| Two-man at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run | |||||||||
| Dates | February 15 – 16, 1980 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:09.36 | |||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
TheTwo-manbobsleigh competition at the1980 Winter Olympics inLake Placid was held on 15 and 16 February, atMt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run.[1][2]
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
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 |  Switzerland (SUI-2) | Erich Schärer Sepp Benz | 61.87 | 62.76 | 62.29 | 62.44 | 4:09.36 |
 |  East Germany (GDR-2) | Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | 62.58 | 62.48 | 63.31 | 62.56 | 4:10.93 |
 | East Germany (GDR-1) | Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musioł | 62.39 | 62.88 | 62.86 | 62.95 | 4:11.08 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI-1) | Hans Hiltebrand Walter Rahm | 62.37 | 62.96 | 63.35 | 62.64 | 4:11.32 |
| 5 |  United States (USA-2) | Howard Siler, Jr. Dick Nalley | 63.04 | 63.04 | 62.65 | 63.00 | 4:11.73 |
| 6 | United States (USA-1) | Brent Rushlaw Joe Tyler | 62.90 | 62.81 | 62.99 | 63.42 | 4:12.12 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT-2) | Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller | 63.58 | 63.64 | 63.13 | 63.23 | 4:13.58 |
| 8 |  West Germany (FRG-1) | Peter Hell Heinz Busche | 63.87 | 63.63 | 62.91 | 63.33 | 4:13.74 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT-1) | Franz Paulweber Gerd Zaunschirm | 63.52 | 63.67 | 63.01 | 63.70 | 4:13.90 |
| 10 |  Great Britain (GBR-1) | Jonnie Woodall John Howell | 64.12 | 64.12 | 63.65 | 64.03 | 4:15.92 |
| 11 |  Romania (ROU-1) | Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Gheorghe Lixandru | 63.99 | 64.30 | 63.75 | 64.00 | 4:16.04 |
| 12 | West Germany (FRG-2) | Georg Großmann Alexander Wernsdorfer | 63.50 | 64.93 | 63.85 | 63.85 | 4:16.13 |
| 13 |  Canada (CAN-1) | Joey Kilburn Robert Wilson | 64.07 | 64.27 | 63.96 | 63.91 | 4:16.21 |
| 14 |  Italy (ITA-1) | Andrea Jory Edmund Lanziner | 63.73 | 64.19 | 63.97 | 64.45 | 4:16.34 |
| 15 |  Sweden | Carl-Erik Eriksson Kenth Rönn | 63.56 | 64.49 | 63.22 | 65.65 | 4:16.92 |
| 16 | Italy (ITA-2) | Giuseppe Soravia Georg Werth | 64.75 | 64.81 | 64.30 | 64.31 | 4:18.17 |
| 17 | Great Britain (GBR-2) | Roger Potter Michael Pugh | 64.93 | 64.77 | 64.40 | 64.47 | 4:18.57 |
| 18 | Romania (ROU-2) | Constantin Iancu Constantin Obreja | 64.58 | 64.52 | 64.76 | 64.77 | 4:18.63 |
| 19 |  Japan | Yoshimitsu Kadowaki Yuji Funayama | 64.62 | 64.92 | 64.82 | 64.30 | 4:18.66 |
| 20 | Canada (CAN-2) | Brian Vachon Serge Cantin | 64.66 | 64.67 | 64.38 | 65.05 | 4:18.76 |
