Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936.[1]
Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
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Two | men |
Four | men |
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man |
United States (USA) USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
United States (USA) USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
Four-man |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
Participating nations
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands only competed in the two-man event. Twenty-three bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 95 bobsledders from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:
- Austria (12)
- Belgium (8)
- Czechoslovakia (8)
- France (10)
- Germany (10)
- Great Britain (4)
- Italy (10)
- Liechtenstein (2)
- Luxembourg (4)
- Netherlands (2)
- Romania (9)
- Switzerland (9)
- United States (11)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
References
- "Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
External links
- 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.(in German) - pp. 408–19.
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