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Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

 

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
Governing body FIBT
Events 3 (men: 2; women: 1)
Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952
1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998
2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014
Medalists

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
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
  1. ^ Five-man event

Medal leaders

Kuske and Lange
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
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
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
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

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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

Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 Years
 American Samoa (ASA) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – 1
 Argentina (ARG) – 10 – – 4 4 –   5 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4
 Armenia (ARM) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 2 – 2 – – 2
 Australia (AUS) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 5 4 7
 Austria (AUT) – 10 2 12 – 8 9   9 9 8 10 8 8 8 5 5
 Belgium (BEL) 5 10 4 8 5 4 2   6 – – – – – – – – – – – 2
 Brazil (BRA) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – 4 4 –
 Bulgaria (BUL) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 5 – –
 Canada (CAN) – – – – – – –   8 6 6 10 6 4 9 12 12
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) – – – – – – –   – – – – – 5 5 – –
 Croatia (CRO) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 4 5
 Czech Republic (CZE) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 5 8
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) – – – 8 4 – –   – – – 2 – – – 6 – – – – – 4
 France (FRA) 8 10 2 10 10 5 4   – 10 6 5 – 4 – 5 –
 East Germany (GDR) – – – – – – –   – – – 8 8 8 10 – – – – – – 4
 Germany (GER) – 10 9 10 – 6 –   – – – – – – – 14 18
 Great Britain (GBR) 8 10 – 4 10 – 8   8 8 8 8 10 10 8 6 8
 Hungary (HUN) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 4 –
 Ireland (IRL) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 2
 Italy (ITA) 10 5 4 10 10 8 10   8 10 9 9 5 9 9 12 8
 Jamaica (JAM) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 4 4 4 – –
 Japan (JPN) – – – – – – –   – – 8 4 2 4 4 4 6
 Latvia (LAT) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – 8 8 6 8 9 5 6
 Liechtenstein (LIE) – – – 2 – – 2   – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 3
 Luxembourg (LUX) – 5 – 4 – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2
 Mexico (MEX) – 5 – – – – –   – – – – – – 4 – –
 Monaco (MON) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 2 2 2
 Netherlands (NED) – 5 – 2 – – –   – – – – – 2 – 8 4
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 2 – –
 New Zealand (NZL) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 5 – – 2 4 4 – 4
 Norway (NOR) – – – – 8 9 4   – – – – – – – – –
 Poland (POL) – 5 – – – – 6   – – – – – – – – – 4 4
 Portugal (POR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – 1
 Romania (ROU) – 10 4 9 – – 8   5 5 5 8 8 5 5 6 6
 Russia (RUS) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 11 17
 Serbia (SRB) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 1
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – 4 – – 1
 Slovakia (SVK) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – 4 4 4 3
 South Korea (KOR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 1
 Soviet Union (URS) – – – – – – –   – – – – – 8 10 – – – – – – 2
 Spain (ESP) – – – – – – 4   – 9 – – – – – – – – – – – 2
 Sweden (SWE) – – – – – 9 9   6 6 4 4 4 4 2 – –
 Switzerland (SUI) 8 10 4 9 8 8 8   8 9 8 8 8 11 10 12 8
 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 18
 Virgin Islands (ISV) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 4 – –
 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
Bobsledders 39 115 41 99 71 71 93 - 81 90 79 93 78 111 135
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 19

See also

References

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