Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Friday, January 30, 1948 and on Saturday, January 31, 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948 and on Saturday, February 7, 1948.[1]

Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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Two | men |
Four | men |
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man |
![]() Switzerland II Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller |
![]() Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard |
![]() USA II Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron |
Four-man |
![]() USA II Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico |
![]() Belgium I Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet |
![]() USA I James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree |
Participating nations
Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
Argentina (4) Belgium (5) Czechoslovakia (4) France (10) Great Britain (10) Italy (10) Norway (8) Switzerland (8) United States (12)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (3 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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gollark: I blame endianness, myself, somehow.
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gollark: I mean, except for all the ways in which I participated.
gollark: I like how I """won""" despite not actually participating.
References
- "Bobsleigh at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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