| Bobsleigh at the IV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| Dates | 6-16 February |
| Competitors | 115 from 14 nations |
| Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
At the 1936 Winter Olympics , two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Two-man |  United States (USA)USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |  Switzerland (SUI)Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli | United States (USA) USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
| Four-man | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |  Great Britain (GBR)Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
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:
Austria (12)
Belgium (8)
Czechoslovakia (8)
France (10)
Germany (10) Great Britain (4)
Italy (10)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (4)
Netherlands (2)
Romania (9) Switzerland (9) United States (11)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Germany also hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin. It was the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games both took place in the same country.
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For the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, a total of six sports venues were used. Alpine skiing events took place for the first time and were held in three different locations. Riessersee held the speed skating and some of the ice hockey matches while the bobsleigh events took place south of the lake. The ski jump and its neighboring stadium played host to the cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events. Even though figure skating and some of the ice hockey matches took place outdoors at the ice stadium, the ice itself was artificially refrigerated to prevent ice thawing.
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