| Date | 15 – 16 February 1992 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Piste de Bobsleigh et Luge, La Plagne | |
| Participants | 92 from 25 countries | |
| Format | Four runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Curves: 19 Length: 1508 m Start Altitude: 1685 m Vertical Drop: 125 m | |
The end of the German Democratic Republic meant that the familiar pale blue East German sleds were no longer to be seen at the Winter Olympics but the German team was, along with Switzerland, the class of the field and the nations had shared the world titles between 1989 and 1991.
At the halfway stage the top three positions were filled not by the expected favourites but by Great Britain, Italy and the second string Austrian sled. Switzerland I made the decisive move on the penultimate run, recording the fastest time, and leaping from fifth into the lead. Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin could not be overhauled in the last run and took the Olympic title back to Switzerland after a gap of twelve years. The two German sleds also recovered from their poor starts and a strong performance on their final descents moved them in second and third places.
The brakeman for the USA I team that placed seventh was Herschel Walker. Walker, a star in America’s National Football League, had to rely on the failure of his Minnesota Vikings team to make the end of season play-offs in order to claim an Olympic berth. Despite the inexperience of many of the drivers at championship level all 46 crews negotiated the four-run event.
| Pos | Start Order | Pair | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | Run #3 | Run #4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Gustav Weder / Donat Acklin |  SUI | 4:03.26 | 1:00.49 (=9) | 1:00.97 (3) | 1:00.84 (1) | 1:00.96 (=1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 15 | Rudi Lochner / Markus Zimmermann |  GER | 4:03.55 | 1:00.69 (=11) | 1:01.00 (4) | 1:00.90 (2) | 1:00.96 (=1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 10 | Christoph Langen / Günther Eger | GER | 4:03.63 | 1:00.33 (=4) | 1:01.06 (5) | 1:01.14 (5) | 1:01.10 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 14 | Ingo Appelt / Thomas Schroll |  AUT | 4:03.67 | 1:00.46 (8) | 1:00.87 (=1) | 1:01.09 (4) | 1:01.25 (6) | |||
| 5 | 9 | Günther Huber / Stefano Ticci |  ITA | 4:03.72 | 1:00.36 (7) | 1:00.87 (=1) | 1:01.08 (3) | 1:01.41 (11) | |||
| 6 | 3 | Mark Tout / Lenny Paul |  GBR | 4:03.87 | 1:00.10 (1) | 1:01.10 (8) | 1:01.44 (=9) | 1:01.23 (5) | |||
| 7 | 2 | Brian Shimer / Herschel Walker |  USA | 4:03.95 | 1:00.34 (6) | 1:01.27 (10) | 1:01.22 (8) | 1:01.12 (4) | |||
| 8 | 6 | Gerhard Rainer / Thomas Bachler | AUT | 4:04.00 | 1:00.33 (=4) | 1:01.20 (9) | 1:01.18 (=6) | 1:01.29 (7) | |||
| 9 | 4 | Dennis Marineau / Chris Farstad |  CAN | 4:04.08 | 1:00.19 (2) | 1:01.36 (12) | 1:01.18 (=6) | 1:01.35 (9) | |||
| 10 | 1 | Christian Meili / Christian Reich | SUI | 4:04.36 | 1:00.23 (3) | 1:01.31 (11) | 1:01.44 (=9) | 1:01.38 (10) | |||
| 11 | 12 | Greg Haydenluck / Dave MacEachern | CAN | 4:04.84 | 1:00.69 (=11) | 1:01.09 (7) | 1:01.57 (14) | 1:01.49 (13) | |||
| 12 | 21 | Pasquale Gesuito / Antonio Tartaglia | ITA | 4:04.94 | 1:01.02 (15) | 1:01.07 (6) | 1:01.52 (12) | 1:01.33 (8) | |||
| 13 | 7 | Nick Phipps / George Farrell | GBR | 4:05.39 | 1:00.49 (=9) | 1:01.43 (14) | 1:01.69 (15) | 1:01.78 (17) | |||
| 14 | 25 | Christophe Flacher / Claude Dasse |  FRA | 4:05.56 | 1:01.13 (16) | 1:01.52 (15) | 1:01.47 (11) | 1:01.44 (12) | |||
| 15 | 13 | Sandis Prūsis / Adris Plūksna |  LAT | 4:05.62 | 1:00.92 (13) | 1:01.40 (13) | 1:01.56 (13) | 1:01.74 (16) | |||
| 16 | 8 | Zintis Ekmanis / Aldis Intlers | LAT | 4:06.33 | 1:00.94 (14) | 1:01.57 (16) | 1:01.88 (18) | 1:01.94 (18) | |||
| 17 | 22 | Gabriel Fourmigue / Philippe Tanchon | FRA | 4:06.38 | 1:01.19 (18) | 1:01.72 (19) | 1:01.77 (=16) | 1:01.70 (=14) | |||
| 18 | 19 | Csaba Nagy Lakatos / Laurențiu Budur |  ROU | 4:06.68 | 1:01.34 (20) | 1:01.58 (17) | 1:02.06 (21) | 1:01.70 (=14) | |||
| 19 | 16 | Toshio Wakita / Ryoji Yamazaki |  JPN | 4:06.86 | 1:01.22 (19) | 1:01.65 (18) | 1:02.03 (=19) | 1:01.96 (20) | |||
| 20 | 5 | Vladimir Yefimov / Aleksey Golovin |  EUN | 4:07.30 | 1:01.17 (17) | 1:01.85 (21) | 1:02.03 (=19) | 1:02.25 (23) | |||
| 21 | 23 | Naomi Takewaki / Fuminori Tsushima | JPN | 4:07.45 | 1:01.74 (26) | 1:01.99 (22) | 1:01.77 (=16) | 1:01.95 (19) | |||
| 22 | 28 | Paul Neagu / Costel Petrariu | ROU | 4:07.84 | 1:01.44 (22) | 1:01.81 (20) | 1:02.19 (=23) | 1:02.40 (27) | |||
| 23 | 20 | Gilbert Bessi / Michel Vatrican |  MON | 4:08.13 | 1:01.55 (23) | 1:02.09 (24) | 1:02.08 (22) | 1:02.41 (28) | |||
| 24 | 26 | Brian Richardson / Greg Harrell | USA | 4:08.17 | 1:01.56 (24) | 1:02.15 (26) | 1:02.26 (28) | 1:02.20 (22) | |||
| 25 | 17 | Jiří Džmura / Roman Hrabaň |  TCH | 4:08.31 | 1:01.37 (21) | 1:02.33 (28) | 1:02.25 (27) | 1:02.36 (=25) | |||
| 26 | 24 | Oleg Sukhoruchenko / Andrey Gorokhov | EUN | 4:08.33 | 1:01.77 (27) | 1:02.06 (23) | 1:02.19 (=23) | 1:02.31 (24) | |||
| 27 | 18 | Erik Gogstad / Atle Norstad |  NOR | 4:08.48 | 1:01.64 (25) | 1:02.24 (27) | 1:02.24 (26) | 1:02.36 (=25) | |||
| 28 | 46 | Tsvetozar Viktorov / Valentin Atanasov |  BUL | 4:08.77 | 1:02.35 (31) | 1:02.11 (25) | 1:02.20 (25) | 1:02.11 (21) | |||
| 29 | 30 | Borislav Vujadinović / Miro Pandurević |  YUG | 4:10.11 | 1:02.22 (29) | 1:02.43 (29) | 1:02.73 (30) | 1:02.73 (30) | |||
| 30 | 31 | Glenn Turner / Paul Narracott |  AUS | 4:10.25 | 1:02.17 (28) | 1:02.61 (31) | 1:02.81 (31) | 1:02.66 (29) | |||
| 31 | 38 | Petr Ramseidl / Zdeněk Kohout | TCH | 4:10.84 | 1:02.46 (33) | 1:02.48 (30) | 1:03.10 (34) | 1:02.80 (31) | |||
| 32 | 27 | Pat McDonagh / Terry McHugh |  IRL | 4:10.93 | 1:02.39 (32) | 1:03.03 (35) | 1:02.44 (29) | 1:03.07 (34) | |||
| 33 | 44 | Chen Chin-San / Chang Min-Jung |  TPE | 4:10.97 | 1:02.27 (30) | 1:02.83 (32) | 1:02.91 (32) | 1:02.96 (33) | |||
| 34 | 41 | Dragiša Jovanović / Ognjen Sokolović | YUG | 4:11.39 | 1:02.67 (35) | 1:02.97 (34) | 1:02.94 (33) | 1:02.81 (32) | |||
| 35 | 35 | Devon Harris / Ricky McIntosh |  JAM | 4:11.68 | 1:02.57 (34) | 1:02.88 (33) | 1:03.13 (35) | 1:03.10 (35) | |||
| 36 | 42 | Dudley Stokes / Chris Stokes | JAM | 4:12.76 | 1:02.93 (37) | 1:03.30 (37) | 1:03.38 (36) | 1:03.15 (36) | |||
| 37 | 34 | Bart Carpentier Alting / Dudley den Dulk |  AHO | 4:13.09 | 1:02.97 (38) | 1:03.26 (36) | 1:03.40 (37) | 1:03.46 (=39) | |||
| 38 | 29 | Gerry Macken / Malachy Sheridan | IRL | 4:13.48 | 1:03.19 (40) | 1:03.42 (38) | 1:03.45 (39) | 1:03.42 (37) | |||
| 39 | 36 | Nikolay Dimitrov / Dimitar Dimitrov | BUL | 4:13.62 | 1:02.89 (36) | 1:03.59 (39) | 1:03.71 (41) | 1:03.43 (38) | |||
| 40 | 37 | Liston Bochette / Douglas Rosado |  PUR | 4:14.07 | 1:03.09 (39) | 1:03.64 (40) | 1:03.86 (42) | 1:03.48 (41) | |||
| 41 | 43 | Roberto Tamés / Miguel Elizondo |  MEX | 4:14.22 | 1:03.46 (42) | 1:03.88 (=42) | 1:03.42 (38) | 1:03.46 (=39) | |||
| 42 | 40 | Jorge Tamés / Carlos Casar | MEX | 4:14.63 | 1:03.42 (41) | 1:03.77 (41) | 1:03.66 (40) | 1:03.78 (42) | |||
| 43 | 39 | Albert, Prince Grimaldi / Pascal Camia | MON | 4:15.42 | 1:03.57 (44) | 1:03.88 (=42) | 1:03.93 (43) | 1:04.04 (44) | |||
| 44 | 45 | Sven Petersen / Bill Neill |  ISV | 4:16.60 | 1:03.95 (45) | 1:04.21 (45) | 1:04.32 (45) | 1:04.12 (45) | |||
| 45 | 33 | Daniel Burgner / David Entwistle | ISV | 4:16.72 | 1:04.21 (46) | 1:04.10 (44) | 1:04.12 (44) | 1:04.29 (46) | |||
| 46 | 32 | John Amabile, Jr. / Jorge Bonnet | PUR | 4:41.61 | 1:03.51 (43) | 1:29.57 (46) | 1:04.51 (46) | 1:04.02 (43) |
