Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh

at the VI Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Oslo, Norway
Dates| 14–22 February 1952
Competitors| 70 from 10 nations

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Bobsleigh at the
1952 Winter Olympics

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

## References

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

## External links

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* 1952 bobsleigh two-man results
* 1952 bobsleigh four-man results

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Events at the 1952 Winter Olympics (Oslo)

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy (demonstration)
* Bobsleigh
* Cross‑country skiing
* Figure skating
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* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
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