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.
Bobsleigh at the I Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Chamonix, France |
Dates | 2–3 February |
Competitors | 39 from 5 nations |
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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(Switzerland) (SUI) Switzerland I (Alfred Neveu) (Eduard Scherrer) (Alfred Schläppi) (Heinrich Schläppi) | (Great Britain) (GBR) Great Britain II (Thomas Arnold) (Ralph Broome) (Alexander Richardson) Rodney Soher | (Belgium) (BEL) Belgium I (Charles Mulder) (René Mortiaux) (Paul Van den Broeck) (Victor Verschueren) (Henri Willems) |
Results
Place | Team | Bobsledders | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
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1 | Switzerland I ((SUI)) | (Eduard Scherrer), (Alfred Neveu), (Alfred Schläppi), and (Heinrich Schläppi) | 1:27.39 | 1:26.60 | 1:25.02 | 1:26.53 | 5:45.54 |
2 | Great Britain II ((GBR)) | (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 | Belgium I ((BEL)) | (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 | France II ((FRA)) | (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 | Great Britain I ((GBR)) | (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 | Italy I ((ITA)) | (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 |
– | France I ((FRA)) | (Émile Legrand), (Gabriel Izard), (Jacques Jany), and (Fernand Legrand) | 4:29.01 | – | 2:00.79 | 1:56.58 | – |
– | Italy II ((ITA)) | (Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro), (Adolfo Bocchi), (Leonardo Bonzi), (Alfredo Spasciani), and (Alberto Visconti) | 4:08.44 | – | – | – | – |
– | Switzerland II ((SUI)) | (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:
- (Belgium) (5)
- (France) (8)
- (Great Britain) (8)
- (Italy) (10)
- (Switzerland) (8)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | (Switzerland) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | (Great Britain) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | (Belgium) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
References
- . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links
- 1924 bobsleigh four-man results
- (digitized copy online)
- International Olympic Committee results database