Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh

at the II Olympic Winter Games

Venue| St.Moritz, Switzerland
Dates| 18 February 1928
Competitors| 115 from 14 nations

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At the 1928 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the five man event. The competition was held on Saturday, 18 February 1928.[1]

## Medalists

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Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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United States (USA)
USA II
Billy Fiske
Clifford Gray
Geoffrey Mason
Richard Parke
Nion Tocker |  United States (USA)
USA I
Thomas Doe
David Granger
Jennison Heaton
Lyman Hine
Jay O'Brien |  Germany (GER)
Germany II
Hans Heß
Sebastian Huber
Hanns Kilian
Valentin Krempl
Hanns Nägle

## Results

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Place | Team | Bobsledders | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total

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1 |  USA II (USA) | Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, and Richard Parke | 1:38.9 | 1:41.6 | 3:20.5
2 |  USA I (USA) | Jennison Heaton, David Granger, Lyman Hine, Jay O'Brien, and Thomas Doe | 1:42.3 | 1:38.7 | 3:21.0
3 |  Germany II (GER) | Hanns Kilian, Hans Heß, Sebastian Huber, Valentin Krempl, and Hanns Nägle | 1:41.7 | 1:40.2 | 3:21.9
4 |  Argentina I (ARG) | Arturo Gramajo, Ricardo González, Mariano de María, Rafael Iglesias, and John Victor Nash | 1:40.1 | 1:42.5 | 3:22.6
5 |  Argentina II (ARG) | Eduardo Hope, Jorge del Carril, Héctor Milberg, Horacio Iglesias, and Horacio Gramajo | 1:42.3 | 1:40.6 | 3:22.9
6 |  Belgium I (BEL) | Ernest Casimir-Lambert, Walter Jean Ganshof van der Meersch, Marcel Sedille-Courbon, Max Houben, and Léon Tom | 1:39.8 | 1:44.7 | 3:24.5
7 |  Romania II (ROU) | Grigore Socolescu, Ion Gavăț, Traian Nițescu, Toma Ghițulescu, and Mircea Socolescu | 1:43.8 | 1:40.8 | 3:24.6
8 |  Suisse I (SUI) | Charles Stoffel, René Fonjallaz, Henry Höhnes, Emil Coppetti, and Louis Koch | 1:43.1 | 1:42.6 | 3:25.7
9 |  Great Britain II (GBR) | Henry Martineau, Walter Birch, John Dalrymple, John Gee, and Edward Hall | 1:41.7 | 1:44.5 | 3:26.2
10 |  Great Britain I (GBR) | George Pim, Guy Tracey, David Griffith, Frederick Browning, and Thomas Warner | 1:40.6 | 1:45.7 | 3:26.3
11 |  Mexico (MEX) | Lorenzo Elizaga, Juan de Landa, Genaro Díaz Raigosa, Mario Casasos, and José de la Cruz Porfirio Genaro Díaz Raigosa | 1:44.9 | 1:42.8 | 3:27.6
12 |  The Netherlands (NED) | Curt van de Sandt, Jacques Delprat, Edwin Teixeira de Mattos, Henri Dekking, and Hubert Menten | 1:43.5 | 1:45.5 | 3:29.0
13 |  Suisse II (SUI) | Jean Moillen, John Schneiter, René Ansermoz, André Moillen, and William Pichard | 1:41.7 | 1:48.2 | 3:29.9
14 |  France I (FRA) | Jean de Suarez d'Aulan, Michel Baur, Roger Petit-Didier, Jacques Petit-Didier, and William Beamish | 1:43.7 | 1:46.3 | 3:30.0
15 |  France II (FRA) | André Dubonnet, Bertrand du Pontavice de Heussey, Joseph Dedeyn, Stéphane de la Rochefoucault, and Jacques Rheins | 1:45.7 | 1:44.5 | 3:30.2
16 |  Belgium II (BEL) | Charles Mulder, Hubert Kryn, Ferdinand Hubert, Louis Rooy, and Robert Langlois | 1:45.0 | 1:46.2 | 3:31.2
17 |  Poland (POL) | Józef Broel-Plater, Jerzy Bardziński, Jerzy Łucki, Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski, and Antoni Bura | 1:44.8 | 1:46.8 | 3:31.6
18 |  Germany I (GER) | Hans-Edgar Endres, Paul Martin, Karl Reinhardt, Paul Volkhardt, and Rudolf Soenning | 1:48.0 | 1:43.9 | 3:31.9
19 |  Romania I (ROU) | Alexandru Berlescu, Eugen Ştefănescu, Petre Petrovici, Tita Rădulescu, and Horia Roman | 1:47.3 | 1:44.9 | 3:32.2
20 |  Luxembourg (LUX) | Marc Schoetter, Raoul Weckbecker, Willy Heldenstein, Pierre Kaempff, and Auguste Hilbert | 1:45.8 | 1:46.9 | 3:32.7
21 |  Italia (ITA) | Giancarlo Morpugo, Carlo Sem, Luigi Cerutti, Giuseppe Crivelli, and Piero Marchetti | 1:45.0 | 1:49.6 | 3:34.6
22 |  Austria II (AUT) | Franz Lorenz, Franz Wohlgemuth, Eduard Pechanda, Benno Karner, and Richard Lorenz | 1:52.3 | 1:49.7 | 3:42.0
— |  Austria I (AUT) | Gustav Mader, Hugo Weinstengel, Michael Waissnix, Walter Sehr, and Franz Pamperl | 1:44.2 | DSQ | DSQ

## Participating nations

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A total of 115 bobsledders from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

* Austria (10)
* Argentina (10)
* Belgium (10)
* France (10)
* Germany (10)
* Great Britain (10)
* Italy (5)
* Luxembourg (5)
* Mexico (5)
* Netherlands (5)
* Poland (5)
* Romania (10)
* Switzerland (10)
* United States (10)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 1| 1| 0| 2
2|  Germany| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (2 entries)| 1| 1| 1| 3

## References

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1. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

## External links

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* International Olympic Committee results database
* Official Olympic Report
* sports-reference
* 1928 bobsleigh five-man results

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Events at the 1928 Winter Olympics (St. Moritz)

* Bobsleigh
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* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* Military patrol (demonstration)
* Nordic combined
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* Ski jumping
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Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh

* 1924:  Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
* 1928:  Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
* 1932:  Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
* 1936:  Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
* 1948:  Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
* 1952:  Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
* 1956:  Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
* 1964:  V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
* 1968:  Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
* 1972:  Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
* 1976:  Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
* 1980:  Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
* 1984:  Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
* 1988:  Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
* 1992:  Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
* 1994:  Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
* 1998:  Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
* 2002:  Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
* 2006:  Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
* 2010:  Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
* 2014:  Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT)
* 2018:  Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER)
* 2022:  Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

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