The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 6 and 7 February 1948.[1]
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 |
| Rank | Team | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor='gold' align='center' | Gold | USA II | Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico | 1:17.1 | 1:19.6 | 1:21.4 | 1:22.0 | 5:20.1 | |
| bgcolor='silver' align='center' | Silver | Belgium I | Max Houben, Freddy Mansveld, Louis-Georges Niels, & Jacques Mouvet | 1:17.3 | 1:20.9 | 1:22.0 | 1:21.1 | 5:21.3 | |
| bgcolor='#CC9966' align='center' | Bronze | USA I | James Bickford, Thomas Hicks, Donald Dupree, & William Dupree | 1:17.4 | 1:20.7 | 1:21.8 | 1:21.6 | 5:21.5 | |
| align='center' | 4 | Switzerland I | Fritz Feierabend, Friedrich Waller, Felix Endrich, & Heinrich Angst | 1:16.9 | 1:21.2 | 1:22.3 | 1:21.7 | 5:22.1 | |
| align='center' | 5 | Norway I | Arne Holst, Ivar Johansen, Reidar Berg, & Alf Large | 1:17.3 | 1:20.8 | 1:21.4 | 1:23.0 | 5:22.5 | |
| align='center' | 6 | Italy I | Nino Bibbia, Giancarlo Ronchetti, Edilberto Campadese, & Luigi Cavalieri | 1:18.2 | 1:20.8 | 1:22.1 | 1:21.9 | 5:23.0 | |
| align='center' | 7 | Great Britain I | William Coles, William McLean, Raymond Collings, & George Holliday | 1:18.5 | 1:20.9 | 1:22.5 | 1:23.0 | 5:23.3 | |
| align='center' | 8 | Switzerland II | Franz Kapus, Werner Spring, Bernhard Schilter, & Paul Eberhard | 1:17.6 | 1:20.8 | 1:22.3 | 1:24.7 | 5:25.5 | |
| align='center' | 9 | France I | René Charlet, Jean Morin, Jacques Descatoire, & Amédée Ronzel | 1:18.9 | 1:22.2 | 1:23.8 | 1:24.5 | 5:29.4 | |
| align='center' | 10 | Norway II | Bjarne Schrøen, Gunnar Thoresen, Arnold Dyrdahl, & Benn John Valsø | 1:20.0 | 1:22.6 | 1:23.6 | 1:23.5 | 5:29.7 | |
| align='center' | 11 | Italy II | Nino Rovelli, Enrico Airoldi, Vittorio Folonari, & Remo Airoldi | 1:19.8 | 1:22.8 | 1:23.2 | 1:24.4 | 5:30.2 | |
| align='center' | 12 | Argentina I | Justo del Carril, Salvador Correa, Marcello de Ridder, & Héctor Tomasi | 1:20.5 | 1:23.4 | 1:24.5 | 1:24.5 | 5:32.9 | |
| align='center' | 13 | France II | Gilbert Achard-Picard, Félix Bonnat, Louis Saint-Calbre, & Henri Evrot | 1:20.7 | 1:24.7 | 1:24.7 | 1:25.3 | 5:35.4 | |
| align='center' | 14 | Czechoslovakia I | Max Ippen, František Zajíšek, Ivan Šipajlo, & Eduard Novotný | 1:20.6 | 1:24.1 | 1:25.4 | 1:25.4 | 5:35.5 | |
| align='center' | 15 | Great Britain II | Richard Jeffrey, Edgar Meddings, George Powell-Sheddon, & James Iremonger | 1:20.8 | 1:24.3 | 1:29.8 | 1:26.2 | 5:41.1 |
The competition was halted in the middle of the second round when a water pipe burst, flooding the bobrun.