Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. The competition was held on Thursday, February 21, 1952, and on Friday, February 22, 1952.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Germany (GER) Germany I Andreas Ostler Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser	United States (USA) USA I Stanley Benham Patrick Martin Howard Crossett James Atkinson	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser

Results

Rank	Team	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Final
Gold	Germany (GER) Germany I	Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser	1:16.84	1:17.57	1:16.55	1:16.86	5:07.84
Silver	United States (USA) USA I	Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, Howard Crossett, & James Atkinson	1:17.44	1:17.78	1:16.72	1:18.54	5:10.48
Bronze	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I	Fritz Feierabend, Albert Madörin, André Filippini, & Stephan Waser	1:18.67	1:18.08	1:17.40	1:17.55	5:11.70
4	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II	Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli, Franz Kapus, & Werner Spring	1:17.75	1:19.45	1:17.88	1:18.90	5:13.98
5	Austria (AUT) Austria I	Karl Wagner, Franz Eckhardt, Hermann Palka, & Paul Aste	1:19.34	1:18.91	1:18.27	1:18.22	5:14.74
6	Sweden (SWE) Sweden I	Kjell Holmström, Felix Fernström, Nils Landgren, & Jan Lapidoth	1:19.11	1:19.90	1:17.28	1:18.72	5:15.01
7	Sweden (SWE) Sweden II	Gunnar Åhs, Börje Ekedahl, Lennart Sandin, & Gunnar Garpö	1:18.84	1:19.93	1:18.66	1:20.43	5:17.86
8	Argentina (ARG) Argentina I	Carlos Tomasi, Robert Bordeu, Carlos Sareisian, & Héctor Tomasi	1:20.15	1:19.81	1:19.35	1:19.54	5:18.85
9	United States (USA) USA II	James Bickford, Hubert Miller, Maurice R. Severino, & Joseph Scott	1:19.13	1:19.97	1:19.49	1:21.09	5:19.68
10	Italy (ITA) Italy II	Alberto Della Beffa, Sandro Rasini, Dario Colombi, & Dario Poggi	1:20.02	1:21.39	1:18.86	1:19.65	5:19.62
11	France (FRA) France I	André Robin, Joseph Chatelus, Louis Saint-Calbre, & Henri Rivière	1:18.90	1:19.91	1:19.18	1:22.75	5:20.74
12	Norway (NOR) Norway I	Arne Holst, Trygve Brudevold, Curt James Haydn, & Kåre Christiansen	1:20.05	1:19.93	1:19.98	1:21.40	5:21.36
13	Norway (NOR) Norway II	Reidar Alveberg, Anders Hveem, Arne Røgden, & Gunnar Thoresen	1:21.53	1:21.18	1:20.77	1:20.99	5:24.47
14	Italy (ITA) Italy II	Umberto Gilarduzzi, Michele Alverà, Vittorio Folonari, & Luigi Cavalieri	1:21.23	1:21.35	1:21.64	1:21.76	5:25.98
DNF	Austria (AUT) Austria II	Kurt Loserth, Wilfried Thurner, Franz Kneissl, & Heinz Hoppichler	1:19.51	1:20.25	1:20.44		DNF

References

• 1952 bobsleigh four-man results