Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Four-man
The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo was held on 11 and 12 February, at Sapporo Teine.
Results
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
| Jean Wicki Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Edy Hubacher | 70.71 | 54.64 | 55.51 | 55.85 | 4:43.07 | ||
| Nevio De Zordo Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro Gianni Bonichon | 71.39 | 54.98 | 55.70 | 56.87 | 4:43.83 | ||
| Wolfgang Zimmerer Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer Peter Utzschneider | 71.18 | 54.87 | 55.53 | 56.15 | 4:43.92 | ||
| 4 | Hans Candrian Erwin Juon Gaudenz Beeli Heinz Schenker | 72.36 | 56.23 | 56.81 | 57.57 | 4:44.56 | |
| 5 | Horst Floth Donat Ertel Walter Gillik Pepi Bader | 70.83 | 54.81 | 55.28 | 55.84 | 4:45.09 | |
| 6 | Herbert Gruber Utz Chwalla Josef Eder Josef Oberhauser | 71.20 | 55.12 | 55.63 | 56.58 | 4:45.77 | |
| 7 | Werner Delle Karth Werner Moser Walter Delle Karth Fritz Sperling | 71.58 | 55.51 | 56.18 | 56.68 | 4:46.66 | |
| 8 | Gianfranco Gaspari Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano Luciano De Paolis | 71.89 | 55.66 | 56.43 | 57.06 | 4:46.73 | |
| 9 | Patrick Parisot Yves Bonsang Alain Roy Gilles Morda | 71.79 | 55.33 | 56.37 | 57.05 | 4:46.75 | |
| 10 | Ion Panţuru Ion Zangor Dumitru Pascu Dumitru Focşeneanu | 72.07 | 55.80 | 57.08 | 57.17 | 4:47.12 | |
| 11 | Carl-Erik Eriksson Tom Mentzer Thomas Gustafsson Jan Johansson | 72.14 | 55.92 | 56.94 | 57.42 | 4:47.40 | |
| 12 | Susumu Esashika Kazumi Abe Rikio Sato Yoshiyuki Ichihashi | 71.51 | 55.62 | 56.05 | 56.61 | 4:47.92 | |
| 13 | Hans Gehrig David Richardson Peter Blakeley Andrew Faulds | 72.61 | 56.08 | 56.96 | 57.59 | 4:48.06 | |
| 14 | Boris Said, Jr. James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey | 72.31 | 56.07 | 56.72 | 57.58 | 4:48.43 | |
| 15 | John Hammond Jackie Price Alan Jones Peter Clifford | 73.00 | 56.67 | 57.49 | 57.89 | 4:50.46 | |
| 16 | John Evelyn Mike Freeman Gomer Lloyd Bill Sweet | 72.83 | 56.48 | 56.87 | 57.65 | 4:51.03 | |
| Jim Hickey Jr. Jim Bridges Howard Siler, Jr. Thomas Becker | DQ | 56.97 | 57.78 | 58.19 | DQ | ||
| Toshihisa Nagata Hiroshi Inaba Koichi Sugawara Akihiko Suzuki | 71.51 | 55.80 | 56.10 | 56.65 | DQ |