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Bobsleigh At The 1948 Winter Olympics
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Friday, January 30, 1948 and on Saturday, January 31, 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948 and on Saturday, February 7, 1948. Medal summary Participating nations Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events. A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games: * * * * * * * * * Medal table References External linksInternational Olympic Committee results database {{Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics |
Bobsleigh At The 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936. Medal summary Participating nations Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands only competed in the two-man event. Twenty-three bobsledders competed in both events. A total of 95 bobsledders from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References External links1936 bobsleigh two-man results - pp. 408–19. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Houben
Max Houben (5 May 1898 – 10 February 1949) was a Belgian versatile athlete who competed from the early 1920s until his death at the 1949 FIBT World Championships. He won a silver medal in the four-man bobsled event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, and was the oldest medalist at the Winter Olympics (48 years, 278 days) until Canadian Russ Howard won a gold medal in men's curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin (50 years, 7 days). Athletics career Houben was national champion in the 100 m. He also made it to the quarterfinals of the 200 m event and the semifinals of the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Houben later switched to bobsleigh, in which he competed at the 1928–1948 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Belgian to take part in both Winter and Summer Olympics. Bobsleigh career At the Winter Olympics, Houben earned his best finish prior to World War II of fifth in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics. After the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Winter Olympics Events
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel ('' Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobsleigh At The Winter Olympics
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. Events Medal leaders Athletes who have won multiple medals (including at least one gold) are listed below. Men Women Elana Meyers Taylor has more Olympic bobsleigh medals than any other woman, but lacks a gold; her five medals comprise three silver and two bronze from 2010 thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobsleigh At The 1948 Winter Olympics
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Friday, January 30, 1948 and on Saturday, January 31, 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948 and on Saturday, February 7, 1948. Medal summary Participating nations Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events. A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games: * * * * * * * * * Medal table References External linksInternational Olympic Committee results database {{Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics |
William Dupree (bobsledder)
William Francis Dupree (June 7, 1909 – February 25, 1955), from Saranac Lake, New York, was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ... in St. Moritz. Dupree also won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 1937, 1937 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. ReferencesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Dupree
Donald Victor Dupree, Sr. (February 10, 1919 - May 1, 1993), from Saranac Lake, New York, was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in .... Dupree also won a silver medal in the four-man at the 1949 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. ReferencesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hicks (bobsleigh)
Thomas A. Hicks (June 1, 1918 – July 14, 1992) was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 1918 births 1992 deaths American male bobsledders [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bickford (bobsleigh)
James John Bickford (November 2, 1912October 3, 1989) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. Competing in four Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ..., he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948 Winter Olympics, 1948. Bickford also carried the United States flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics. At the FIBT World Championships, he won three medals with one silver (Four-man: FIBT World Championships 1949, 1949) and two bronzes (Two-man: FIBT World Championships 1954, 1954, Four-man: FIBT World Championships 1937, 1937). References1936 bobsleigh four-man results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Mouvet
Jacques Mouvet (born 16 December 1912, date of death unknown) was a Belgian bobsledder. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and finished fourth in the two-man event at those same games. Mouvet also earned two medals at the 1947 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with a silver in the four-man and a bronze in the two-man event. When competing in two-man events, Mouvet was the brakesman of Max Houben. During a practice run at the 1949 FIBT World Championships, their sled catapulted off of "shady" corner at the Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in the United States, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York. This venue was used for the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics .... Houben was killed instantly while Mouvet survived with a broken skull and a serious back injury. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Georges Niels
Louis-Georges Niels (2 May 1919 – 16 February 2000) was a Belgian bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ... and finished tenth in the two-man event at those same games. References1948 bobsleigh two-man results * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Mansveld
Freddy Mansveld (born 2 August 1911, date of death unknown) was a Belgian bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
