Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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Bobsleigh
at the II Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue St.Moritz, Switzerland
Dates18 February 1928
Competitors115 from 14 nations
  1924
1932  

At the 1928 Winter Olympics , only one bobsleigh event was contested, the five man event. The competition was held on Saturday, 18 February 1928. [1]

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
USA II
Billy Fiske
Clifford Gray
Geoffrey Mason
Richard Parke
Nion Tocker
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
USA I
Thomas Doe
David Granger
Jennison Heaton
Lyman Hine
Jay O'Brien
Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
Germany II
Hans Heß
Sebastian Huber
Hanns Kilian
Valentin Krempl
Hanns Nägle

Results

PlaceTeamBobsleddersRun 1Run 2Total
1US flag 48 stars.svg USA II (USA) Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, and Richard Parke 1:38.91:41.63:20.5
2US flag 48 stars.svg USA I (USA) Jennison Heaton, David Granger, Lyman Hine, Jay O'Brien, and Thomas Doe 1:42.31:38.73:21.0
3Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Germany II (GER) Hanns Kilian, Hans Heß, Sebastian Huber, Valentin Krempl, and Hanns Nägle 1:41.71:40.23:21.9
4Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg Argentina I (ARG) Arturo Gramajo, Ricardo González, Mariano de María, Rafael Iglesias, and John Victor Nash 1:40.11:42.53:22.6
5Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg Argentina II (ARG) Eduardo Hope, Jorge del Carril, Héctor Milberg, Horacio Iglesias, and Horacio Gramajo 1:42.31:40.63:22.9
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium I (BEL) Ernest Casimir-Lambert, Walter Jean Ganshof van der Meersch, Marcel Sedille-Courbon, Max Houben, and Léon Tom 1:39.81:44.73:24.5
7Flag of Romania.svg Romania II (ROU) Grigore Socolescu, Ion Gavăț, Traian Nițescu, Toma Ghițulescu, and Mircea Socolescu 1:43.81:40.83:24.6
8Flag of Switzerland.svg Suisse I (SUI) Charles Stoffel, René Fonjallaz, Henry Höhnes, Emil Coppetti, and Louis Koch 1:43.11:42.63:25.7
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain II (GBR) Henry Martineau, Walter Birch, John Dalrymple, John Gee, and Edward Hall 1:41.71:44.53:26.2
10Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain I (GBR) George Pim, Guy Tracey, David Griffith, Frederick Browning, and Thomas Warner 1:40.61:45.73:26.3
11Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg Mexico (MEX) Lorenzo Elizaga, Juan de Landa, Genaro Díaz Raigosa, Mario Casasos, and José de la Cruz Porfirio Genaro Díaz Raigosa 1:44.91:42.83:27.6
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands (NED) Curt van de Sandt, Jacques Delprat, Edwin Teixeira de Mattos, Henri Dekking, and Hubert Menten 1:43.51:45.53:29.0
13Flag of Switzerland.svg Suisse II (SUI) Jean Moillen, John Schneiter, René Ansermoz, André Moillen, and William Pichard 1:41.71:48.23:29.9
14Flag of France.svg France I (FRA) Jean de Suarez d'Aulan, Michel Baur, Roger Petit-Didier, Jacques Petit-Didier, and William Beamish 1:43.71:46.33:30.0
15Flag of France.svg France II (FRA) André Dubonnet, Bertrand du Pontavice de Heussey, Joseph Dedeyn, Stéphane de la Rochefoucault, and Jacques Rheins 1:45.71:44.53:30.2
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium II (BEL) Charles Mulder, Hubert Kryn, Ferdinand Hubert, Louis Rooy, and Robert Langlois 1:45.01:46.23:31.2
17Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg Poland (POL) Józef Broel-Plater, Jerzy Bardziński, Jerzy Łucki, Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski, and Antoni Bura 1:44.81:46.83:31.6
18Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Germany I (GER) Hans-Edgar Endres, Paul Martin, Karl Reinhardt, Paul Volkhardt, and Rudolf Soenning 1:48.01:43.93:31.9
19Flag of Romania.svg Romania I (ROU) Alexandru Berlescu, Eugen Ştefănescu, Petre Petrovici, Tita Rădulescu, and Horia Roman 1:47.31:44.93:32.2
20Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (LUX) Marc Schoetter, Raoul Weckbecker, Willy Heldenstein, Pierre Kaempff, and Auguste Hilbert 1:45.81:46.93:32.7
21Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italia (ITA) Giancarlo Morpugo, Carlo Sem, Luigi Cerutti, Giuseppe Crivelli, and Piero Marchetti 1:45.01:49.63:34.6
22Flag of Austria.svg Austria II (AUT) Franz Lorenz, Franz Wohlgemuth, Eduard Pechanda, Benno Karner, and Richard Lorenz 1:52.31:49.73:42.0
Flag of Austria.svg Austria I (AUT) Gustav Mader, Hugo Weinstengel, Michael Waissnix, Walter Sehr, and Franz Pamperl 1:44.2DSQDSQ

Participating nations

A total of 115 bobsledders from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1102
2Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 0011
Totals (2 entries)1113

References

  1. "Bobsleigh at the 1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2018.