| Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The competition was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 and 12 February 1936. [1]
| Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Two | men |
| Four | men |
The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The competition was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 and 12 February 1936. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
 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 |
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. The country 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.
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936.
Charles Bouvier was a Swiss footballer and bobsledder. He won gold in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Emil Angelescu was a Romanian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1934 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Teodor Popescu was a non-starter Romanian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1934 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Dumitru Gheorghiu (born December 14, 1904 - 9 June 2023 was a Romanian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1934 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Jacques Bridou was a French bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1934 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Josef Lanzendörfer was a bobsledder who competed for Czechoslovakia in the mid-1930s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in Igls.
Karel Růžička was a Czechoslovakian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in Igls.
Carlo Solveni was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in Igls. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Solveni finished tenth in the four-man event and 12th in the two-man event.
Antonio Brivio was an Italian bobsledder and racing driver.
Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the speed skating events and 10 of the 37 ice hockey games for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh events took place.
The two-man bobsleigh results at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 14 and 15 February 1936.
Alexandru Budişteanu was a Romanian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1930s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, finishing 16th in the two-man event and did not finish in the four-man event.
Gustav Leubner is a Sudeten German bobsledder who competed for Czechoslovakia in the mid-1930s. He finished 12th in the four-man event and 17th in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Wilhelm Blechschmidt is a bobsledder who competed for Czechoslovakia in the mid-1930s. He finished 12th in the four-man event and 17th in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Franz Lorenz was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s.
Richard Lorenz was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s.
Franz Wohlgemuth was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936.
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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