Franz Kapus

Franz Kapus
Medal record

Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
World Championships
Gold	1955 St. Moritz	Four-man
Bronze	1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
Bronze	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Four-man
Bronze	1955 St. Moritz	Two-man

Franz Kapus (April 12, 1909 in Zurich - March 4, 1981 in Zurich) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.

Kapus also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 1955) and three bronzes (Two-man: 1955, Four-man: 1950, 1951).

References

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
DatabaseOlympics.com profile
Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560-1.

Olympic Champions in Four-Man Bobsleigh

1924: Switzerland
- Eduard Scherrer
- Alfred Neveu
- Alfred Schläppi
- Heinrich Schläppi
1928 (five-man): USA
- Billy Fiske
- Nion Tocker
- Geoffrey Mason
- Clifford Grey
- Richard Parke
1932: USA
- Billy Fiske
- Eddie Eagan
- Clifford Grey
- Jay O'Brien
1936: Switzerland
- Pierre Musy
- Arnold Gartmann
- Charles Bouvier
- Joseph Beerli
1948: USA
- 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: USA
- Steve Holcomb
- Justin Olsen
- Steve Mesler
- Curtis Tomasevicz
2014: RUS
- Alexandr Zubkov
- Dmitry Trunenkov
- Alexey Negodaylo
- Alexey Voyevoda

World champions in four-man bobsleigh

1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, Gino Rossi)
1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld)
1933: Not held
1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, Byran Black)
1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, Chris MacKintosh)
1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, William D'Amico)
1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, William D'Amico)
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl)
1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst)
1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst)
1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, Heinz Leu)
1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Walter Haller)
1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Voorhis, Thomas Butler)
1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, Renzo Alverà)
1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, Renzo Alverà)
1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, Otto Göbl)
1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, Romano Bonagura)
1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, Peter Kirby)
1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, Roland Ebert)
1967: Cancelled to weather conditions
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, Stefan Gaisreiter)
1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis)
1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, Albert Wurzer)
1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, Joseph Benz)
1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)
1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musiol)
1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche)
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, Michael Trübner)
1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt)
1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kisser)
1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, André Kisser)
1989: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz)
1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, Domenico Semeraro)
1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach)
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, Olaf Hampel)
1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach)
1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach)
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger)
2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe)
2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand)
2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2009: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze)
2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber)