Bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics explained
| Event: | Bobsleigh |
| Games: | 1924 Winter |
| Venue: | Chamonix, France |
| Dates: | 2–3 February |
| Competitors: | 39 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Next: | 1928 |
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the four man event. However, rules at the time also allowed a fifth sledder to compete. The event was held on Saturday and Sunday, 2 and 3 February 1924.[1]
Medalists
Results
| Place | Team | Bobsledders | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
|---|
| bgcolor=gold | 1 | | Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, and Heinrich Schläppi | 1:27.39 | 1:26.60 | 1:25.02 | 1:26.53 | 5:45.54 |
| bgcolor=silver | 2 | | Ralph Broome, Thomas Arnold, Alexander Richardson, and Rodney Soher | 1:28.73 | 1:28.67 | 1:25.76 | 1:25.67 | 5:48.83 |
| 3 | | Charles Mulder, René Mortiaux, Paul Van den Broeck, Victor Verschueren, and Henri Willems | 1:29.89 | 1:34.22 | 1:29.98 | 1:28.20 | 6:02.29 |
| 4 | | Antony Berg, Henri Aldebert, Georges André, and Jean de Suarez d'Aulan | 1:39.35 | 1:34.99 | 1:36.68 | 1:31.93 | 6:22.95 |
| 5 | | William Horton, Archibald Crabbe, Gerard Fairlie, and George Pim | 1:42.33 | 1:41.28 | 1:38.58 | 1:38.52 | 6:40.71 |
| 6 | | Lodovico Obexer, Massimo Fink, Paolo Herbert, Giuseppe Steiner, and Aloise Trenker | 1:53.00 | 1:49.69 | 1:48.73 | 1:43.99 | 7:15.41 |
| - | | Émile Legrand, Gabriel Izard, Jacques Jany, and Fernand Legrand | 4:29.01 | - | 2:00.79 | 1:56.58 | - |
| - | | Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro, Adolfo Bocchi, Leonardo Bonzi, Alfredo Spasciani, and Alberto Visconti | 4:08.44 | - | - | - | - |
| - | | Charles Stoffel, Alois Faigle, Anton Guldener, and Edmond Laroche | 5:38.00 | - | - | - | - | |
Participating nations
A total of 39 bobsledders from five nations competed at the Chamonix Games:
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Bobsleigh at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1924/BOB/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 April 2018 . Sports Reference.
