Bobsleigh at the V Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Dates | 30-31 January (two-man) 6-7 February (four-man) |
Competitors | 71 from 9 nations |
Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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Two | men |
Four | men |
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]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man |
![]() Switzerland II Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller |
![]() Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard |
![]() USA II Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron |
Four-man |
![]() USA II Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico |
![]() Belgium I Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet |
![]() USA I James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree |
Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |