Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh; at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Oslo, Norway
Dates	14–22 February 1952
Competitors	70 from 10 nations
	← 1948 1956 →

At the 1952 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Thursday and Friday, 14 and 15 February 1952 while the four-man competition was held on Thursday and Friday, 21 and 22 February 1952.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Two-man details	Germany (GER) Germany I Andreas Ostler Lorenz Nieberl	United States (USA) USA I Stanley Benham Patrick Martin	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Stephan Waser
Four-man details	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

Participating nations

Belgium only competed in the two-man event and Argentina only competed in the four-man event. 25 bobsledders competed in both events.

A total of 71 bobsledders from ten nations competed at the Oslo Games:

Argentina (4)
Austria (8)
Belgium (4)
France (5)
Germany (6)
Italy (8)
Norway (9)
Sweden (9)
Switzerland (8)
United States (10)

Medal table

References

^ "Bobsleigh at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

[SR-1] "Bobsleigh at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	0	0	2
2	United States	0	2	0	2
3	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

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