Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
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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
| Event | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | Years |
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| 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
Kevin Kuske (left) and André Lange (pilot) are the most successful Olympic bobsledders, both have five medals, of which four are gold medals attained in three consecutive Olympics.
Bogdan Musiol (brakeman) won seven Olympic medals (one gold, five silvers and one bronze in four consecutive Olympics).
Athletes who won at least one gold medal and one bronze medal are listed below.
Men
| Athlete | NOC | Event | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Kuske, KevinKevin Kuske |  Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
2002–2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Lange, AndréAndré Lange | Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
2002–2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Germeshausen, BernhardBernhard Germeshausen |  East Germany (GDR) |
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nehmer, MeinhardMeinhard Nehmer | East Germany (GDR) |
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Hoppe, WolfgangWolfgang Hoppe | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
1984–1994 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Monti, EugenioEugenio Monti |  Italy (ITA) |
4-man 2-man |
1956–1968 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Acklin, DonatDonat Acklin |  Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man 2-man |
1992–1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Voyevoda, AlexeyAlexey Voyevoda |  Russia (RUS) |
4-man 2-man |
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Weder, GustavGustav Weder | Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man 2-man |
1992–1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Zimmermann, MarkusMarkus Zimmermann | Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
1992–2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Zubkov, AlexandrAlexandr Zubkov | Russia (RUS) |
4-man 2-man |
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Schauerhammer, DietmarDietmar Schauerhammer | East Germany (GDR) |
4-man 2-man |
1984–1988 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Langen, ChristophChristoph Langen | Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
1992–2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| De Paolis, LucianoLuciano De Paolis | Italy (ITA) |
4-man 2-man |
1968 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fiske, BillyBilly Fiske |  United States (USA) |
4-man 5-man |
1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grey, CliffordClifford Grey | United States (USA) |
4-man 5-man |
1928–1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hampel, OlafOlaf Hampel | Germany (GER) |
4-man | 1994–1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nieberl, LorenzLorenz Nieberl | West Germany (FRG) |
4-man 2-man |
1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ostler, AndreasAndreas Ostler | West Germany (FRG) |
4-man 2-man |
1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Musiol, BogdanBogdan Musiol | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
1980–1992 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Benz, JosephJoseph Benz | Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Lehmann, BernhardBernhard Lehmann | East Germany (GDR) |
4-man 2-man |
1976–1988 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Schärer, ErichErich Schärer | Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man 2-man |
1976–1980 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Martin, PatrickPatrick Martin | United States (USA) |
4-man 2-man |
1948–1952 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Zimmerer, WolfgangWolfgang Zimmerer | West Germany (FRG) |
4-man 2-man |
1972–1976 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Beerli, JosephJoseph Beerli | Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man 2-man |
1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerhardt, Hans-JürgenHans-Jürgen Gerhardt | East Germany (GDR) |
4-man 2-man |
1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lueders, PierrePierre Lueders |  Canada (CAN) |
2-man | 1994–2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Meier, KurtKurt Meier | Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man | 1988–1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| O'Brien, JayJay O'Brien | United States (USA) |
4-man 5-man |
1928–1932 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Putze, MartinMartin Putze | Germany (GER) |
4-man | 2006–2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Utzschneider, PeterPeter Utzschneider | West Germany (FRG) |
4-man 2-man |
1972–1976 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Wicki, JeanJean Wicki | Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man 2-man |
1968–1972 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Embach, CarstenCarsten Embach | Germany (GER) |
4-man | 1994–2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hubacher, EdyEdy Hubacher | Switzerland (SUI) |
4-man 2-man |
1972 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Huber, GüntherGünther Huber | Italy (ITA) |
2-man | 1994–1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ķipurs, JānisJānis Ķipurs |  Soviet Union (URS) |
4-man 2-man |
1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirchner, AndreasAndreas Kirchner | East Germany (GDR) |
4-man | 1980–1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Koslov, VladimirVladimir Koslov | Soviet Union (URS) |
4-man 2-man |
1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wetzig, RolandRoland Wetzig | East Germany (GDR) |
4-man | 1980–1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Women
| Athlete | NOC | Event | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Humphries, KaillieKaillie Humphries | Canada (CAN) |
2-woman | 2010–2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kiriasis, SandraSandra Kiriasis | Germany (GER) |
2-woman | 2002–2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Medal table
See also: List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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
| Nation | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | Years |
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 American Samoa (ASA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Argentina (ARG) | – | 10 | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
 Armenia (ARM) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
 Australia (AUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
| Austria (AUT) | – | 10 | 2 | 12 | – | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Belgium (BEL) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 Brazil (BRA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | 3 | |
 Bulgaria (BUL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Canada (CAN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 14 | |
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | 6 | |
 Croatia (CRO) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 5 | – | 3 | |
 Czech Republic (CZE) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| France (FRA) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | – | 10 | 6 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | – | 8 | 17 | |
| East Germany (GDR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Germany (GER) | – | 10 | 9 | 10 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 11 | |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 10 | – | 4 | 10 | – | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |
 Greece (GRE) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Hungary (HUN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 21 | |
 Jamaica (JAM) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 6 | |
 Japan (JPN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |
| Latvia (LAT) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | |
 Liechtenstein (LIE) | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | |
 Luxembourg (LUX) | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 Mexico (MEX) | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | |
 Monaco (MON) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
 Norway (NOR) | – | – | – | – | 8 | 9 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | 6 | |
 Poland (POL) | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
 Portugal (POR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico (PUR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Romania (ROU) | – | 10 | 4 | 9 | – | – | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |
| Russia (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 6 | |
 San Marino (SMR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 10 | 2 | |
| Soviet Union (URS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 Spain (ESP) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 11 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Unified Team (EUN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Unified Team of Germany (EUA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| United States (USA) | – | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 20 | |
 Virgin Islands (ISV) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | 5 | |
| West Germany (FRG) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| 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 |
| Year | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 21 |
See also
References
- ↑ Five-man event
External links
Media related to Bobsleigh at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
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