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At the 1952 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Thursday and Friday, 14 and 15 February 1952 while the four-man competition was held on Thursday and Friday, 21 and 22 February 1952.[1]
Bobsleigh at the VI Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Oslo, Norway |
Dates | 14–22 February |
Competitors | 70 from 10 nations |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man |
Germany (GER) Germany I Andreas Ostler Lorenz Nieberl |
United States (USA) USA I Stanley Benham Patrick Martin |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Stephan Waser |
Four-man |
Germany (GER) Germany I Andreas Ostler Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser |
United States (USA) USA I Stanley Benham Patrick Martin Howard Crossett James Atkinson |
Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser |
Belgium only competed in the two-man event and Argentina only competed in the four-man event. 25 bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 71 bobsledders from ten nations competed at the Oslo Games:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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