| Bobsleigh at the I Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Chamonix, France |
| Dates | 2–3 February |
| Competitors | 39 from 5 nations |
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. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
 Switzerland (SUI)Switzerland I Alfred Neveu Eduard Scherrer Alfred Schläppi Heinrich Schläppi |  Great Britain (GBR)Great Britain II Thomas Arnold Ralph Broome Alexander Richardson Rodney Soher |  Belgium (BEL)Belgium I Charles Mulder René Mortiaux Paul Van den Broeck Victor Verschueren Henri Willems |
A total of 39 bobsledders from five nations competed at the Chamonix Games:
Belgium (5)
France (8) Great Britain (8)
Italy (10) Switzerland (8)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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