Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936 to February 15, 1936.
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[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Two-man details |
 United States (USA)USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |
 Switzerland (SUI)Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
United States (USA) USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
| Four-man details |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
 Great Britain (GBR)Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
[edit] Participating nations
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands only competed in the two-man event. Twenty-three bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 99 bobsledders from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:
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Belgium (8)
Czechoslovakia (8)
France (10)
Germany (10)- Great Britain (4)
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Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (4)
Netherlands (2)
Romania (9)- Switzerland (9)
- United States (11)
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] References
- 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.(German) - pp. 408-19.
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