Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics explained

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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 [1] 23
Two-man 21
Two-woman 6
Women's monobob 1
Total events 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4

Medal leaders

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

Men

AthleteNOCEventOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
4-man
2-man
2002–20184 2 0 6
4-man
2-man
2002–20104 1 0 5
4-man
2-man
2018-20224 0 0 4
4-man
2-man
2018-20224 0 0 4
4-man
2-man
1976–19803 1 0 4
4-man
2-man
1976–19803 0 1 4

4-man
2-man
1984–19942 3 1 6
4-man
2-man
1956,
1964–1968
2 2 2 6
4-man
2-man
1992–19942 1 1 4
4-man
2-man
1992–19942 1 1 4
4-man
2-man
1992–20022 1 1 4
4-man
2-man
1984–19882 1 0 3
4-man
2-man
1992,
1998–2002
2 0 2 4
4-man2018-20222 0 0 2
4-man
2-man
19682 0 0 2
4-man
5-man
1928–19322 0 0 2
4-man
5-man
1928–19322 0 0 2
4-man1994–19982 0 0 2
4-man
2-man
19522 0 0 2
4-man
2-man
19522 0 0 2

4-man
2-man
1980–19921 5 1 7
4-man
2-man
1976–19801 2 1 4
4-man
2-man
1976,
1984–1988
1 2 1 4
4-man
2-man
1976–19801 2 1 4
Steven Holcomb4-man
2-man
2010–20141 2 0 3
4-man
2-man
1948–19521 2 0 3
4-man
2-man
1972–19761 1 2 4
4-man
2-man
19361 1 0 2
4-man
2-man
19801 1 0 2
2-man1994–20061 1 0 2
4-man1988–19941 1 0 2
4-man
5-man
1928–19321 1 0 2
4-man2006–20101 1 0 2
4-man2010–20141 1 0 2
4-man
2-man
2002–2016,
2014
1 0 3 4
4-man
2-man
2014–20181 0 2 3
4-man
2-man
1972–19761 0 2 3
4-man
2-man
1968–19721 0 2 3
4-man1994–20021 0 1 2
4-man
2-man
19721 0 1 2
2-man1994–19981 0 1 2
4-man
2-man
19881 0 1 2
4-man1980–19841 0 1 2
4-man
2-man
19881 0 1 2
4-man
2-man
2018–20221 0 1 2
4-man
2-man
2014–20181 0 1 2
4-man1980–19841 0 1 2

Women

AthleteNOCEventOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal

2-woman2010–20223 0 1 4
2-woman2010–20142 0 0 2
2-woman2002–20101 1 0 2
2-woman2018–20221 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

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

See also

Notes and References

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