Bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics
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At the 1924 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the four man event. However, rules at the time also allowed a fifth sledder to compete. The event was held on Saturday, February 2, 1924 and on Sunday, February 3, 1924.
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[edit] Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Switzerland (SUI)Switzerland I Alfred Neveu Eduard Scherrer Alfred Schläppi Heinrich Schläppi |
 Great Britain (GBR)Great Britain II Thomas Arnold Ralph Broome Alexander Richardson Rodney Soher |
 Belgium (BEL)Belgium I Charles Mulder René Mortiaux Paul Van den Broeck Victor Verschueren Henri Willems |
[edit] Results
| Place | Team | Bobsledders | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland I (SUI) |
Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, and Heinrich Schläppi | 1:27.39 | 1:26.60 | 1:25.02 | 1:26.53 | 5:45.54 |
| 2 | Great Britain II (GBR) |
Ralph Broome, Thomas Arnold, Alexander Richardson, and Rodney Soher | 1:28.73 | 1:28.67 | 1:25.76 | 1:25.67 | 5:48.83 |
| 3 | Belgium I (BEL) |
Charles Mulder, René Mortiaux, Paul Van den Broeck, Victor Verschueren, and Henri Willems | 1:29.89 | 1:34.22 | 1:29.98 | 1:28.20 | 6:02.29 |
| 4 |  France II (FRA) |
André Berg, Henri Aldebert, Georges André, and Jean de Suarez d'Aulan | 1:39.35 | 1:34.99 | 1:36.68 | 1:31.93 | 6:22.95 |
| 5 | Great Britain I (GBR) |
William Horton, Archibald Crabbe, Gerard Fairlie, and George Pim | 1:42.33 | 1:41.28 | 1:38.58 | 1:38.52 | 6:40.71 |
| 6 |  Italy I (ITA) |
Lodovico Obexer, Massimo Fink, Paolo Herbert, Giuseppe Steiner, and Aloise Trenker | 1:53.00 | 1:49.69 | 1:48.73 | 1:43.99 | 7:15.41 |
| – | France I (FRA) |
Étienne Legrand, Gabriel Izard, Jacques Jany, and François Legrand | 4:29.01 | – | 2:00.79 | 1:56.58 | – |
| – | Italy II (ITA) |
Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro, Adolfo Bocchi, Leonardo Bonzi, Alfredo Spasciani, and Alberto Visconti | 4:08.44 | – | – | – | – |
| – | Switzerland II (SUI) |
Charles Stoffel, Alois Faigle, Anton Guldener, and Edmond Laroche | 5:38.00 | – | – | – | – |
[edit] Participating nations
A total of 39 bobsledders from five nations competed at the Chamonix Games:
Belgium (5)
France (8)
Great Britain (8)
Italy (10)
Switzerland (8)
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
[edit] References
- 1924 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1924 Olympic Games official report (digitized copy online)
- International Olympic Committee results database
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