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Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
IOC CodeBOB
Governing bodyIBSF
Events4 (men: 2; women: 2)
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 Lake Placid games and a two-woman event was first contested at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
1 1924 1  Switzerland (1)
2 1928 1  United States (1)
3 1932 2  United States (2)
4 1936 2  Switzerland (2)
5 1948 2  Switzerland (3)
6 1952 2  Germany (1)
7 1956 2  Italy (1)
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9 1964 2  Canada (1)
 Great Britain (1)
10 1968 2  Italy (2)
11 1972 2  West Germany (1)
12 1976 2  East Germany (1)
13 1980 2  East Germany (2)
Games Year Events Best Nation
14 1984 2  East Germany (3)
15 1988 2  Soviet Union (1)
16 1992 2  Switzerland (4)
17 1994 2  Switzerland (5)
18 1998 2  Germany (2)
19 2002 3  Germany (3)
20 2006 3  Germany (4)
21 2010 3  Germany (5)
22 2014 3  Latvia (1)
23 2018 3  Germany (6)
24 2022 4  Germany (7)
25 2026 4

Events

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
Four-man • •[1] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
Two-man • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21
Two-woman • • • • • • 6
Women's monobob • 1
Total events 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4

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 have won multiple medals (including at least one gold) are listed below.

Men

Athlete NOC Event Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kevin Kuske  Germany (GER) 4-man
2-man 		2002–2018 4 2 0 6
André Lange  Germany (GER) 4-man
2-man 		2002–2010 4 1 0 5
Francesco Friedrich  Germany (GER) 4-man
2-man 		2018-2022 4 0 0 4
Thorsten Margis  Germany (GER) 4-man
2-man 		2018-2022 4 0 0 4
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,
1964–1968 		2 2 2 6
Donat Acklin  Switzerland (SUI) 4-man
2-man 		1992–1994 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
Dietmar Schauerhammer  East Germany (GDR) 4-man
2-man 		1984–1988 2 1 0 3
Christoph Langen  Germany (GER) 4-man
2-man 		1992,
1998–2002 		2 0 2 4
Candy Bauer  Germany (GER) 4-man 2018-2022 2 0 0 2
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 Gray  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,
1984–1988 		1 2 1 4
Erich Schärer  Switzerland (SUI) 4-man
2-man 		1976–1980 1 2 1 4
Steven Holcomb  United States (USA) 4-man
2-man 		2010–2014 1 2 0 3
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
Curtis Tomasevicz  United States (USA) 4-man 2010–2014 1 1 0 2
Beat Hefti  Switzerland (SUI) 4-man
2-man 		2002–2016,
2014 		1 0 3 4
Oskars Melbārdis  Latvia (LAT) 4-man
2-man 		2014–2018 1 0 2 3
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
Justin Kripps  Canada (CAN) 4-man
2-man 		2018–2022 1 0 1 2
Jānis Strenga  Latvia (LAT) 4-man
2-man 		2014–2018 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)
 United States (USA) 		2-woman 2010–2022 3 0 1 4
Heather Moyse  Canada (CAN) 2-woman 2010–2014 2 0 0 2
Sandra Kiriasis  Germany (GER) 2-woman 2002–2010 1 1 0 2
Mariama Jamanka  Germany (GER) 2-woman 2018–2022 1 1 0 2

Elana Meyers Taylor from the United States has more Olympic bobsleigh medals than any other woman, but is yet to win a gold medal so far; her five medals comprise three silver and two bronze from 2010 through 2022.

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[2]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)169732
2 Switzerland (SUI)10101131
3 United States (USA)811928
4 East Germany (GDR)55313
5 Canada (CAN)52411
6 Italy (ITA)44412
7 West Germany (FRG)1326
8 Austria (AUT)1203
9 Great Britain (GBR)1135
10 Latvia (LAT)1023
 Soviet Union (URS)1023
12 Belgium (BEL)0112
 Russia (RUS)0112
14 South Korea (KOR)0101
15 France (FRA)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (16 entries)535051154
Notes

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 18 22 Years
 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 6 4 2 9
 Austria (AUT) – 10 2 12 – 8 9   9 9 8 10 8 8 8 8 9 8 4 5 5 6 12 10 21
 Belgium (BEL) 5 10 4 8 5 4 2   6 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 2 4 2 12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 5 5 – – – – – – 2
 Brazil (BRA) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – 4 4 – 6 4 4 5
 Bulgaria (BUL) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 5 5 2 – 2 – – – – – 4
 Canada (CAN) – – – – – – –   8 6 6 10 6 4 9 9 8 8 8 12 12 16 18 18 16
 China (CHN) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 12 2
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) – – – – – – –   – – – – – 5 5 4 2 4 4 – – – – – 6
 Croatia (CRO) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – 4 4 5 – 4 – 4
 Czech Republic (CZE) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 4 5 6 5 8 4 8 4 8
 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 5 6 19
 East Germany (GDR) – – – – – – –   – – – 8 8 8 10 – – – – – – – – – 4
 West Germany (FRG) – – – – – – –   – 8 8 8 10 10 8 – – – – – – – – – 6
 United Team of Germany (EUA) – – – – – – 10   9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2
 Germany (GER) – 10 9 10 – 6 –   – – – – – – – 12 12 9 13 14 18 18 18 18 13
 Great Britain (GBR) 8 10 – 4 10 – 8   8 8 8 8 10 10 8 8 8 7 14 6 8 8 10 6 22
 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 4 9 23
 Jamaica (JAM) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 4 5 4 6 2 – – 2 2 5 8
 Japan (JPN) – – – – – – –   – – 8 4 2 4 4 4 5 9 5 4 6 4 – – 12
 Latvia (LAT) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – 8 8 6 8 9 5 8 8 5 9
 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 2 2 10
 Netherlands (NED) – 5 – 2 – – –   – – – – – 2 – – 2 – 8 8 4 6 – 5 9
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 2 2 – – – – – – – – 2
 New Zealand (NZL) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 5 – – 2 4 4 – – – – 4
 Nigeria (NGR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – 1
 Norway (NOR) – – – – 8 9 4   – – – – – – – 2 – 4 4 – – – – – 6
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 – 1
 Poland (POL) – 5 – – – – 6   – – – – – – – – – 4 4 4 4 4 4 – 8
 Portugal (POR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 5 – – – – – – – – – 1
 Puerto Rico (PUR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – 4 5 5 – – – – – – 3
 ROC – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12 1
 Romania (ROU) – 10 4 9 – – 8   5 5 5 8 8 5 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 8 7 6 20
 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 – 1 5
 South Korea (KOR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 10 6 9 4
 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 10 12 23
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 2 2 3 – – – – 2 4
 Ukraine (UKR) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – – 4 2 5 – – – – 1 4
 Unified Team (EUN) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – – 9 – – – – – – – – 1
 United States (USA) – 10 12 11 12 10 11   9 10 9 9 9 10 9 12 10 8 13 12 18 16 16 12 22
 Virgin Islands (ISV) – – – – – – –   – – – – – – 4 8 6 6 6 – – – – 5
 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 21 23 56
Bobsledders 39 115 41 99 71 71 93 - 81 90 79 93 78 111 135 159 155 156 195 150 159 169 164 165 1,961
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 22

See also

References

  1. ^ Five-man event
  2. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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