02/21/98 Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Eric Le Chanony and Max Robert (FRA) - bronze 
02/21/98 Sean Olsson, Dean Ward, Courtney Rumbolt, Paul Attwood of Great Britain in four-man 
02/15/98 Two-man Bobsled, Guenther Huber and Antonio Tartaglia (ITA) - gold 
02/15/98 Two-man Bobsled, Guenther Huber and Antonio Tartaglia (ITA) - gold |
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Two-Men
Canada's Pierre Lueders and Dave MacEachern and Italy's Guenther Huber and Antonio Tartaglia tied for the gold medal. They had the exact same combined time of 3 minutes, 37.24 seconds. It was the first time in Olympic bobsled history that gold medals were awarded to two teams. Two-Men Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Lueders - MacEachern Canada 3:37.24 1 Huber - Tartaglia Italy 3:37.24 3 Langen - Zimmermann Germany 3:37.89 4 Reich - Grand Switzerland 3:38.15 5 Prusis - Elsins Latvia 3:38.24 
Canadians:
Edmonton's Pierre Lueders and PEI's Dave MacEachern won the gold along with
Italy's Huber and Tartaglia. Lueders made up three hundredths of a second on the final run.
Huber led by five hundredths after the first run but Lueders chipped off
one-hundredths in both his second and third runs.
Chris Lori and Jack Pyc, finished in 12th place with a time of 3 minutes, 38.98 seconds. Four-Man Christoph Langen's Germany 2 won the four-man bobsled. Their time was 2 minutes, 39.41 seconds. They were six tenths of a second ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Rohner. The bronze went to both Britain's Sean Olsson and France's Bruno Mingeon. They had the exact same time of 2 minutes, 40.06 seconds thanks to a great final run by France 1. Four-Men Final Results PLACE TEAM/COUNTRY TIME ===== ============ ==== 1 Germany 2 2:39.41 2 Switzerland 1 2:40.01 3 Britain 1 2:40.06 3 France 1 2:40.06 5 United States 1 2:40.08Canadians: Pierre Lueders' Canada 1 finished tied for 9th with a time of 2 minutes, 40.39 seconds. Chris Lori's Canada 2 finished in 11th place. 
02/21/98 Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Eric Le Chanony and Max Robert (FRA) - bronze 
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