Four-man bobsleigh at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

took place on 5 and 7 February at Bob und Rodelbahn Igls, Innsbruck,

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. This event was last run at the 1956 Winter Olympics, as

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

was not part of the 1960 games. The winning athletes were those who posted the shortest total time over four separate runs.

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were surprise gold medal winners, having first entered a bobsleigh team in a competitive event only 8 years previous. Favourites for the event were the

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who finished in 3rd and 4th. Second place

never had an individual run which was quicker than third best, but their consistency earned them the silver medal.

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