Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
| Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics | |
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| Governing body | IBSF |
| Events | 3 (men: 2; women: 1) |
| Winter Olympics | |
Bobsleigh is an event in the Winter Olympic Games where a two- or four-person team drives a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the winning team completing the route with the fastest time. The event has been featured since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, with the exception of the 1960 games in Squaw Valley when the organizing committee decided not to build a track in order to reduce expenses. Other than that exception, the four-man competition has been competed at every game (in 1928, it was a five-man competition). The two-man event was introduced at the 1932 games and a two-woman event was first contested at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Events
| Four-man | • | •[1] | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21 | |
| Two-man | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19 | |||
| Two-woman | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total events | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Medal leaders
Athletes who won at least one gold medal and one bronze medal are listed below.
Men
| Athlete | NOC | Event | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Kuske |  Germany (GER)
|
4-man 2-man |
2002–2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| André Lange | Germany (GER)
|
4-man 2-man |
2002–2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bernhard Germeshausen |  East Germany (GDR)
|
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Meinhard Nehmer | East Germany (GDR)
|
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Wolfgang Hoppe | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER)
|
4-man 2-man |
1984–1994 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Eugenio Monti |  Italy (ITA)
|
4-man 2-man |
1956–1968 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Donat Acklin |  Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man 2-man |
1992–1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alexey Voyevoda |  Russia (RUS)
|
4-man 2-man |
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gustav Weder | Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man 2-man |
1992–1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Markus Zimmermann | Germany (GER)
|
4-man 2-man |
1992–2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Alexandr Zubkov | Russia (RUS)
|
4-man 2-man |
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Dietmar Schauerhammer | East Germany (GDR)
|
4-man 2-man |
1984–1988 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Christoph Langen | Germany (GER)
|
4-man 2-man |
1992–2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Luciano De Paolis | Italy (ITA)
|
4-man 2-man |
1968 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Fiske |  United States (USA)
|
4-man 5-man |
1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Clifford Grey | United States (USA)
|
4-man 5-man |
1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Olaf Hampel | Germany (GER)
|
4-man | 1994–1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lorenz Nieberl | West Germany (FRG)
|
4-man 2-man |
1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andreas Ostler | West Germany (FRG)
|
4-man 2-man |
1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bogdan Musiol | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER)
|
4-man 2-man |
1980–1992 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Joseph Benz | Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bernhard Lehmann | East Germany (GDR)
|
4-man 2-man |
1976–1988 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Erich Schärer | Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Patrick Martin | United States (USA)
|
4-man 2-man |
1948–1952 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Wolfgang Zimmerer | West Germany (FRG)
|
4-man 2-man |
1972–1976 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Joseph Beerli | Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man 2-man |
1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | East Germany (GDR)
|
4-man 2-man |
1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pierre Lueders |  Canada (CAN)
|
2-man | 1994–2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kurt Meier | Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man | 1988–1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jay O'Brien | United States (USA)
|
4-man 5-man |
1928–1932 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Martin Putze | Germany (GER)
|
4-man | 2006–2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Utzschneider | West Germany (FRG)
|
4-man 2-man |
1972–1976 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jean Wicki | Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man 2-man |
1968–1972 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Carsten Embach | Germany (GER)
|
4-man | 1994–2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Edy Hubacher | Switzerland (SUI)
|
4-man 2-man |
1972 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Günther Huber | Italy (ITA)
|
2-man | 1994–1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jānis Ķipurs |  Soviet Union (URS)
|
4-man 2-man |
1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Andreas Kirchner | East Germany (GDR)
|
4-man | 1980–1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vladimir Koslov | Soviet Union (URS)
|
4-man 2-man |
1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Roland Wetzig | East Germany (GDR)
|
4-man | 1980–1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Women
| Athlete | NOC | Event | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaillie Humphries | Canada (CAN)
|
2-woman | 2010–2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sandra Kiriasis | Germany (GER)
|
2-woman | 2002–2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Medal table
| 1 | Germany (GER) |
10 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) |
9 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | United States (USA) |
7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | East Germany (GDR) |
5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) |
4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 |  Austria (AUT) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Soviet Union (URS) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Romania (ROU) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 43 | 45 | 133 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of bobsledders by nation
| Nations | 5 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 54 |
| Bobsledders | 39 | 115 | 41 | 99 | 71 | 71 | 93 | - | 81 | 90 | 79 | 93 | 78 | 111 | 135 | 159 | 155 | 156 | 195 | 150 | 159 | 169 | 1,694 |
See also
References
- ^ Five-man event
External links
Media related to Bobsleigh at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
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