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.
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Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man |
![]() USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |
![]() Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
![]() USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
Four-man |
![]() Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli |
![]() Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
![]() 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 99 bobsledders from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:
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Austria (12)
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Belgium (8)
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Czechoslovakia (8)
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France (10)
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Germany (10)
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Great Britain (4)
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Italy (10)
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Liechtenstein (2)
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Luxembourg (4)
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Netherlands (2)
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Romania (9)
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Switzerland (9)
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United States (11)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.(German) - pp. 408-19.
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