Bobsleigh At The 1924 Winter Olympics

	Bobsleigh At The 1924 Winter Olympics 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. Medalists Results Participating nations A total of 39 bobsledders from five nations competed at the Chamonix Games: * * * * * Medal table References External links1924 bobsleigh four-man results1924 Olympic Games official report (digitized copy online) International Olympic Committee results database {{Footer Olympic Champions Bobsleigh Four-man [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had a population of 8,640. Situated to the north of Mont Blanc, between the peaks of the Aiguilles Rouges and the notable Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix is one of the oldest ski resorts in France. The Chamonix commune is popular with skiers and mountain enthusiasts. Via the cable car lift to the Aiguille du Midi it is possible to access the off-piste (backcountry) ski run of the ''Vallée Blanche''. Name The name Campum munitum, meaning fortified plain or field, had been used as early as 1091. By 1283 the name had been abbreviated to a similar form to the modern Chamonis. Other forms through the ages include Chamouny in 1581, Chamony in 1652, Chamouni in 1786, and the particular spelling Chamonix from 1793. Status Chamonix is the fourth-largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Antony Berg Antony Berg (8 August 1880 – 18 April 1948) was a French bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics. Berg earned a Military Cross for fighting in World War I, and in 1928, he became an Officier of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon .... References External links * 1880 births 1948 deaths French male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of France Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Étienne Legrand Étienne Legrand (born 1897, date of death unknown) was a French bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... References 1897 births Year of death missing French male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of France Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing {{France-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Luis Trenker Luis Trenker (born Alois Franz Trenker, 4 October 1892 – 13 April 1990) was a South Tyrolean film producer, director, writer, actor, architect, Mountaineering, alpinist, and Bobsleigh, bobsledder. Biography Early life Alois Franz Trenker was born on 4 October 1892 in Urtijëi, County of Tyrol, Tyrol (german: link=no, St. Ulrich in Gröden, it, Ortisei) in the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (in present-day northern Italy). His father Jacob Trenker was a painter from North Tyrol, and his mother Karolina (''née'' Demetz) was from Urtijëi in Val Gardena. He grew up speaking two languages: German, the language of his father, and Ladin language, Ladin, the language of his mother. He attended the local primary school from 1898 to 1901, and then attended the Josefinum in Bolzano in 1902 and 1903. From 1903 to 1905, he attended the arts and crafts school in Bolzano, where he developed his skills as a woodcarver. In 1912, he entered the Realschule in Innsbruck, where he stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Giuseppe Steiner (bobsleigh) Giuseppe Steiner (born 1893, date of death unknown) was an Italian bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... References External links * 1893 births Year of death missing Italian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Italy Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing Sportspeople from Südtirol {{Italy-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paolo Herbert Paolo Herbert (born 1895, date of death unknown) was an Italian bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... References 1895 births Year of death missing Italian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Italy Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing {{Italy-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Massimo Fink Massimo Fink (23 November 1896 – 19 March 1956) was an Italian bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... References 1896 births 1956 deaths Italian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Italy Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing {{Italy-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lodovico Obexer Lodovico Obexer (born 1900, date of death unknown) was an Italian bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... References 1900 births Year of death missing Italian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Italy Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing {{Italy-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Pim George Pim (14 January 1899 – 19 July 1976) was a British bobsledder. He competed in the four-man events at the 1924 Winter Olympics and the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M .... References 1899 births 1976 deaths British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Dublin (city) {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gerard Fairlie Francis Gerard Luis Fairlie (1 November 1899 – 31 March 1983) was a Scottish writer and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile) supposedly based the character of Bulldog Drummond. After Sapper's death in 1937, Fairlie continued the Bulldog Drummond book series. Fairlie was born in Kensington, London, educated at Downside School, Somerset and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in December 1918 in the Scots Guards. He was both an Army boxing champion and a member of the Great Britain team in the bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics at Chamonix, France; his team finished fifth. He married Joan Roskell in 1923 and became a journalist and screenwriter. He again served as an army officer in the Second World War. In addition to the Drummond series Fairlie wrote series books about Victor Caryll, Johnny Macall and Mr Malcolm. He died in East Lavington in West Sussex. Bibliography Non-series novels * ''The Man Who Laughed'' (1928) * ''Scissors Cut Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Archibald Crabbe Archibald Crabbe (7 March 1903 – 12 July 1981) was a British bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... Crabbe was awarded with the OBE in 1945. References External links * 1903 births 1981 deaths British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Edinburgh {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Horton (bobsleigh) William Horton (24 August 1897 – 13 June 1974) was a British bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, Franc .... References 1897 births 1974 deaths British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Paris {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]