Bobsleigh at the: Winter Olympics | |
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IOC Discipline Code | BOB |
Governing body | IBSF |
Events | 4 (men: 2; women: 2) |
Games | |
Bobsleigh is: an event in the Winter Olympic Games where a two-/four-person team drives a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the "winning team completing the route with the fastest time." The event has been featured since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, with the exception of the 1960 games in Squaw Valley when the organizing committee decided notββto build a track in orderββto reduce expenses. Other than that exception, the four-man competition has been competed at every game (in 1928, it was a five-man competition). The two-man event was introduced at the 1932 Lake Placid games and a two-woman event was first contested at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
Eventsβ»
Event | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
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Four-man | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | 23 | |
Two-man | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | 21 | |||
Two-woman | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | β’ | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's monobob | β’ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total events | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Medal leadersβ»
Athletes who have won multiple medals (including at least one gold) are listed below.
Menβ»
Athlete | NOC | Event | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Kevin Kuske | Germany (GER) | 4-man 2-man |
2002β2018 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
AndrΓ© Lange | Germany (GER) | 4-man 2-man |
2002β2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Francesco Friedrich | Germany (GER) | 4-man 2-man |
2018-2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Thorsten Margis | Germany (GER) | 4-man 2-man |
2018-2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bernhard Germeshausen | East Germany (GDR) | 4-man 2-man |
1976β1980 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Meinhard Nehmer | East Germany (GDR) | 4-man 2-man |
1976β1980 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Wolfgang Hoppe | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
1984β1994 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Eugenio Monti | Italy (ITA) | 4-man 2-man |
1956, 1964β1968 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Donat Acklin | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
1992β1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Gustav Weder | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
1992β1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Markus Zimmermann | Germany (GER) | 4-man 2-man |
1992β2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Dietmar Schauerhammer | East Germany (GDR) | 4-man 2-man |
1984β1988 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Christoph Langen | Germany (GER) | 4-man 2-man |
1992, 1998β2002 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Candy Bauer | Germany (GER) | 4-man | 2018-2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Luciano De Paolis | Italy (ITA) | 4-man 2-man |
1968 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Billy Fiske | United States (USA) | 4-man 5-man |
1928β1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Clifford Gray | United States (USA) | 4-man 5-man |
1928β1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Olaf Hampel | Germany (GER) | 4-man | 1994β1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lorenz Nieberl | West Germany (FRG) | 4-man 2-man |
1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Andreas Ostler | West Germany (FRG) | 4-man 2-man |
1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bogdan Musiol | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) |
4-man 2-man |
1980β1992 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
Joseph Benz | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
1976β1980 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Bernhard Lehmann | East Germany (GDR) | 4-man 2-man |
1976, 1984β1988 |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Erich SchΓ€rer | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
1976β1980 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Steven Holcomb | United States (USA) | 4-man 2-man |
2010β2014 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Patrick Martin | United States (USA) | 4-man 2-man |
1948β1952 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Wolfgang Zimmerer | West Germany (FRG) | 4-man 2-man |
1972β1976 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Joseph Beerli | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Hans-JΓΌrgen Gerhardt | East Germany (GDR) | 4-man 2-man |
1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pierre Lueders | Canada (CAN) | 2-man | 1994β2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Kurt Meier | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man | 1988β1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jay O'Brien | United States (USA) | 4-man 5-man |
1928β1932 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Martin Putze | Germany (GER) | 4-man | 2006β2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Curtis Tomasevicz | United States (USA) | 4-man | 2010β2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Beat Hefti | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
2002β2016, 2014 |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Oskars MelbΔrdis | Latvia (LAT) | 4-man 2-man |
2014β2018 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Peter Utzschneider | West Germany (FRG) | 4-man 2-man |
1972β1976 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Jean Wicki | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
1968β1972 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Carsten Embach | Germany (GER) | 4-man | 1994β2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Edy Hubacher | Switzerland (SUI) | 4-man 2-man |
1972 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
GΓΌnther Huber | Italy (ITA) | 2-man | 1994β1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
JΔnis ΔΆipurs | Soviet Union (URS) | 4-man 2-man |
1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Andreas Kirchner | East Germany (GDR) | 4-man | 1980β1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Vladimir Koslov | Soviet Union (URS) | 4-man 2-man |
1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Justin Kripps | Canada (CAN) | 4-man 2-man |
2018β2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
JΔnis Strenga | Latvia (LAT) | 4-man 2-man |
2014β2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Roland Wetzig | East Germany (GDR) | 4-man | 1980β1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Womenβ»
Athlete | NOC | Event | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Kaillie Humphries | Canada (CAN) United States (USA) |
2-woman | 2010β2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Heather Moyse | Canada (CAN) | 2-woman | 2010β2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sandra Kiriasis | Germany (GER) | 2-woman | 2002β2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mariama Jamanka | Germany (GER) | 2-woman | 2018β2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Elana Meyers Taylor from the United States has more Olympic bobsleigh medals than any other woman. But is yet to win a gold medal so far; her five medals comprise three silver and "two bronze from 2010 through 2022."
Medal tableβ»
Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany (GER) | 16 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
3 | United States (USA) | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
4 | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
5 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
7 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
10 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
14 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 53 | 50 | 51 | 154 |
- Notes
- 2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 1998 two-man event
- 2 bronze medals awarded at 1998 four-man event
- 2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 2018 two-man event
- 2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 2018 four-man event
Number of bobsledders by, nationβ»
Nation | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
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American Samoa (ASA) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 1 | |
Argentina (ARG) | β | 10 | β | β | 4 | 4 | β | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | |
Armenia (ARM) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | |
Australia (AUS) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | β | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Austria (AUT) | β | 10 | 2 | 12 | β | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 21 | |
Belgium (BEL) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 5 | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | |
Brazil (BRA) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 4 | β | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
Bulgaria (BUL) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 5 | 5 | 2 | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | |
Canada (CAN) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | |
China (CHN) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
Chinese Taipei (TPE) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | 6 | |
Croatia (CRO) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 4 | 5 | β | 4 | β | 4 | |
Czech Republic (CZE) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | β | β | β | 8 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | β | β | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | |
France (FRA) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | β | 10 | 6 | 5 | β | 4 | β | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | β | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
East Germany (GDR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | |
West Germany (FRG) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 6 | |
United Team of Germany (EUA) | β | β | β | β | β | β | 10 | 9 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | |
Germany (GER) | β | 10 | 9 | 10 | β | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 13 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 10 | β | 4 | 10 | β | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 22 | |
Greece (GRE) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 4 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | 3 | |
Hungary (HUN) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | β | β | β | β | 4 | |
Ireland (IRL) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | β | 5 | 2 | β | 2 | β | β | β | 4 | |
Italy (ITA) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 23 | |
Jamaica (JAM) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | β | β | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
Japan (JPN) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | β | β | 12 | |
Latvia (LAT) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | |
Liechtenstein (LIE) | β | β | β | 2 | β | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | β | β | 3 | |
Luxembourg (LUX) | β | 5 | β | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | |
Mexico (MEX) | β | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 7 | β | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | |
Monaco (MON) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
Netherlands (NED) | β | 5 | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | β | 2 | β | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | β | 5 | 9 | |
Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 5 | β | β | 2 | 4 | 4 | β | β | β | β | 4 | |
Nigeria (NGR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | β | β | β | β | 8 | 9 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | 4 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | 6 | |
Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 10 | β | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | β | 5 | β | β | β | β | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | β | 8 | |
Portugal (POR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 1 | |
Puerto Rico (PUR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 5 | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β | 3 | |
ROC | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 12 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | β | 10 | 4 | 9 | β | β | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
Russia (RUS) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 16 | β | β | 6 | |
San Marino (SMR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 1 | |
Serbia (SRB) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 2 | β | β | 2 | |
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | 1 | |
Slovakia (SVK) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | β | 1 | 5 | |
South Korea (KOR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |
Soviet Union (URS) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 8 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | |
Spain (ESP) | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | β | 9 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | |
Sweden (SWE) | β | β | β | β | β | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | β | 4 | β | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | 11 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 8 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 23 | |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 2 | 3 | β | β | β | β | 2 | 4 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 2 | 5 | β | β | β | β | 1 | 4 | |
Unified Team (EUN) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 9 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 1 | |
United States (USA) | β | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 22 | |
Virgin Islands (ISV) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | β | β | β | β | 5 | ||
Yugoslavia (YUG) | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 9 | 2 | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 3 | |
Nations | 5 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 56 |
Bobsledders | 39 | 115 | 41 | 99 | 71 | 71 | 93 | - | 81 | 90 | 79 | 93 | 78 | 111 | 135 | 159 | 155 | 156 | 195 | 150 | 159 | 169 | 164 | 165 | 1,961 |
Year | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 22 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Five-man event
- ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
External linksβ»
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