Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics

At the 1928 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the five man event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 18, 1928.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
USA II
Billy Fiske
Clifford Grey
Geoffrey Mason
Richard Parke
Nion Tocker		  United States (USA)
USA I
Thomas Doe
David Granger
Jennison Heaton
Lyman Hine
Jay O'Brien		  Germany (GER)
Germany II
Hans Heß
Sebastian Huber
Hanns Kilian
Valentin Krempl
Hanns Nägle

Results

Place Team Bobsledders Run 1 Run 2 Total
1  USA II (USA) Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, and Richard Parke 1:38.9 1:41.6 3:20.5
2  USA I (USA) Jennison Heaton, David Granger, Lyman Hine, Jay O'Brien, and Thomas Doe 1:42.3 1:38.7 3:21.0
3  Germany II (GER) Hanns Kilian, Hans Heß, Sebastian Huber, Valentin Krempl, and Hanns Nägle 1:41.7 1:40.2 3:21.9
4  Argentina I (ARG) Arturo Gramajo, Ricardo González, Mariano de María, Rafael Iglesias, and John Victor Nash 1:40.1 1:42.5 3:22.6
5  Argentina II (ARG) Eduardo Hope, Jorge del Carril, Héctor Milberg, Horacio Iglesias, and Horacio Gramajo 1:42.3 1:40.6 3:22.9
6  Belgium I (BEL) Ernest Lambert, Walter Ganshof, Marcel Sedille-Courbon, Max Houben, and Léon Tom 1:39.8 1:44.7 3:24.5
7  Romania II (ROU) Grigore Socolescu, Ion Gavăţ, Traian Niţescu, Toma Ghiţulescu, and Mircea Socolescu 1:43.8 1:40.8 3:24.6
8  Suisse I (SUI) Charles Stoffel, René Fonjallaz, Henry Höhnes, E. Coppetti, and Louis Koch 1:43.1 1:42.6 3:25.7
9  Great Britain II (GBR) Henry Martineau, Walter Birch, John Dalrymple, John Gee, and Edward Hall 1:41.7 1:44.5 3:26.2
10  Great Britain I (GBR) George Pim, Guy Tracey, David Griffith, Frederick Browning, and Thomas Warner 1:40.6 1:45.7 3:26.3
11  Mexico (MEX) L. M. Elizaga, Juan de Landa, J. Díaz, Mario Casasos, and G. Díaz 1:44.9 1:42.8 3:27.6
12  Holland (NED) Curt van de Sandt, Jacques Delprat, Edwin Teixeira de Mattos, Henri Dekking, and Hubert Menten 1:43.5 1:45.5 3:29.0
13  Suisse II (SUI) Jean Mollien, John Schneiter, René Ansermoz, André Mollien, and William Pichard 1:41.7 1:48.2 3:29.9
14  France I (FRA) Jean de Suarez d'Aulan, Michel Baur, Roger Petit-Didier, Jacques Petit-Didier, and William Beamisch 1:43.7 1:46.3 3:30.0
15  France II (FRA) André Dubonnet, Bernard du Pontavice de Heussey, Joseph Dedein, Stéphane de la Rochefoucault, and Jacques Rheins 1:45.7 1:44.5 3:30.2
16  Belgium II (BEL) Charles Mulder, Hubert Kryn, Ferdinand Hubert, Louis Rooy, and Robert Langlois 1:45.0 1:46.2 3:31.2
17  Poland (POL) Józef Broel-Plater, Jerzy Bardziński, Jerzy Łucki, Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski, and Antoni Bura 1:44.8 1:46.8 3:31.6
18  Germany I (GER) Hans-Edgar Endres, Paul Martin, Karl Reinhardt, Paul Volkhardt, and Rudolf Soenning 1:48.0 1:43.9 3:31.9
19  Romania I (ROU) Alexandru Berlescu, Eugen Ştefănescu, Petre Petrovici, Tita Rădulescu, and Horia Roman 1:47.3 1:44.9 3:32.2
20  Luxembourg (LUX) Marc Schoetter, Raoul Weckbecker, Willy Heldenstein, Pierre Kaempff, and Auguste Hilbert 1:45.8 1:46.9 3:32.7
21  Italia (ITA) Giancarlo Morpugo, Carlo Sem, Luigi Cerutti, Giuseppe Crivelli, and Piero Marchetti 1:45.0 1:49.6 3:34.6
22  Austria II (AUT) Franz Lorenz, Franz Wohlgemuth, Eduard Pechanda, Benno Karner, and Richard Lorenz 1:52.3 1:49.7 3:42.0
—  Austria I (AUT) Gustav Mader, Hugo Weinstengel, Michael Waissnix, Walter Sehr, and Franz Pamperl 1:44.2 DSQ DSQ

Participating nations

A total of 115 bobsledders from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 1 1 0 2
2 Germany 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

References

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