Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics explained

Size:	150
Code:	BOB
Sport:	bobsleigh
Menevents:	2
Womenevents:	2

Bobsleigh is an event in the Winter Olympic Games where a two- or four-person team drives a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the winning team completing the route with the fastest time. The event has been featured since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, with the exception of the 1960 games in Squaw Valley when the organizing committee decided not to build a track in order to reduce expenses. Other than that exception, the four-man competition has been competed at every game (in 1928, it was a five-man competition). The two-man event was introduced at the 1932 Lake Placid games and a two-woman event was first contested at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

Summary

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Events

Four-man

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Two-man

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Two-woman

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Women's monobob

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Total events

Medal leaders

Athletes who have won multiple medals (including at least one gold) are listed below.

Men

Athlete	Event	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	4-man 2-man	2002–2018	4	2	0	6
	4-man 2-man	2002–2010	4	1	0	5
	4-man 2-man	2018-2022	4	0	0	4
	4-man 2-man	2018-2022	4	0	0	4
	4-man 2-man	1976–1980	3	1	0	4
	4-man 2-man	1976–1980	3	0	1	4
	4-man 2-man	1984–1994	2	3	1	6
	4-man 2-man	1956, 1964–1968	2	2	2	6
	4-man 2-man	1992–1994	2	1	1	4
	4-man 2-man	1992–1994	2	1	1	4
	4-man 2-man	1992–2002	2	1	1	4
	4-man 2-man	1984–1988	2	1	0	3
	4-man 2-man	1992, 1998–2002	2	0	2	4
	4-man	2018-2022	2	0	0	2
	4-man 2-man	1968	2	0	0	2
	4-man 5-man	1928–1932	2	0	0	2
	4-man 5-man	1928–1932	2	0	0	2
	4-man	1994–1998	2	0	0	2
	4-man 2-man	1952	2	0	0	2
	4-man 2-man	1952	2	0	0	2
	4-man 2-man	1980–1992	1	5	1	7
	4-man 2-man	1976–1980	1	2	1	4
	4-man 2-man	1976, 1984–1988	1	2	1	4
	4-man 2-man	1976–1980	1	2	1	4
Steven Holcomb	4-man 2-man	2010–2014	1	2	0	3
	4-man 2-man	1948–1952	1	2	0	3
	4-man 2-man	1972–1976	1	1	2	4
	4-man 2-man	1936	1	1	0	2
	4-man 2-man	1980	1	1	0	2
	2-man	1994–2006	1	1	0	2
	4-man	1988–1994	1	1	0	2
	4-man 5-man	1928–1932	1	1	0	2
	4-man	2006–2010	1	1	0	2
	4-man	2010–2014	1	1	0	2
	4-man 2-man	2002–2016, 2014	1	0	3	4
	4-man 2-man	2014–2018	1	0	2	3
	4-man 2-man	1972–1976	1	0	2	3
	4-man 2-man	1968–1972	1	0	2	3
	4-man	1994–2002	1	0	1	2
	4-man 2-man	1972	1	0	1	2
	2-man	1994–1998	1	0	1	2
	4-man 2-man	1988	1	0	1	2
	4-man	1980–1984	1	0	1	2
	4-man 2-man	1988	1	0	1	2
	4-man 2-man	2018–2022	1	0	1	2
	4-man 2-man	2014–2018	1	0	1	2
	4-man	1980–1984	1	0	1	2

Women

Event	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2-woman	2010–2022	3	0	1	4
2-woman	2010–2014	2	0	0	2
2-woman	2002–2010	1	1	0	2
2-woman	2018–2022	1	1	0	2

Elana Meyers Taylor from the United States has more Olympic bobsleigh medals than any other woman, but is yet to win a gold medal so far; her five medals comprise three silver and two bronze from 2010 through 2022.

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh. Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):^[2]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

Notes

2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 1998 two-man event
2 bronze medals awarded at 1998 four-man event
2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 2018 two-man event
2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 2018 four-man event

Number of bobsledders by nation


Nations	5	14	8	13	9	10	13	-	11	11	11	13	11	16	23	25	30	28	34	22	23	23	21	23	56
Bobsledders	39	115	41	99	71	71	93	-	81	90	79	93	78	111	135	159	155	156	195	150	159	169	164	165	1,961

Notes and References

Five-man event
Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2022-02-20.