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, 18 February 1928.[1]

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
USA II
Billy Fiske
Clifford Gray
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
PlaceTeamBobsleddersRun 1Run 2Total
1 USA II (USA)Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, and Richard Parke 1:38.91:41.63:20.5
2 USA I (USA)Jennison Heaton, David Granger, Lyman Hine, Jay O'Brien, and Thomas Doe 1:42.31:38.73:21.0
3 Germany II (GER)Hanns Kilian, Hans Heß, Sebastian Huber, Valentin Krempl, and Hanns Nägle 1:41.71:40.23:21.9
4 Argentina I (ARG)Arturo Gramajo, Ricardo González, Mariano de María, Rafael Iglesias, and John Victor Nash 1:40.11:42.53:22.6
5 Argentina II (ARG)Eduardo Hope, Jorge del Carril, Héctor Milberg, Horacio Iglesias, and Horacio Gramajo 1:42.31:40.63:22.9
6 Belgium I (BEL)Ernest Casimir-Lambert, Walter Jean Ganshof van der Meersch, Marcel Sedille-Courbon, Max Houben, and Léon Tom 1:39.81:44.73:24.5
7 Romania II (ROU)Grigore Socolescu, Ion Gavăț, Traian Nițescu, Toma Ghițulescu, and Mircea Socolescu 1:43.81:40.83:24.6
8 Suisse I (SUI)Charles Stoffel, René Fonjallaz, Henry Höhnes, Emil Coppetti, and Louis Koch 1:43.11:42.63:25.7
9 Great Britain II (GBR)Henry Martineau, Walter Birch, John Dalrymple, John Gee, and Edward Hall 1:41.71:44.53:26.2
10 Great Britain I (GBR)George Pim, Guy Tracey, David Griffith, Frederick Browning, and Thomas Warner 1:40.61:45.73:26.3
11 Mexico (MEX)Lorenzo Elizaga, Juan de Landa, J. Díaz, Mario Casasos, and G. Díaz 1:44.91:42.83:27.6
12 Holland (NED)Curt van de Sandt, Jacques Delprat, Edwin Teixeira de Mattos, Henri Dekking, and Hubert Menten 1:43.51:45.53:29.0
13 Suisse II (SUI)Jean Mollien, John Schneiter, René Ansermoz, André Mollien, and William Pichard 1:41.71:48.23:29.9
14 France I (FRA)Jean de Suarez d'Aulan, Michel Baur, Roger Petit-Didier, Jacques Petit-Didier, and William Beamisch 1:43.71:46.33:30.0
15 France II (FRA)André Dubonnet, Bernard du Pontavice de Heussey, Joseph Dedein, Stéphane de la Rochefoucault, and Jacques Rheins 1:45.71:44.53:30.2
16 Belgium II (BEL)Charles Mulder, Hubert Kryn, Ferdinand Hubert, Louis Rooy, and Robert Langlois 1:45.01:46.23:31.2
17 Poland (POL)Józef Broel-Plater, Jerzy Bardziński, Jerzy Łucki, Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski, and Antoni Bura 1:44.81:46.83:31.6
18 Germany I (GER)Hans-Edgar Endres, Paul Martin, Karl Reinhardt, Paul Volkhardt, and Rudolf Soenning 1:48.01:43.93:31.9
19 Romania I (ROU)Alexandru Berlescu, Eugen Ştefănescu, Petre Petrovici, Tita Rădulescu, and Horia Roman 1:47.31:44.93:32.2
20 Luxembourg (LUX)Marc Schoetter, Raoul Weckbecker, Willy Heldenstein, Pierre Kaempff, and Auguste Hilbert 1:45.81:46.93:32.7
21 Italia (ITA)Giancarlo Morpugo, Carlo Sem, Luigi Cerutti, Giuseppe Crivelli, and Piero Marchetti 1:45.01:49.63:34.6
22 Austria II (AUT)Franz Lorenz, Franz Wohlgemuth, Eduard Pechanda, Benno Karner, and Richard Lorenz 1:52.31:49.73:42.0
— Austria I (AUT)Gustav Mader, Hugo Weinstengel, Michael Waissnix, Walter Sehr, and Franz Pamperl 1:44.2DSQDSQ

Participating nations

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

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1102
2 Germany0011
Totals (2 nations)1113

References
  1. "Bobsleigh at the 1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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