Olympic Bobsledding Through the Years
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
A two-woman bobsled event was added in 2002. Only drivers are listed in parentheses.
Multiple gold medals: Kevin Kuske, Andre Lange (4); Bernard Germeshausen, Meinhard Nehmer (3); Wolfgang Hoppe, Eugenio Monti, Donat Acklin, Gustav Weder, Markus Zimmermann, Dietmar Schauerhammer, Christoph Langen, Luciano De Paolis, Billy Fiske, Cliff Gray, Olaf Hampel, Andreas Ostler, Lorenz Nieberl, Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse, Alexey Voevoda, Alexander Zubkov (2).
Two-Man
| Year | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | United States (Hubert Stevens) | 8:14.74 |
| 1936 | United States (Ivan Brown) | 5:29.29 |
| 1948 | Switzerland (Felix Endrich) | 5:29.2 |
| 1952 | Germany (Andreas Ostler) | 5:24.54 |
| 1956 | Italy (Lamberto Dalla Costa) | 5:30.14 |
| 1960 Not held | ||
| 1964 | Great Britain (Anthony Nash) | 4:21.90 |
| 1968 | Italy (Eugenio Monti) | 4:41.54 |
| 1972 | West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer) | 4:57.07 |
| 1976 | East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer) | 3:44.42 |
| 1980 | Switzerland (Erich Schärer) | 4:09.36 |
| 1984 | East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) | 3:25.56 |
| 1988 | Soviet Union (Janis Kipurs) | 3:54.19 |
| 1992 | Switzerland I (Gustav Weder) | 4:03.26 |
| 1994 | Switzerland I (Gustav Weder) | 3:30.81 |
| 1998 | (TIE) Italy I (Guenther Huber) | 3:37.24 |
| & Canada I (Pierre Lueders) | 3:37.24 | |
| 2002 | Germany I (Christoph Langen) | 3:10.11 |
| 2006 | Germany I (Christoph Langen) | 3:43.38 |
| 2010 | Germany I (Andre Lange) | 3:26.65 |
| 2014 | Russian Federation (Alexander Zubkov) | 3:45.39 |
Two-Woman
| Year | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | United States II (Jill Bakken) | 1:37.76 |
| 2006 | Germany (Sandra Kiriasis) | 3:49.98 |
| 2010 | Canada I (Kaillie Humphries) | 3:32.28 |
| 2014 | Canada (Kaillie Humphries) | 3:50.61 |
Four-Man
| Year | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Switzerland (Eduard Scherrer) | 5:45.54 |
| 1928 | United States (Billy Fiske) | 3:20.5 |
| 1932 | United States (Billy Fiske) | 7:53.68 |
| 1936 | Switzerland (Pierre Musy) | 5:19.85 |
| 1948 | United States (Francis Tyler) | 5:20.1 |
| 1952 | Germany (Andreas Ostler) | 5:07.84 |
| 1956 | Switzerland (Franz Kapus) | 5:10.44 |
| 1960 Not held | ||
| 1964 | Canada (Vic Emery) | 4:14.46 |
| 1968 | Italy (Eugenio Monti) | 2:17.39 |
| 1972 | Switzerland (Jean Wicki) | 4:43.07 |
| 1976 | East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer) | 3:40.43 |
| 1980 | East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer) | 3:59.92 |
| 1984 | East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) | 3:20.22 |
| 1988 | Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser) | 3:47.51 |
| 1992 | Austria I (Ingo Appelt) | 3:53.90 |
| 1994 | Germany II (Harald Czudaj) | 3:27.78 |
| 1998 | Germany II (Christoph Langen) | 2:39.41 |
| 2002 | Germany II (Andre Lange) | 3:07.51 |
| 2006 | Germany (Andre Lange) | 3:40.42 |
| 2010 | United States I (Steve Holcomb) | 3:23.46 |
| 2014 | Russian Federation (Alexander Zubkov) | 3:40.60 |
Note: Five-man sleds were used in 1928.
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