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Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Friday, January 30, 1948 and on Saturday, January 31, 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948 and on Saturday, February 7, 1948.[1]
| Bobsleigh at the V Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
| Dates | 30-31 January (two-man) 6-7 February (four-man) |
| Competitors | 71 from 9 nations |
Medal summary edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard | United States (USA) USA II Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron |
| Four-man | United States (USA) USA II Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico | Belgium (BEL) Belgium I Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet | United States (USA) USA I James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree |
Participating nations edit
Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
- Argentina (4)
- Belgium (5)
- Czechoslovakia (4)
- France (10)
- Great Britain (10)
- Italy (10)
- Norway (8)
- Switzerland (8)
- United States (12)
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
References edit
- ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
External links edit
- International Olympic Committee results database
- 1948 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1948 bobsleigh four-man results