Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the V Olympic Winter Games
Venue	St. Moritz, Switzerland
Dates	30-31 January (two-man) 6-7 February (four-man)
Competitors	71 from 9 nations

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Friday, January 30, 1948 and on Saturday, January 31, 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948 and on Saturday, February 7, 1948.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Two-man	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard	United States (USA) USA II Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron
Four-man	United States (USA) USA II Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico	Belgium (BEL) Belgium I Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet	United States (USA) USA I James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree

Participating nations

Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events.

A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

•  Argentina (4)
•  Belgium (5)
•  Czechoslovakia (4)
•  France (10)
•  Great Britain (10)
•  Italy (10)
•  Norway (8)
•  Switzerland (8)
•  United States (12)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
2	United States	1	0	2	3
3	Belgium	0	1	0	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database
• 1948 bobsleigh two-man results
• 1948 bobsleigh four-man results