordo Ezio Fiori Roberto Porzia Lino Benoni	55.75	55.80	57.08	57.17	3:45.80
12	Italy (ITA-1)	Giorgio Alverà Piero Vegnuti Adriano Bee Francesco Butteri	55.59	55.92	56.94	57.42	3:45.87
13	Great Britain (GBR-1)	Jackie Price Colin Campbell Michael Sweet Gomer Lloyd	56.02	56.07	56.72	57.58	3:46.39
14	Romania (ROU-2)	Ion Panţuru Constantin Romaniuc Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu Mihai Nicolau	56.09	56.23	56.81	57.57	3:46.70
15	United States (USA-1)	Jimmy Morgan Peter Brennan John Proctor Thomas Becker	56.09	56.08	56.96	57.59	3:46.72
16	Sweden	Carl-Erik Eriksson Jan Johansson Leif Johansson Kenth Rönn	56.12	56.48	56.87	57.65	3:47.12
17	Canada (CAN-1)	Colin Nelson Thomas Stehr David Veale Jim Lavalley	55.97	56.67	57.49	57.89	3:48.02
18	Japan	Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Kimihiro Shinada	56.47	56.97	57.78	58.19	3:49.41
19	United States (USA-2)	William Hollrock Earl Frisbie Frederick Fritsch Phil Duprey	56.61	56.86	57.89	58.35	3:49.71
20	Great Britain (GBR-2)	Mark Agar Anthony Norton Graham Sweet Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn	57.21	56.88	57.75	58.01	3:49.85
21	Canada (CAN-2)	Christopher Frank William Dunn Christopher Martin Brian Vachon	57.43	56.87	57.87	58.69	3:50.86