At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936.[1]
| Bobsleigh at the IV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| Dates | 6-16 February |
| Competitors | 115 from 14 nations |
Medal summary
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Participating nations
editLiechtenstein, 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:
Austria (12)
Belgium (8)
Czechoslovakia (8)
France (10)
Germany (10)
Great Britain (4)
Italy (10)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (4)
Netherlands (2)
Romania (9)
Switzerland (9)
United States (11)
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References
edit- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
External links
edit- 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.(in German) - pp. 408–19.
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