Event: | Bobsleigh |
Games: | 1948 Winter |
Venue: | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Dates: | 30-31 January (two-man) 6-7 February (four-man) |
Competitors: | 71 |
Nations: | 9 |
Prev: | 1936 |
Next: | 1952 |
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]
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 |
Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games: