Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at the
Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track on the mountain of
Trebević
Trebević ( sr-cyrl, Требевић) is a mountain in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located to the southeast of Sarajevo, in the territory of East Sarajevo city, bordering Jahorina mountain. Trebević is tall, making it the second shortest ...
between February 10–18, 1984.
This was the first time that
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...
entered bobsleigh teams, and did so as hosts.
Chinese Taipei
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Due to the One-China principle stipulated by the ...
also entered bob teams for the first time. The two events also saw the
Swede,
Carl-Erik Eriksson compete in the Games for the sixth time and the age of 53.
The
German Democratic Republic
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dominated events and won Gold & Silver in both disciplines, with
Wolfgang Hoppe
Wolfgang Hoppe (; born 14 November 1957, Apolda, Thuringia) is a former East German decathlete, bob pilot and 36-time international medal winner who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won six ...
and
Dietmar Schauerhammer winning Golds in both events.
Events
Participating NOCs
Sixteen nations sent bobsleigh to compete in the events at Sarajevo.
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Medal table
References
External links
1984 bobsleigh two-man results
{{Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
1984
Events
January
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1984 Winter Olympics events
Olympics
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Bobsleigh in Bosnia and Herzegovina