Bobsleigh is an
Olympic sport that is contested at the
Winter Olympic Games. The sport was included in the first
Winter Olympics in 1924 and has been held at every Olympics since, except
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
. The four-man event, which was first held in 1924, was switched to a five-man event in
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
. 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.
Four-man
The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
*Medals:
Two-man
The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
*Medals:
Two-woman
The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
*Medals:
Women's monobob
Statistics
Medal table
Bobsledders medal leaders
;Men
;Women
* denotes all Olympics in which mentioned athletes took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics.
** Status: B - participated at Olympics as brakeman, P - participated at Olympics as pilot, B/P - participated at Olympics both as brakeman and as pilot.
Most successful bobsledders
Top 10 most successful bobsledders (by number of victories) at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active bobsledders and highest medal count among all bobsledders (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Men
Women
* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned biathletes won at least one medal
** Status: B - won Olympic medals as brakeman, P - won Olympic medals as Olympics as pilot, B/P - won Olympic medals both as brakeman and as pilot.
Medals per year
* bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.
Medal sweep events
These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.
See also
*
IBSF World Championships IBSF World Championship may refer to:
*IBSF World Snooker Championship
*IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton)
The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Sk ...
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Bobsleigh World Cup
The Bobsleigh World Cup is an annual bobsleigh competitions. It has taken place since the 1984 Winter Olympics. Below is a lists of season champions. Each table shows the country and driver only.
Combined men's
Debuted: 1985.
Medal table
Two- ...
References
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