Bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics

At the 1924 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the four man event. However, rules at the time also allowed a fifth sledder to compete. The event was held on Saturday, February 2, 1924 and on Sunday, February 3, 1924.

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Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Switzerland (SUI)
Switzerland I
Alfred Neveu
Eduard Scherrer
Alfred Schläppi
Heinrich Schläppi		  Great Britain (GBR)
Great Britain II
Thomas Arnold
Ralph Broome
Alexander Richardson
Rodney Soher		  Belgium (BEL)
Belgium I
Charles Mulder
René Mortiaux
Paul Van den Broeck
Victor Verschueren
Henri Willems

Results

Place Team Bobsledders Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1  Switzerland I (SUI) Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, and Heinrich Schläppi 1:27.39 1:26.60 1:25.02 1:26.53 5:45.54
2  Great Britain II (GBR) Ralph Broome, Thomas Arnold, Alexander Richardson, and Rodney Soher 1:28.73 1:28.67 1:25.76 1:25.67 5:48.83
3  Belgium I (BEL) Charles Mulder, René Mortiaux, Paul Van den Broeck, Victor Verschueren, and Henri Willems 1:29.89 1:34.22 1:29.98 1:28.20 6:02.29
4  France II (FRA) André Berg, Henri Aldebert, Georges André, and Jean de Suarez d'Aulan 1:39.35 1:34.99 1:36.68 1:31.93 6:22.95
5  Great Britain I (GBR) William Horton, Archibald Crabbe, Gerard Fairlie, and George Pim 1:42.33 1:41.28 1:38.58 1:38.52 6:40.71
6  Italy I (ITA) Lodovico Obexer, Massimo Fink, Paolo Herbert, Giuseppe Steiner, and Aloise Trenker 1:53.00 1:49.69 1:48.73 1:43.99 7:15.41
–  France I (FRA) Étienne Legrand, Gabriel Izard, Jacques Jany, and François Legrand 4:29.01 – 2:00.79 1:56.58 –
–  Italy II (ITA) Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro, Adolfo Bocchi, Leonardo Bonzi, Alfredo Spasciani, and Alberto Visconti 4:08.44 – – – –
–  Switzerland II (SUI) Charles Stoffel, Alois Faigle, Anton Guldener, and Edmond Laroche 5:38.00 – – – –

Participating nations

A total of 39 bobsledders from five nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Switzerland 1 0 0 1
2 Great Britain 0 1 0 1
3 Belgium 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

References

1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
1924: Switzerland (Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi)  • 1928 (five-man): United States (Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, & Richard Parke)  • 1932: United States (Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Grey, & Jay O'Brien)  • 1936: Switzerland (Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli)  • 1948: United States (Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico)  • 1952: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser)  • 1956: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst)  • 1960: Not held  • 1964: Canada (Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery)  • 1968: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano)  • 1972: Switzerland (Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Camichel)  • 1976: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann)  • 1980: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)  • 1984: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner)  • 1988: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker)  • 1992: Austria (Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll)  • 1994: Germany (Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig)  • 1998: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel)  • 2002: Germany (André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach)  • 2006: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske)  • 2010: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)