Bobsleigh at the IV Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Dates | 6-16 February |
Competitors | 115 from 14 nations |
Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
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Two | men |
Four | men |
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936.[1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man |
United States (USA) USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
United States (USA) USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
Four-man |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands only competed in the two-man event. Twenty-three bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 95 bobsledders from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |