Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the III Olympic Winter Games
VenueLake Placid, New York
Dates9-15 February 1932
Competitors115 from 14 nations
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Bobsleigh at the
1932 Winter Olympics
Twomen
Fourmen

At the 1932 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 9, 1932 to February 15, 1932. Events were held at the Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
details 		 United States (USA)
USA I
Hubert Stevens
Curtis Stevens 		 Switzerland (SUI)
Switzerland II
Reto Capadrutt
Oscar Geier 		 United States (USA)
USA II
John Heaton
Robert Minton
Four-man
details 		 United States (USA)
USA I
Billy Fiske
Edward Eagan
Clifford Gray
Jay O'Brien 		 United States (USA)
USA II
Henry Homburger
Percy Bryant
Francis Stevens
Edmund Horton 		 Germany (GER)
Germany I
Hanns Kilian
Max Ludwig
Hans Mehlhorn
Sebastian Huber

Participating nations

A stylized image shows a four-man bobled running the bobsled track, with an observation tower and spectator viewing area on either side. At the top of the image are the flags of the United States, the Olympic movement, and France, and the bottom of the poster reads, "Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid, Up where winter calls to play, Operated by New York State Conservation Dept."
A Works Progress Administration poster advertising the Lake Placid bobsled run

Eleven bobsledders competed in both events.[2]

A total of 41 bobsledders from eight nations competed at the Lake Placid Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2114
2 Switzerland0101
3 Germany0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

References

  1. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ https://www.guillaumeflandre.com/olympics/lake-placid-1932-winter-olympics-medal-count-by-population.html [dead link‍]