The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 4 and 5 February, at L'Alpe d'Huez. 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 2026 Games.
Results
Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis 70.13 70.72 70.64 70.05 4:41.54 Horst Floth Pepi Bader 70.76 70.43 70.20 70.15 4:41.54 Ion Panţuru Nicolae Neagoe 70.20 71.62 71.31 71.33 4:44.46 4 Erwin Thaler Reinhold Durnthaler 71.27 71.26 70.72 71.88 4:45.13 5 Tony Nash Robin Dixon 70.57 71.60 71.77 71.22 4:45.16 6 Paul Lamey Robert Huscher 71.30 71.54 71.04 72.15 4:46.03 7 Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider 72.36 71.94 70.77 71.33 4:46.40 8 Max Kaltenberger Fritz Dinkhauser 71.34 72.15 71.00 72.14 4:46.63 9 Jean Wicki Hans Candrian 70.60 71.72 72.01 72.65 4:46.98 10 René Stadler Max Forster 71.60 72.74 72.36 72.46 4:49.16 11 Howard Clifton Michael Luce 72.10 72.18 71.88 73.15 4:49.31 12 Rinaldo Ruatti Sergio Mocellini 71.80 72.29 73.27 72.95 4:50.31 13 José María Palomo José Manuel Pérez 71.97 72.60 74.34 72.25 4:51.16 14 Rolf Höglund Börje Hedblom 72.77 73.17 72.62 72.63 4:51.19 15 John Blockey Mike Freeman 72.06 72.25 73.79 73.17 4:51.27 16 Bertrand Croset Henri Sirvain 72.36 72.79 72.35 73.78 4:51.28 17 Eugenio Baturone Maximiliano Jones 72.76 74.30 72.81 71.67 4:51.54 18 Carl-Erik Eriksson Eric Wennerberg 72.75 72.69 72.84 73.41 4:51.69 19 Purvis McDougall Bob Storey 73.89 72.80 73.68 73.73 4:54.10 20 Gérard Christaud-Pipola Jacques Christaud-Pipola 71.24 94.47 72.49 73.47 5:11.67 – Romeo Nedelcu Gheorghe Maftei ? ? ? DNF – – Hans Gehrig Harry Goetschi DQ – – – –
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